Where agriculture and technology will meet to feed the world
McKinsey estimates that about 500 billion US dollars could be added in value to global agriculture through drone surveillance, automation and crop monitoring. The technology is available. Agriculture was, in…
Farmer reaps benefits of Chinese tech – World
Fu Cong (second from right), China”s permanent representative to the UN, visits a farm in Rwanda earlier this month. After completing his university studies in 2017, Nyambo Obed, a young…
Digital replicas of real world could help decarbonise transport, scientists say
Digital replicas of the real world that can analyse scenarios in near-real time could help make journeys greener, scientists have said. Researchers led by Heriot-Watt University and the University of…
Flying cars could take off in China, subsea power project aims to link Morocco to UK in this week’s R&D World roundup
XPENG AEROHT, an affiliate of XPeng Inc., is the biggest flying car company in Asia. While a massive underwater power cable promises to bring renewable energy from Morocco to the…
Feeding the world, one smart farm at a time
Head in the clouds, feet in the soil— smart farms provide fertile ground to grow innovation and connection in agriculture technology. While much of today’s agtech is developed in a…
Mindsprint Uses Tech to Help the World Eat Better
We don’t often think about how cutting-edge technology helped get fresh produce to our grocery store – or our doorstep. But that’s exactly what agritech firm Mindsprint is trying to…