AgriTech White Papers

Strawberries have been cultivated for centuries, with modern domestication beginning in the 18th century. While strawberries are predominantly cultivated in outdoor fields, doing so comes with limitations such as seasonality, pests, and diseases, restricting production and reducing crop yields. Protected soilless strawberry cultivation began gaining traction in Japan in the 1980s and 1990s, as a means to extend the growing season to meet consumer demand. With the effects of climate change and soil-borne diseases limiting the diversity of suitable outdoor cultivars, indoor cultivation differentiates itself through increased flexibility, allowing growers to prioritize varieties with superior flavor, quality, and consistency. Learn how to fully grow soilless strawberries with this FREE in-depth guide PDF from AEssenseFresh:

Pyroligneous acid (PA) is a synergistic mix of organic acids, phenols, and other biomolecules that boost seed germination, plant development, and soil productivity. Extensive academic research and crop trials have validated the positive impact on plants and soil. PA is cost-effective and can be produced in substantial quantities from agricultural and forestry waste. Furthermore, PA is typically produced within a process that generates renewable biomass energy and biochar, providing durable CO₂ removal and helping to reverse climate change.

Although GNSS offers ubiquitous coverage worldwide, its accuracy can be hindered in some situations – signals can be attenuated by heavy vegetation, for example, or obstructed by tall buildings in dense urban canyons. This results in signals being received indirectly or via the multipath effect, leading to inaccuracy, or even blocked entirely. Unimpeded GNSS positioning in all real world scenarios is therefore unrealistic – creating a need for supporting technologies, such as real time kinematic (RTK) positioning and dead reckoning, to enable centimeter-accuracy for newer mass-market IoT devices. RTK techniques can mitigate biases and degradations, greatly improving accuracy by communicating corrections from fixed base stations with known coordinates in the proximity of the roving device, providing position data in real time via a cellular, broadcast radio or satellite carrier. RTK uses carrier- phase differentials to compensate for errors from satellite orbit and clock inaccuracies and atmospheric conditions. Compensations are then accessed by the mobile receiver, such as a delivery robot or e-scooter, which uses them to calculate its own precise position relative to the fixed stations.