This week the GFirst LEP Board has approved £2.9 million of funding to support fledgling agricultural technology – or ‘agri-tech’ – businesses. High-tech incubation facilities to support start-ups and promote ...
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) was thrilled to be announced the winner in the sustainability category at the prestigious The Guardian University Award 2016 on Wednesday (16 March). Read more
We are delighted to be part of the Gloucestershire Business Show – a unique event that showcases and celebrates innovative businesses in the county. This year, we at Farm491 are ...
Its overall mission for the sector is to help smallholder farmers increase their productivity in a sustainable way. It aims to do so through investment in research & development (R&D), ...
Self-driving tractors and robotics will replace traditional farm labourers and genetically modified crops will find their way on to more farms. Read more
It’s not the only way. Today’s technology together with a new perspective on “how things are done” can bring flavor and nutrition back to our fruits and vegetables. That technology ...
Teaching children how to grow and harvest their own food, as well as how to interact with animals, could help kids improve their social skills through teamwork, encourage self-esteem, and ...
A brand new event highlighting and celebrating the Cotswolds’ finest innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs and providing the opportunity for a selected group to pitch their business plans and innovations to ...
In Tarlac, an initial batch of 18 small-scale rice farmers are taking part in the pilot run of a program that intends to popularize the use of information and communication ...
Ultimately, the company says it collected data on over 40,000 symbiotic microbes from 36,000 samples of more than 700 plant species. It then used machine learning techniques to identify important ...