Anthracnose of Sorghum bicolor devastates crops of the drought- and heat-resistant cereal worldwide. Priming with rhizobacteria can boost the plants’ resistance and tolerance against a wide range of adverse conditions such as microbial attacks.

Bayer’s digital arm, The Climate Corporation, is further expanding its position worldwide.

The Taiwanese vertical farming expert ‘YesHealth’ has partnered with Danish food tech company ‘Nordic Harvest’ to create Europe’s largest vertical farm as well as to make it fully automated and also autonomous in regards to the energy it needs for operation.

Last year was one that we won’t forget. COVID-19 changed our world and impacted our daily lives, but as we worked through the challenges brought about in 2020, digital technology stood out as a shining star across all segments of our lives.

The Japanese National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), in collaboration with Ritsumeikan University and auto parts manufacturer DENSO Corp., has developed a prototype of a harvesting robot that can pick a fruit at the same speed as a person.

Is organic agriculture the solution to our global food system challenges? That's been the premise and promise of the organic movement since its origins in the 1920s: farming that's healthy, ecological, and socially just.