2021年4月21日

“農業已經因為我們需要的很多性能壓力增長較低,“基南平托說,Nordetect的首席執行官和創始人之一。“我們知道大自然為戶外的農民提供了一個強大的緩衝。然而,室內控製係統變得越來越重要,關鍵在處理生長。“每個人都知道如何種植作物,因為我們在學校所做的那樣。我們開始意識到室內養殖的後果,”他補充道。一些生長因子,如植物營養和陽光代替營養水和人造光。團隊發現,為了不斷提高農場性能,收集數據和測量是至關重要的。通過便攜式分析設備,Nordetect措施營養參數,指導種植者保持最佳水平的肥料。植物可以種植在最優生長環境可能導致較低的收益率或降低質量。根據基南,你的成長離不開測量營養數據和Nordetect進來。 Quick testing “We want to be the nutrient sensor for the industry as everyone is constantly looking for improvement, either from a business- or social perspective. It’s gaining more importance to avoid downtime and crop loss.” Nordetect’s analysis device can either be used in indoor farms or greenhouses for water-, liquid- or soil testing. Keenan continues, “Our product is kind of like a blood test for crops, looking similar to what a medical device would look like for human testing.” According to Keenan, the greatest benefit that Nordetect’s product has over outsourced lab testing is that results are available within a short period of time. In this way, growers can quickly remedy a potential imbalance. At this point obtaining results acquires one person. People are starting to use data more than they did before, according to Keenan, and they’re interested in moving data easily between IT systems. “Another great benefit is that our device can interface with any IT system with data from water tanks, in a format that is easily digested within analytics,” Keenan adds. Removing the time barrier A nutrient analysis is one of the most reliable forms of testing where samples are sent to the laboratory, according to Keenan. It’s the gold standard. Ever since the beginning, Keenan wondered “Can we not mirror what they’re doing in the medical industry? We have to cut transport and research time that is taken to do a laboratory test.” The lab research times vary from two days to three weeks globally. Even so in the indoor farming space, the waiting takes too long. “If something’s wrong inside a farm, it’s a non-ideal condition for farmers losing productivity. There’s a product and market fit as the industry requires rapid results. At the moment, growers are paying a considerable fee for overnight shipping of samples to labs for faster testing. Luckily, says Keenan, “we can mimic the laboratory, putting the results right on the table at the farm. It’s an at-line solution for a nutrient analysis.” Co-founders Keenan Pinto and Palak Sehgal Origin The concept arose from Palak Sehgal, Nordetect’s co-founder, who was based in India when the idea struck. She had seen that there was a strong push towards soil analysis and soil testing from the governments. “We saw this as a global phenomenon,” Keenan affirms. “Where he saw many farmers using the wrong soil nutrients required. Then the idea arose to create a tool kit where farmers can test their soil and evaluate what needs to be improved. We wanted to have a tool as a risk mitigation factor in the form of soil testing.” With a background in bioengineering and plant molecular biology, both co-founders Keenan and Palak, studied together for their undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Keenan says that Palak and himself always knew they wanted to make an impact on the agriculture industry. “We founded Nordetect in 2016 while working our day jobs, interestingly in vertical farming tech, and plant biochemistry.” Towards the end of 2017, they jumped on full-time and kicked off starting with soil- and nutrient testing. Eventually, Nordetect was created and started from its Copenhagen office. The company has recently secured new funding to set up a more scalable manufacturing processes and has set up an early access program, specifically for the East- and West Coast of the US and Europe. For more information: Thank you Something went wrong with your message. Maybe it was seen as spam, please browse some more articles on our site before trying again. Email this article to a friend We require you to complete all the text fields marked with *. Your Name