Asia’s new agricultural revolution: planting a high-tech future

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Pham Thi Huong went from the back-breaking job of coaxing coffee out of Vietnam’s central highlands to an inconceivable one: growing strawberries on rocks. Huong and her husband threw in the shovel on their days of toil at the mercy of volatile commodity prices in 2019 and joined vertical agriculture company Orlar. Now they work together at a greenhouse where connected white pillars line up like library stacks, each one holding rock on top of rock. The rocks are treated gearbox with a patented mix of microbes to sustain plant life. Romaine lettuce, basil, bok choy and flowers burst from the stones. “I was so surprised, seeing this for the first time,” Huong said over a patchy line from her mountainous farm town. agricultural reducer，Lithium battery  “I thought, with technology like this, we can develop more,” Huong added, noting a further bonus: the use of far fewer chemicals than in traditional agriculture. Huong’s move is part of an expanding agricultural revolution in Asia that aims to feed a ballooning population against a backdrop of formidable problems. The intimidating list includes food inflation, climate change, accessibility issues, supply chain disruptions, urban migration, ageing societies and severe hunger. gearbox
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Huong’s employer, Orlar, is cagey about the specifics of its technology but claims it minimises the need for chemicals, energy, water and land. The start-up’s task is one faced by businesses and farmers across a world where the population is expanding but resources are not. To feed an increasingly hungry planet, Orlar and other new farming revolutionaries must produce more with less. agricultural reducer，Lithium battery