The agricultural engineer, José Esquinas, has worked for 30 years for the FAO, the organization of the United Nations that fights global hunger. His work has contributed to preserve the biodiversity of agricultural species throughout the planet, thanks to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food, promoted by himself and signed by 140 counties. […]
Investigators of the Arid Zones Experimental Station (EEZA) have created TobeeView, a software that presents reality as distinct species perceive it. All it requires is an introduction of an image and its concrete vision parameters in order to observe the world through their perspective and have the ability to study their conduct. This program can […]
The smartest greenhouse in Europe can be found in the village of Cuevas del Almanzora in the province of Almería. It’s totally automatic, sustaining itself with solar and wind energy, and is designed for maximum water savings. The automatic system allows the worker to stay in one position during the entire process, from planting to […]
Matilde Barón has a degree in Biology and she focuses her research on plant stress, because plants can also suffer from this. She is head researcher for the Zaidín Experimental Station, the CSIC’s largest agricultural science centre in Spain. She works with different photography techniques to detect plant stress and achieve precision agriculture.
