The Netanya, Israel based hi-tech company CropX will carry out a project in Ireland to increase herb30 Nov 2020 14:16
The Netanya, Israel based hi-tech company CropX will carry out a project in Ireland to increase herb yields and reduce soil pollution resulting from cattle growth, Calcalist reported on Wednesday. The company has already raised initial financing of half a million dollars from Ireland Ag-tech Fund, a private fund backed by the Irish government specializing in investments in the field of precision agriculture. CropX represents the first investment of the Ireland Ag-tech Fund outside of Ireland. “The vision of the company is to become the Google of the soil,” Tzach said, suggesting that in the future the algorithm would allow a farmer to choose the best irrigation or nutrition strategy based on what had worked well for other farmers.
“Our system will have already learned from a thousand different farmers that have similar characteristics,” he said.
Ireland is one of the world’s most successful countries in raising cattle, seeing as 95% of its area is covered with green vegetation. As a result, the Irish raise 2 million cows, in a country with 4 million people. Unfortunately, the process of raising cattle has polluted the land and water reservoirs, as the cow feces seeps into soil and water resources