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Asia Pacific is one of fastest growing markets for agri-tech as falling technology costs and labour shortages drive adoption. Digital tools can cause job losses and widen inequities, experts say.
As a child, Manit Boonkhiew watched his grandparents plow their rice farm near Bangkok with water buffaloes, and harvest by hand. His parents switched to tractors and threshers, while he now uses a zippy drone to spray pesticide in his field.