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First smart greenhouse in Kyrgyzstan nears completion in Osh
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (121+ words) First smart greenhouse in Kyrgyzstan nears completion in Osh'Hortidaily Osh is set to open the country's first high-tech smart greenhouse by February 15. Built with South Korean materials and equipment, the facility is fully automated, with systems for irrigation, heating, and…...
Ghanaian experts call for more use of smart agriculture
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (208+ words) Ghanaian experts call for more use of smart agriculture'Hortidaily On a stretch of land in Dawhenya, near Prampram, rows of greenhouses now glow with life'quietly rewriting a story that once symbolised neglect For nearly eight years, the irrigation and greenhouse…...
Maldives: Government and UNDP supports community-led green farm
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (315+ words) Maldives: Government and UNDP supports community-led green farm'Hortidaily The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through its Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP), in partnership with the Global Support Initiative to Indigenous Peoples and Community-Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCA-GSI)…...
UK: Fischer Farms secures LEAF accreditation for Norwich vertical farm
20+ hour, 15+ min ago (223+ words) Fischer Farms has announced that its Norwich site has achieved LEAF Marque accreditation. Awarded by LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming), LEAF Marque is a globally recognised environmental assurance system that demonstrates a farm's adherence to Integrated Farm Management (IFM) principles....
Bangladesh: Allowing science and sustainability to thrive in growing
20+ hour, 15+ min ago (194+ words) Bangladesh: Allowing science and sustainability to thrive in growing'Hortidaily In a world where climate change and shrinking farmland have become very real concerns that impact everyone, hydroponics offers a ray of hope for people In Dhaka, hydroponics has been brought…...
Almería know-how shapes the nodernization of greenhouses in Northern Chile
20+ hour, 15+ min ago (549+ words) From the Chilean Economic Development Agency Corfo, Mar'a Jos" Moraga and Freddy Guti"rrez explain how the region is moving towards a more technical, professional and sustainable model, supported by public innovation programmes, international technology transfer and the gradual adoption…...
“It is the light attracting the thrips, rather than the sticky card itself”
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (526+ words) This shift led to a collaboration with Alan Starke of Oasys IPM Lighting Solutions, whom Murray credits as instrumental in moving the idea forward. "Alan is the lighting guru," he says. "He's the one person who didn't laugh when I…...
New Zealand puts controls on produce movement in place to aid fight against fruit flies
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (305+ words) In New Zealand, rules are now in place which prohibit the movement of fruit and vegetables out of a controlled area in Mt Roskill, where the fruit fly was found. The controlled area has two zones " A and B. Zone A…...
Frutura greenhouse project delayed
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (130+ words) Frutura greenhouse project delayed'Hortidaily In Neudau, Styria, geothermal drilling for a large vegetable greenhouse belonging to Frutura GmbH was supposed to have already begun In the future, products will be grown on 18 hectares, and around 250 jobs are expected to be…...
"The solution is our new greenhouse with innovative cultivation technology"
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (194+ words) "The solution is our new greenhouse with innovative cultivation technology"Hortidaily Drought and severe weather have been causing problems for German vegetable farmers for years At Rheinlandhof in Willich in the Lower Rhine region, they have found a way to…...