Drones, 7 reasons why they are shaping the future of agriculture
Agrisustainia
by mattiabradley
3y ago
Recurrent floods, heat waves, hampering drought, heavy rains….these are just some of the challenges that XXI century farmers are facing. In order to keep meeting the market demand and achieving a satisfying production level, a whole new set of technology has been deployed on the fields, making digitalisation the new revolution in the agricultural sector. Ready to dive into the several aspects of agricultural digitalisation? Let’s start with something cool, the drones! The drone market has been definitely on the rise in the past years. In 2016, the value of drone sales peaked at USD $8,5 billio ..read more
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Is it locally produced? Yes, directly from the 5th Avenue!
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by mattiabradley
3y ago
For those of you who has long planned on quitting a boring office job and starting a farm, to finally enjoy life in contact with nature…I have bad news: while the farmer of the future will still spend time among vegetables, “the farm” will likely relocate from a hilly and green countryside to the top floor of a skyscraper, maybe even in the city center! Does it sound good anyway? If so, I then encourage you to give it a try! Why growing salad on the 10th floor? As odd as it may appear, skyfarming (aka, growing crops on vertically staked layers) will probably become the new way of producing fo ..read more
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4 reasons to grow flowers on field margins
Agrisustainia
by mattiabradley
3y ago
What would a farmer tell me if I suggested him to grow flowers on his field? If we are not in the Netherlands he might reply that I should probably change my job. Actually, it is rather the opposite: I’d better change profession if I didn’t suggest him so! Why? Agroecology and field margins In a word: Agroecology, the applied science which studies the ecological process applied to agricultural systems. Drifting away from conventional agriculture, where the land is exploited at its maximum, farmers sensible to a more environmentally-friendly agriculture tend to leave areas of uncultivated land ..read more
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The redemption of weeds….seaweeds
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by mattiabradley
3y ago
For those of you who never had the experience of walking along the beach, when the sea washes on the shoreline tons of dead seaweed, I can tell the smell is not one of the best. Unless you have some weird fetish for stinky stuff, you would probably try to make your way as fast as possible through the swarm of overly excited flies feeding on the carpet of rotting plants (yes, seaweed are actually plants) laying underneath your feet. Stop right here and pick some of them home! You are walking away from a gold mine! So many uses of the seaweeds! According to Euronews “Seaweed farming is a gr ..read more
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Rome was saved by the geese, your crop might be saved by the ducks!
Agrisustainia
by mattiabradley
3y ago
So, let’s say you are a farmer whose crop is being badly infested by squishy snails or/and (not your lucky growing season) ravaged by hungry grasshoppers. While pondering where you put the car keys to run to the first farm supplier to pack liters of slug pellet or locusticide (yes, there are pesticides just for locusts in case you need), you see a duck flying over your fields. Could it be a solution? Now, given your infestation level, probably the duck would be more scared than happy of landing on your field, but what about 1600 of them? Well, that’s the army that Vergenoegd Löw The Wine E ..read more
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What’s for lunch? (No, I don’t talk about fish…)
Agrisustainia
by mattiabradley
3y ago
What was the first rule, as a little child, when it came to plastics? Do not eat it! Well, it is a rule which is undoubtedly valid also as an adult, with the exception that we are now (most likely unconsciously, unless someone has a desperate desire of overdosing on bottle lids or plastic toys) breaking. German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach claimed that “we are what we eat”, which becomes a threating reality according to the latest research paper by Margherita Ferrante and her group from the University of Catania on “Micro- and nano- plastics in edible fruit and vegetables. The first diet risk ..read more
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5g of parathion methyl please!
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by mattiabradley
3y ago
If you are fond of cooking (and eating!) like me, I am sure you have used at a certain point spices to add flavour to your dishes. Maybe you used saffron to cook risotto or you baked some cinnamon cookies. Perhaps, during a cold winter night, you decided to treat yourself with a hot cup of honey and ginger to boost your immune system? Well, if that’s the case, you are not alone! The spice market is constantly growing: in 2018, in Europe, Germany’s spices import value was of 515 million €, accounting for 20% of total EU imports, followed by France (407 million €) and the Netherlands (345 millio ..read more
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