8 innovations helping slash pesticide use
Increased demand for crops and food also means an increase in chemicals hazardous to our health and environment – but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Increased demand for crops and food also means an increase in chemicals hazardous to our health and environment – but it doesn’t have to be that way.
October 7 attackers methodically ruined the western Negev’s agricultural sector. Now ReGrow Israel aims to help farmers rebuild bigger and better.
With a worldwide lack of agricultural workers, automating many types of farm tasks is the obvious solution.
Rise OurCrowd Exponential plans to invest millions of dollars into 20 to 30 Israeli deep-tech startups with potential to grow in the Asian market.
Global specialty minerals company invests in agri-tech startup toward creating new plant nutrition bio-stimulants using artificial intelligence.
Startups focused on sustainable pesticide, plant genes and AI seed analysis learn from business and research leaders in this major farming state.
The unique site, with a purpose-built water source and energy network, was designed by irrigation giant Netafim with funds from Rwanda’s government.
New technology enables real-time monitoring of fertilizer in the soil to minimize use and reduce groundwater contamination and CO2 emissions.
There aren’t enough honeybees for ever-growing agricultural needs, so BloomX invented mobile units that bio-mimic the job of the bee.
ISRAEL21c discovered new and diverse companies worthy of mention at the recent GoForIsrael investment conference in Tel Aviv.
Researchers from Jerusalem crossbreed a wild tomato from the Peruvian desert and the cultivated tomato, and the results are great news.
Israel has the wrong climate for growing cocoa but a new startup aims to grow it sustainably and ethically in a lab – and it’s already sparking interest with snack makers.
How do you get enough botanical molecules for industrial scale, pharma-grade production? By culturing them in novel cell bioreactors.
The brainchild of one man, Israel’s Volcani Center Agricultural Research Organization has helped turn Israel into one of the world’s champions for agricultural innovation.
Researchers genetically engineered a bacterial compound that measures toxicity in the plant. When the bacteria sense a bad potato, an optical sensor lights up.