Unbelievable breakthroughs in agriculture

Time Magazine (USA) voted for outstanding scientific and technical inventions to be applied in agricultural production, contributing to supporting effectively farmers throughout the world in 2011.

New fertilizer for grass

One of the outstanding achievements in the world agricultural sector in 2011 was the introduction of Forage Boost (FB) product of SumaGrow (USA), also known as fertilizer for grass. Currently, every year people worldwide use more than 180 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer.

When plants are not absorbed, nitrogen fertilizer is washed away and absorbed into the water, causing algae to erupt and harm aquatic species. But if you use FB, it will retain the protein for the soil and break down the organic waste, turning them into a useful protein source for plants.

Vertical farm

Vertical farming method (Vertical Farming) is a model that was launched in 2009 in the US, but until 2011 it is widely applied in many countries.

In this technique, engineers plant trees along the walls of buildings, hotels, restaurants or schools . on each floor in a cluster of rotating equipment (also called rotary beds).

The exact rotation makes the plants receive enough light and nutrients, while the space used for water and irrigation is less than traditional farming techniques.

Clean energy from garbage

In the past year, American scientists have successfully built clean energy production systems from agricultural waste called "Green Energy Generators" (GEM).

The working principle of GEM is like an energy production plant, including gasification equipment, garbage is compressed and burned in a temperature furnace up to 870oC to create a mixture of gas supplied to the generator. electricity. An average of 3 tons of waste can generate enough electricity for a small farm.

Farm 'grow' meat

In 2011, farmers in many countries have modern agriculture familiar with the new term: Meat Farms (Meat Farms). According to technology that is considered to be this future direction, farmers do not need to kill a large-sized cattle such as cows and pigs when these foods can be completely 'grown' in the laboratory. The Finnish team is cultivating pig stem cells to grow into muscles and eventually produce authentic pieces of meat.

Solving from air

In 2011, Australian young scientist Edward Linacre won the James Dyson Prize (Australian International Design Award) by inventing the Airdrop irrigation system that can "suck" water from the air to solve the problem. drought of agriculture.

The principle works as follows: Air pumps pass through a network of underground pipes, cooling them until they accumulate into water molecules and then supply water directly to the roots. Edward's invention obtained 11.5ml of water in every m ³ of the desert's driest air.