agriculture
Speed Breeding Lets Us Develop Six Generations of Crops Instead of Two Each Year
Posted in Business, Science on 18th Jun, 2019
by Alex Muller
This will make it easier to increase crop yields to feed more people. Although we already have test fields with two to three times the yield of crops. So getting another double would mean we could feed more than 20 billion people.
The tech innovations that are helping to make food abundant
Posted in Business on 2nd Dec, 2018
by Alex Muller
Over the last few years, we have seen a dramatic rise in exponential technologies transforming the food industry from seed to plate.
Softbank and Bezos backed vertical farm startup has global expansion plans
Posted in Business on 11th Nov, 2017
by Alex Muller
Plenty is a startup that has big vertical farming expansion plans $226 million in total venture funding.
Action needed to 'future-proof' pollinators
Posted in Featured, Science on 10th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller
International scientists are calling for action to "future-proof" the prosperity of pollinating insects, birds and mammals.
Bayer And Planetary Resources To Improve Agriculture With Space Data
Posted in Business on 1st Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
'A powerful tool that can provide a new level of information on crops anywhere in the world'