SFU researchers have recently received $300,000 in funding from Innovate BC’s Ignite Program to develop technology that allows farmers to grow more food with less pesticides.
SFU researchers have recently received $300,000 in funding from Innovate BC’s Ignite Program to develop technology that allows farmers to grow more food with less pesticides.
The research project commenced earlier this year and involves a collaboration with Vancouver-based agtech company Terramera’s Actigate™ technology platform, which aims to reduce global synthetic pesticide use by 80 per cent by 2030.
“The growing world population needs more food and we need to grow food that is environmentally sustainable,” says SFU computing science professor Martin Ester, who is the principal investigator for the project.
“One approach is to develop organic pesticides that are as effective as chemical pesticides, but less harmful to the environment.”
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