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Microbiologist Martin Reinhard Rasmussen has developped and built the MARTINIS system as part of his PhD project at Aarhus University. Here he is in the field with his prototype. As a courtesy to the ...

As indoor farming expands, a number of new companies are cropping up to provide better data and monitoring tools for the businesses aimed at improving efficiencies and quality of indoor crops. One of ...

In the wave of technology empowering agriculture, the Four-Element Monitoring Station for smart agriculture is becoming the 'smart brain' in the fields. It transforms traditional farmland into a ...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly transforming soil science, offering unprecedented capabilities for contemporary land ...

Soils are under pressure from current farming practices, and the challenges are only increasing with the growing demand for food production. Threats to soil health include loss of organic matter, loss ...

India’s agriculture today faces three intertwined challenges: climate change, water scarcity, and declining soil health. Healthy soil plays a critical role in ensuring food security, water quality, ...

The European Commission has adopted a Soil Monitoring Law to improve food security and limit global warming. Its adoption has been well received, but doubts cast over the proposal’s level of ambition.