Stellenbosch University, South Africa - PhD researcher explores producers' plans to exit farming over the next decade

Title:

PhD researcher explores producers' plans to exit farming over the next decade 

Published:

Stellenbosch University, 6 May 2022

https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=9122

From the article:

​Who are the producers most likely to exit farming over the next decade? Which factors are driving their decisions in this regard? And, what do their exit plans mean for the availability of agricultural land for farm expansion and new entrants?

 

Reporting for duty: black soldier flies to farmers' rescue [Food for Mzansi, 2021]

Title:

Reporting for duty: black soldier flies to farmers' rescue

Author:

Zolani Sinxo

Published:

Food for Mzansi, 10 December 202

https://www.foodformzansi.co.za/reporting-for-duty-black-soldier-flies-to-farmers-rescue/

 

From the article:

It looks like a wasp but buzzes like a bee ...  How can the creepy little critter called black soldier fly benefit farmers? Quite a lot, it seems, as it has a remarkable avility to turn organic waste into high-quality protein and fertiliser.

 

Could these AI robots replace farmers? [Horti Daily, September 2021]

Title:

Could these AI robots replace farmers?

 

Published:

Horti Daily, 28 September 2021

https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9359042/could-these-ai-robots-replace-farmers/

 

From the article (includes video):

Agricultural technology start-up Iron Ox says that its mission to make the global agriculture sector carbon negative. And they have just secured €47 million ($53 million) from investors, including Bill Gates.

MIT develops method for lab-grown plants that eventually lead to alternatives to forestry and farming [TechCrunch, 20 January 2021]

Title:

MIT develops method for lab-grown plants that eventually lead to alternatives to forestry and farming

 

Author

Darrell Etherington

 

Published:

TechCrunch, 20 January 2021

https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/20/mit-develops-method-for-lab-grown-plants-that-eventually-lead-to-alternatives-to-forestry-and-farming/

 

From the article:

Researchers at MIT have developed a new method for growing plant tissues in a lab – sort of like how companies and researchers are approaching lab-grown meat. The process would be able to produce wood and fibre in a lab environment, and researchers have already demonstrated how it works in concept by growing simple structures using cells harvested from zinnia leaves.

How technology might finally start telling farmers things they didn't already know [MIT Technology Review, 18 December 2020]

Title:

How technology might finally start telling farmers things they didn't already know

 

Authors:

Rowan Moore Gerety

 

Published:

MIT Technology Review, 18 December 2020

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/18/1013239/precision-agriculture-farmwise-remote-sensing-salinas/

 

From the article:

As a machine operator for the robotics startup FarmWise, Diego Alcántar spends each day walking behind a hulking robot that resembles a driverless Zamboni, helping it learn to do the work of a 30-person weeding crew.