Press office news tagged agriculture
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University expands its work to address critical challenges facing our planet
University of Plymouth news: Our new Centre of Research excellence in Intelligent and Sustainable Productive Systems (CRISPS) will apply a systems level approach to the challenges of feeding a future global population in excess of 9 billion people
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Helping smallholder cotton farmers to sow the seeds of sustainable cotton production
The University of Plymouth is working with partners in Pakistan to develop machine learning and AI for the early disease detection of major cotton disease.
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Fieldwork Robotics secures funding to accelerate development of harvesting robots
Fieldwork Robotics, a University of Plymouth spinout company developing a range of harvesting robots to support the agriculture sector, has raised £675,000 through an equity fundraising from existing and new investors
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University spinout signs agreement to field test harvesting robots
Fieldwork Robotics, created by Lecturer in Robotics Dr Martin Stoelen, has signed an agreement with the Hall Hunter Partnership to prototype and field test a raspberry harvesting robot system
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Scientists develop harvesting robots that could revolutionise farming practices
Scientists at the University of Plymouth are working with companies in Cornwall to develop ground-breaking technology which could assist fruit and vegetable growers with the challenges they face in harvesting crops
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University benefits from £10m project to enhance use of technology in agriculture
Four research projects based at the University of Plymouth have received funding as part of Agri-Tech Cornwall, a three-year, £10million initiative part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, with match-funding from Cornwall Council
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Europe’s lost forests – study shows coverage has halved over six millennia
Research led by the University of Plymouth shows more than half of the forests across Europe have been lost over the past 6,000 years
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Snails select sources of food based on dislike for smells rather than acceptable taste - study
Plymouth University news: Harnessing naturally occurring chemicals could be used as a means to protect crop seedlings from being eaten by common pests, a study involving Plymouth University and the University of Southampton suggests.