Content to: Farming

How Social Networks Are Helping Indian Farmers Hit By the Coronavirus Lockdowns

When strict coronavirus restrictions were introduced throughout the country, Indian farmers' crops began rotting in the fields. But thanks to the innovative use of social media, they're connecting directly with their end consumers - and finding a way out of the crisis.

Dr Tania: An Indonesian AI Chatbot Helps Farmers Identify and Treat Crop Disease

Dr. Tania is a smart farming app which uses a deep learning algorithm to help Indonesian farmers identify and treat crop disease and fight pests.

The Swedish Startup Cutting Down on Methane Emissions by Curbing Cow Burps

When people think of environmentally-damaging emissions, their minds often conjure up images of cars and smoke-belching factories. However, a much more literal type of belching also has a major impact - the burps of cows.

The Dutch Community Farm Looking to Tackle Climate Change By Reconnecting People with Food

In an attempt to promote sustainable, local agriculture, Dutch families are banding together to create new community farms based on age-old farming ideals.

Beating Weeds With High Power Zaps – No Chemicals Required

If there's one future we can bet on, it's robots helping us with agriculture. The next crop of farmers are set to be robots seeding, weeding, and feeding the plants that sustain us - and the next billion people.

Crowdfarming: A Farmers’ Market 2.0 For Food Directly From the Source

Crowdfarming is an online platform that promotes direct contact between farmers and food lovers. Log on to adopt your own personal tree, beehive, vine, plant, or even sheep and receive their produce when harvest comes around.

These Smart Weed-Killing Robots Use Twenty Times Less Herbicide

Fighting weeds in farming and agriculture is just one of the promising uses of AI, machine learning, and robotics.

The Climate Change Resistant Greenhouses Protecting India’s Crops Come Rain or Shine

A new affordable, climate-change-resisting greenhouse could help strengthen rural Indian farmers' defences against extreme weather conditions.

Plantix – The Plant Doctor You Can Fit In Your Pocket

Amateur gardeners and farmers rejoice! The smartphone app Plantix doesn't just tell you what disease your plant is battling and how you can get rid of it chemical-free, it also tells you where the biggest enemies to your harvest might be lurking, and how best to keep them at bay.