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Op-Ed | India Must Redesign its Agriculture Based on Regenerative Farming

Food Tank

Some of these, such as food, fiber, and energy, are marketed, and the market compensates farmers. However, other ecosystem services remain out of the market as there are no buyers. Soil organic carbon in arable land in India has been reduced from 2.4 percent in 1947 to 0.4 percent, well below the 1.5

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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

With $3,000 allocated for equipment and many hours spent watching YouTube tutorials, he built a steady farmers market following, selling tender, week-old pea, sunflower, radish and broccoli sprouts. Now 27, DiLillo has seen his business blossom. As Kupu’s revenues moved into the black, the space limitations became more apparent.

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Challenges and Innovations Driving the CEA Sector in GCC and MENA

Agritecture Blog

Credit: World Resources Institute According to Strategy and PWC , GCC countries import about 85% of their food and approximately 56% of vegetables, largely due to the highly limited arable land in the region, averaging 4.25%. At the heart of each greenhouse lies cloud-based monitoring, facilitating optimal crop management.

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WILD SCIENCE FICTION

The Lunatic Farmer

Modern foods have already started disrupting the ground meat market, but once cost parity is reached, we believe in 2021-23, adoption will tip and accelerate exponentially. In some markets, only a small percentage of the ingredients need to be replaced for an entire product to be disrupted. Before we reach this point, the U.S.

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Early-Stage Agrifood Investment in Africa is Taking Off. What Could This Mean for CEA?

Agritecture Blog

The lack of infrastructure, conflict zones, forest cover, and large conservation areas has made lots of arable lands inaccessible. With Africa being poised for fast growth, it is integral to consider whether CEA companies and investors have a valid shot at this budding market. Credit: Tech Crunch. Credit: Schaduf.

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Exemplary Approaches to Hybridizing Agriculture

Agritecture Blog

Greenhouses and vertical farms, widely known as trusted methods of year-round agricultural production, seem to be context-agnostic solutions to agri-food supply chain disruptions, desertification, and other climate change-related problems. However, they have very significant capital costs.