Identifying Irrigation Tech Solutions to CA Water Issues with New Zealand
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on January 19, 2022 04:15 PM
Furthering Western Growers efforts to strengthen and accelerate the development of agricultural technologies globally, its Center for Innovation & Technology connected agtech leaders in New Zealand yesterday to WG members.
More than 50 constituents of Callaghan Innovation—New Zealand’s innovation agency—tuned in virtually to speak with WG members about the current water issues farmers in California are facing and the needed technologies to solve those issues. The panel of WG members and stakeholders provided an in-depth overview of California water rights and looming irrigation problems as well as covered the following topics:
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New VofV Podcast Episode – How to Make Tech Adoption Go from Revolution to Evolution
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on January 18, 2022 12:00 PM
In a country like Brazil where extraordinarily-resistant pests run rampant on crops, how are agtech venture capitalists saving the day? By providing young economies and companies an opportunity to thrive.
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New VofV Podcast Episode – When NASA and Farming Collide
by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation
Posted on January 11, 2022 11:51 AM
Explore the intersection of space tech and agtech in the newest episode of Voices of the Valley as Neill Callis—an aerospace engineer turned farmer—delves deep into the issues farmers are grappling with most (think, intense regulations and lack of water and labor) and what tech is on the horizon to solve those problems.
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