The Netherlands is the most advanced country regarding plant factories and protected glasshouse cultivation in the EU. In other parts of Europe, some small-scale vertical farms have been built, while construction has begun on some large-scale ones. In 2012, the Swiss company UrbanFarmers, a spin...
Chinese drone manufacturer DJI announced the release of theAgras MG-1. It was a pretty big step for a company which has built a strong reputation on consumer drones used for recreational purposes, it comes one of the best agricultural drones. The Agras is an octocopter designed to spray larg...
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The 58% figure seemed away too high for me, and inconsistent with the other reports. I decided to dig deeper. It turns out that it comes from a study done by the consulting company, Value Change Management Inc (VCMI), for Second Harvest, a food bank in Toronto. There are two publicati...
Tastewise was founded by Alon Chen and Eyal Gaon. It offers AI-based food intelligence solutions for restaurants. The company’s platform analyzes data points from menus, reviews, home recipes, and social media posts to provide insights on customers’ food trends, behavior, and eating choices in...
One such insecticide product was "DURSBAN™ 10CR" produced by Dow Chemical Company in the mid-1970's. There were at least two problems with this product. First, it was inherently toxic and potentially harmful to the environment. Second, because of rapid turnover of the mosquito population ...
Tastewise was founded by Alon Chen and Eyal Gaon. It offers AI-based food intelligence solutions for restaurants. The company’s platform analyzes data points from menus, reviews, home recipes, and social media posts to provide insights on customers’ food trends, behavior, and eating choices in...
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The results show that both CSA and non-farm employment have positive welfare impacts (Table 2) The results are based on the second stage of the MESR model. Table A4 in Appendix A presents the full results. However, the highest welfare benefit is obtained when CSA is adopted in isolation,...