Here we profile some of the interesting companies and new technologies being developed in the agri-tech cluster.
Express Weather has developed a decision support system called Farmneed that quantifies weather risk in agriculture. The innovative application is device agnostic and delivers bespoke content on weather and early warning for disease and pest infestation.
“There’s this perception that with the Internet of Things everything has to be very lofty and large scale, but there are so many very basic
“We can’t eliminate soil compaction from our fields, but with careful planning and clever technology, we can permanently minimise the area that it affects,” says
To help evaluate the impact of the eloclear fogging process, Ozo Innovations is working with a number of fresh produce packing companies in a range of
Purchasing farm inputs can be time consuming, as the options are not always clear for securing the best deal. Yagro solves this problem by connecting
Although cassava is an important part of the diet for 800 million people in Africa, shortage of equipment for processing has meant production has been
“Omnia Precision software mirrors the way farmers and agronomists think when they look at a field,” says Oliver Wood, Precision Farming Technology Manager at Hutchinsons.
As consumer preferences for potatoes become more specific, with both small (salad) and large (bakers) premium products the number of potatoes that a farmer can
WeFarm provides an SMS text platform for small scale farmers in developing countries that don’t have access to internet. Using a mobile phone they can
The main diseases that affect wheat each have their own spectral signature, which means they can be detected remotely, even before there are significant impacts
A new crop disease warning system being developed by Bayer CropScience can detect disease at the point of infection up to three weeks before the
A ground-breaking test for tuberculosis that can deliver results within six hours is on the cusp of commercialisation, says Dr Berwyn Clarke from PBD Biotech.