World’s first robot FARM to open in 2017: Firm plans to replace humans with machines in its lettuce factories
Spread currently grows lettuce heads in its artificially-lit vegetable factory
Next year, the Japanese firm plans to build a new factory near Kyoto
Instead of human farmers, this futuristic site will be controlled by robots
Spread plans to automate all of the six growing stages using machines
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3264858/World-s-robot-FARM-open-2017-Firm-plans-replace-humans-machines-lettuce-factories.html#ixzz3o1IkGJo0
Nepal’s strawberry farmers who lost their livelihoods in the April earthquake are now looking to recover their harvests with support from UNDP’s Rapid Enterprise and Livelihoods Recovery Project (RELRP) funded by the Australian Aid.
Read more:
http://www.np.undp.org/content/nepal/en/home/presscenter/articles/2015/10/01/back-on-the-farm/
