The project is set to kick off with a bang with the installation of three rooftop farms in Johannesburg, all backed by the Department of Small Business Development and Small Enterprise Development Agency.

The nitrate sensor developed by TNO may be used for monitoring nitrogen mineralisation in soil. Nitrogen is important for grass growth and the development of proteins in grass.

The United States Department of Homeland Security issued a report that states that precision agriculture is vulnerable to digital threats.

Italian energy giant Enel Green Power has just placed an order for 70 of massive turbines from Vestas, one of the largest wind turbinecompanies in the world.

Closed-loop systems, in which waste is used as a nutrient (usually) could well be one of the futures of farming:

The crops we rely on today have been bred over thousands of years to enhance certain characteristics. For example, sweetcorn started life as a wild grass called teosinte.