agriculture
The world population is growing at about 1.1% each year and world food production is increasing at a faster rate. FAOs latest forecast for 2019 world cereal production is pegged at an all-time high of 2.7 billion tonnes, up some …
Startup Faromatics makes ChickenBoy which is the first roof-suspended robot that observes chickens, litter and equipment autonomously 24×7. The robot monitors air quality, health and welfare through a multitude of sensors and cameras, inspects equipment operation and informs farmers, stock …
Startup next-biotics is using synthetic biology to drastically enhance bacteriophage stability and efficacy. Engineered biology allows them to efficiently destroy pathogens, enhance animal nutrition and promote animal health in an antibiotic free way. Their first product will be a feed …
Insects are naturally eaten by many animals such as carnivorous fish, poultry and pigs. Insects are 50% to 82% protein and can be added to animal feed with up to 40% insect content for fish feed and 30% for …
Soil depletion due to climate change and unsustainable agriculture has reached crisis proportions in many regions of the world, where depleted soil results in falling crop yields, increasing food insecurity, and raises urgent questions about how current agricultural practices will …
Seaweed to Offset Emissions Will Mainly Be Reducing Methane from Farm Animals
Climate Change Silver Bullet From Massively Improved Tree Planting
GMO Eggplant Reduced Pesticides Used and Boosted Revenue by US$450 Per Hectare
Kiwa Bio-Tech, an agricultural company that develops, manufactures and markets bio-fertilizers for use in the China agriculture and aquaculture markets, claims to have a new fertilizer processing technology. They developed it with the Institute of Bio-Agriculture of Shaanxi Academy of …
China Fixing Polluted Land and Upgrading Farmland