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Lilan Dayananda advocates digital farming and open collaboration
Lilan Dayananda, managing director and chief executive officer of Sri Lankan agricultural technology company Elzian Agro, explained how his team uses soil data and machine learning to support smallholder farmers while speaking at the 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit.
The aim is to help farmers improve crop yields by making better use of limited resources, including water, fertilizer, labor and land, he said.
Dayananda also said openness can help people collect more data and work together to develop integrated systems that users around the world can benefit from. He stresses the need for data security standards when personal information is involved.
Openness and shared benefits are central to the theme of the 2026 WIC Wuzhen Summit.
Watch the video for his views on digital farming and open collaboration.
The World Internet Conference (WIC) was established as an international organization on July 12, 2022, headquartered in Beijing, China. It was jointly initiated by Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA), National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT), China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Alibaba Group, Tencent, and Zhijiang Lab.
