AGCO Agriculture Foundation Launches a Three-Year Project with Bern University of Applied Sciences

The AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF), a non-public basis with the imaginative and prescient to stop and relieve starvation by means of sustainable agricultural growth, right now introduced a CHF 195,000 donation to Bern University of Applied Sciences (School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences). The donation will help the implementation of a three-year farm mission that seeks to advertise the applying of non-tillage-based weed management strategies on light-weight area robots in a cool and moist local weather of Central Europe.

The mission will deal with non-contact weed management strategies together with small robots to assist enhance the sustainability of crop manufacturing, stop soil compaction and reduce weed emergence. The mission work will likely be accomplished inside the framework of University college students’ engagement to finish grasp’s and bachelor’s theses on the mission’s focus and different associated sustainability points. Emerging data findings and improvements from the mission will likely be transferred to farmers and key stakeholders to boost sustainable crop manufacturing and on-farm operation effectivity.

Supporting farmers to spice up farm productiveness turns into extra vital as altering weather conditions have intensified the issues posed by weeds and proceed to have an effect on international meals manufacturing. In addition, farm options like small and light-weight semi-autonomous area robots can probably contribute to a vital enhance in crop manufacturing effectivity whereas lowering soil stress impression.

Together with the Bern University of Applied Sciences (School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences) and technical help from the AGCO Swiss Future Farm, the mission will promote the use of precision-planted arable crops in rows as a substitute, making extra areas out there.

“Food production efficiency remains one of the world’s most demanding challenges for agriculture against the background of climate events and change. We hope that by contributing to programs such as this one with Bern University, we can help meet some of these challenges and advance education in this area for the wider benefit for farming communities in Europe,” commented Roger Batkin, Board Chair, AGCO Agriculture Foundation.

About AGCO

AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) is a international chief within the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural equipment and precision ag expertise. AGCO delivers buyer worth by means of its differentiated model portfolio together with core manufacturers like Challenger®, Fendt®, GSI®, Massey Ferguson®, Precision Planting® and Valtra®. Powered by Fuse® good farming options, AGCO’s full line of gear and companies assist farmers sustainably feed our world. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, USA, AGCO had internet gross sales of roughly $11.1 billion in 2021. For extra info, go to www.AGCOcorp.com. For firm information, info and occasions, please comply with us on Twitter: @AGCOCorp. For monetary information on Twitter, please comply with the hashtag #AGCOIR.

About the AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF)

The AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF), initiated by AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO) in 2018, is a non-public basis with the imaginative and prescient to stop and relieve starvation. The basis initiates impactful applications that help meals safety, foster sustainable agricultural growth and construct wanted agricultural infrastructure in marginalized farming communities. AAF is domiciled in Vaduz, Liechtenstein and operations are managed from Duluth, Georgia, USA. For extra info, please go to https://www.agcofoundation.org/

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