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Dear IoT Innovators, Agriculture is by far the largest consumer of freshwater today, using up to 70 percent of the available supply*. Additionally, the world's population is predicted to increase 30 percent by 2050, and food production will need to increase up to 70 percent as a result*. Farmers and ranchers are preparing for the future, and tackling tomorrow's challenges head-on by integrating advanced smart agriculture solutions leveraging Internet of ings (IoT) applications. e IoT paves the way for more productive and efficient operations, with over 75 million agricultural IoT devices predicted to be distributed by 2020, according to Business Insider Intelligence*. As a result, by 2050 the average farm will produce 4.1 million data points, and by 2024 there will be two million connected farms and 30 million connected cows*. IoT-based solutions in the agricultural space offer the potential to monitor data for a range of applications, from cattle health to water consumption in crop fields. According to IoT Analytics, it is predicted that low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs) will be the fastest growing IoT connectivity technology in the next five years. e number of LPWAN connections is forecasted to grow 109 percent per year and should exceed the one billion mark in 2023**. Semtech's LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN® protocol represents a leading choice for LPWAN-based IoT solutions, with more than 100 million end nodes deployed in over 140 countries today. LoRa devices have been integrated into leading solutions for a number of important vertical markets, including smart agriculture. With hundreds of known use cases (and growing) deployed on every inhabited continent and orbiting the globe via satellite, applications built on LoRa-based devices and LoRaWAN networks are proven, simple to use and quick to deploy. Smart agriculture represents a major vertical market for LoRa devices due to the technology's unique advantages for battery-powered sensors. Leading companies across the Americas, Europe and Asia are taking advantage of the technology to create innovative applications that solve today's challenges. From measuring the environmental conditions influencing crop production to tracking livestock health indicators, LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol create efficiencies reducing environmental impact, maximizing yield and minimizing expenses. Regards, Semtech Corporation - LoRa Devices Real World Solutions - Smart Agriculture semtech.com/LoRa 2 *Enterprise IoT Insights – May 2019. ** IoT Analytics – October 2018. Information is not an endorsement of Semtech Corporation. Any reliance on these results is at the third party's own risk. LoRa ® Devices AGRICULTURE USE CASE COLLECTION A stair Fu on Alistair Fulton Vice President and General Manager Semtech Wireless and Sensing Products Group semtech.com/LoRa