agriculture
Descartes Labs raises $5M for AI agricultural predictions
Posted in Software on 18th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
Using deep learning technology, Descartes Labs claims that it can make more accurate predictions than the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
This is how the world growing more and more food with less land
Posted in Science on 17th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
Two decades ago, food production started rising independently of new land.
DuPont Predicts CRISPR Plants on Dinner Plates in Five Years
Posted in Science on 11th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
Powerful and possibly unregulated, gene editing starts new boom in GMOs.
Protect more bee species to safeguard crops, say scientists
Posted in Science on 18th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Almost 80% of crop pollination by wild bees is provided by just 2% of the most common species, say scientists.
Popular pesticide hurts wild bees in major field study
Posted in Science on 24th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Pesticide problems are just one of many problems facing pollinators; this is separate from colony collapse disorder, which has devastated honeybee populations.