Agriculture is one of the industries that is getting increasingly affected by robotics, which totally makes sense, as farmers around the world face human labor shortages and also rising labor costs. For some crops, labor accounts for almost 50% of production expenses.
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Category: Robotics, Engineering
Tags: West Virginia University, Agriculture, Fruit, Vegetables, Crops,…
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A shortage of Scotch bonnet peppers is forcing Caribbean hot sauce producers to rethink sourcing, farming and supply chain strategies. The disruption highlights how climate volatility is reshaping specialty crop production and creating new challenges for food manufacturers serving global markets.
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Warming may soon exceed rice’s long-standing thermal limits.
Rice is one of the most widely grown staple crops, providing around 20% of the daily calorie intake for more than half of the world’s population.
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Category: Biology, Science
Tags: Crops, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Genetic engineering, Agriculture
Resembling something more like green grapes with thicker and darker skin, the kiwiberry may be one of the healthiest and most underrated fruits around. It's also ancient, dating back more than 20 million years. But until the last century or so, they weren't even considered a valuable fruit – instead, their ornamental vines and flowers were the selling point.
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Agriculture is widely known to be the biggest driver of forest destruction globally, especially in sprawling, high-profile ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest. But new research published this week finds that non-forest ecosystems—the world’s grasslands, savannas and wetlands—are being devoured for agriculture at nearly four times the rate as forests. As with forests, the primary driver […]