Amid global climate change and food security challenges, controlled environment agriculture has taken center stage. The precision glass greenhouses of the Netherlands and the desert miracles of Israel are redefining the boundaries of farming, all powered by robust support from smart sensors and IoT technology.
A silent agricultural revolution is underway in greenhouses across the world. As the global population continues to grow, climate change intensifies, and water resources become increasingly scarce, traditional agriculture faces immense pressure. In this context, countries like the Netherlands, Spain, Israel, the United States, and Japan, leveraging their leading greenhouse technologies, are guiding modern agriculture rapidly towards a high-tech, high-yield, and sustainable future.
First Tier: Paradigms of Efficiency and Technology
The Netherlands, this small European country, is the undisputed leader in greenhouse technology. Its iconic Venlo-style glass greenhouses are equipped with highly sophisticated “climate computer” systems capable of precisely regulating temperature, humidity, light, and CO₂ concentration with extreme accuracy. Combined with soilless cultivation and biological pest control, Dutch greenhouses achieve some of the highest yields per unit area in the world.
On par is Israel. In its harsh, extremely arid environment, Israel has focused its greenhouse technology on survival and efficiency. Its cutting-edge drip irrigation and fertigation systems maximize the utility of every drop of water. Meanwhile, advanced greenhouse films developed to combat high temperatures and intense light create “agricultural miracles” in the desert.
Second Tier: The Power of Scale and Automation
In the Almería region of Spain, vast expanses of land are covered by endless white greenhouses, forming a unique “sea of plastic” landscape. Acting as Europe’s “vegetable garden,” its success lies in the perfect marriage of large-scale production and practical drip irrigation technology, producing enormous quantities of fruits and vegetables with staggering efficiency.
In North America, the United States and Canada demonstrate the advantages of large-scale automation. Facing high labor costs, North American greenhouses widely incorporate robotics for transplanting, automated transport systems, and harvesting robots, achieving full mechanization from seeding to harvest and ensuring production scale and stability.
Key Technology: Smart Sensors and IoT Build the “Greenhouse Brain”
Whether it’s Dutch precision climate control or Israeli water-saving irrigation, the core relies on real-time, reliable data. Modern advanced greenhouses are no longer simple structures for shelter but complex ecosystems integrating various sensors like optical dissolved oxygen sensors, gas sensors, temperature and humidity sensors, and photosynthetically active radiation sensors.
These sensors are the “nerve endings” of the greenhouse, continuously collecting every piece of critical data related to crop growth. Transforming this data into actionable insight requires robust data transmission and processing capabilities.
“A greenhouse’s level of intelligence depends on the breadth of its data collection and the stability of its transmission,” pointed out an industry expert. Honde Technology Co., LTD provides a complete solution for this need. Its complete set of servers and software wireless modules, supporting various communication protocols including RS485, GPRS, 4G, WIFI, LORA, and LoRaWAN, ensures stable connectivity in any environment, laying a solid foundation for building truly “unmanned smart greenhouses.”
Future Trends: Connectivity, Intelligence, and Sustainability
Future greenhouses will become more intelligent. Through IoT platforms, data collected from various sensors will be analyzed by AI to predict pests and diseases, optimize irrigation strategies, and automatically adjust the climate, achieving genuine “greenhouse autopilot.”
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From the Netherlands’ glass cities to Israel’s deserts, from Spain’s white sea to North America’s automated farms, global greenhouse technology is iterating at a breathtaking pace. In this agriculture transformation centered on technology, smart sensors and seamless IoT connectivity are undoubtedly becoming the key to winning this race.
Post time: Oct-11-2025