GAIN4CROPS
@gain4crops.eu
H2020 EU project developing nature-inspired solutions sustainably to increase crop yield 🌻 We focus on sunflowers, embracing nature and plant breeding.
Grant agreement ID: 862087
Visit the project website at gain4crops.eu
Grant agreement ID: 862087
Visit the project website at gain4crops.eu
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👀 Early Career Researchers in #PlantSci:
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
👀 Early Career Researchers in #PlantSci:
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
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I highly recommend the #MBP2026 #PlantScience Meeting in Hennef, especially if you're an ECR or #NewPI trying to connect to the German Plant Science Community.
It's interactive, fun and relaxed.
Unfortunately, I won't be there this year, but I'll be back in 2027 👍
It's interactive, fun and relaxed.
Unfortunately, I won't be there this year, but I'll be back in 2027 👍
👀 Early Career Researchers in #PlantSci:
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I highly recommend the #MBP2026 #PlantScience Meeting in Hennef, especially if you're an ECR or #NewPI trying to connect to the German Plant Science Community.
It's interactive, fun and relaxed.
Unfortunately, I won't be there this year, but I'll be back in 2027 👍
It's interactive, fun and relaxed.
Unfortunately, I won't be there this year, but I'll be back in 2027 👍
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"The expanding world of plant NLR pairs"
Cheng-Wei Sang, Yan-Mei Zhang, Sai-Xi Li, Jian-Qun Chen, and Zhu-Qing Shao in @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social.
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cheng-Wei Sang, Yan-Mei Zhang, Sai-Xi Li, Jian-Qun Chen, and Zhu-Qing Shao in @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social.
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The expanding world of plant NLR pairs
Three recent studies, by Zhu et al.,Klymiuk et al., and Hu et al., identified paired nucleotide-binding site–leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) in w…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"The expanding world of plant NLR pairs"
Cheng-Wei Sang, Yan-Mei Zhang, Sai-Xi Li, Jian-Qun Chen, and Zhu-Qing Shao in @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social.
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cheng-Wei Sang, Yan-Mei Zhang, Sai-Xi Li, Jian-Qun Chen, and Zhu-Qing Shao in @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social.
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Researchers made use of recent advances in sequencing techniques to study how “cellular specialisation affects interconnected pathways”.
This could help us understand the genetic basis for C3-C4 intermediacy in specific plants. 🌿
This could help us understand the genetic basis for C3-C4 intermediacy in specific plants. 🌿
🌿 RESEARCH 🌿
Single-nucleus RNAseq reveals bundle sheath cell-specific photorespiration pathways in Moricandia arvensis, incl ammonium assimilation & redox regulation, highlighting metabolic compartmentalization in C3–C4 photosynthesis – Triesch et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Single-nucleus RNAseq reveals bundle sheath cell-specific photorespiration pathways in Moricandia arvensis, incl ammonium assimilation & redox regulation, highlighting metabolic compartmentalization in C3–C4 photosynthesis – Triesch et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Researchers made use of recent advances in sequencing techniques to study how “cellular specialisation affects interconnected pathways”.
This could help us understand the genetic basis for C3-C4 intermediacy in specific plants. 🌿
This could help us understand the genetic basis for C3-C4 intermediacy in specific plants. 🌿
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Rick van de Zedde was here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social to talk about his work making sense of the tons of data generated by the #PlantScience NPEC phenotyping platform run by @wurplant.bsky.social & @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. Very interesting work, including producing smartphone apps for easy use.
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Rick van de Zedde was here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social to talk about his work making sense of the tons of data generated by the #PlantScience NPEC phenotyping platform run by @wurplant.bsky.social & @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. Very interesting work, including producing smartphone apps for easy use.
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The European Commission is pleased to launch this new Science, Research & Innovation account. We look forward to connecting with the community on Bluesky! 🧪
Here you will find:
- EU scientific news
- Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Innovative EU-supported projects
- Events, tools & resources
Here you will find:
- EU scientific news
- Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Innovative EU-supported projects
- Events, tools & resources
September 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The European Commission is pleased to launch this new Science, Research & Innovation account. We look forward to connecting with the community on Bluesky! 🧪
Here you will find:
- EU scientific news
- Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Innovative EU-supported projects
- Events, tools & resources
Here you will find:
- EU scientific news
- Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Innovative EU-supported projects
- Events, tools & resources
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A new crop in the lab. 🌱 Field day with TaCoCass team members — working to boost photosynthetic efficiency in cassava and secure a more sustainable food future. #Cassava #Photosynthesis #FoodSecurity
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A new crop in the lab. 🌱 Field day with TaCoCass team members — working to boost photosynthetic efficiency in cassava and secure a more sustainable food future. #Cassava #Photosynthesis #FoodSecurity
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🌱 The #TaCoCass Team in the field: evaluating #cassava lines with diverse architecture and productivity. The trials highlight the genetic variation that underpins efforts to boost photosynthetic efficiency in cassava, paving the way toward more resilience and higher yield
#Cassava #Photosynthesis
#Cassava #Photosynthesis
September 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🌱 The #TaCoCass Team in the field: evaluating #cassava lines with diverse architecture and productivity. The trials highlight the genetic variation that underpins efforts to boost photosynthetic efficiency in cassava, paving the way toward more resilience and higher yield
#Cassava #Photosynthesis
#Cassava #Photosynthesis
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A research team led by the @leibnizipk.bsky.social has revealed that modern barley has a “mosaic origin”, meaning it stems from several wild populations across the Fertile Crescent. The findings were published in @nature.com.
➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/ytzyn4re
➡️PR: tinyurl.com/5e2v7cp5
➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/ytzyn4re
➡️PR: tinyurl.com/5e2v7cp5
September 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A research team led by the @leibnizipk.bsky.social has revealed that modern barley has a “mosaic origin”, meaning it stems from several wild populations across the Fertile Crescent. The findings were published in @nature.com.
➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/ytzyn4re
➡️PR: tinyurl.com/5e2v7cp5
➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/ytzyn4re
➡️PR: tinyurl.com/5e2v7cp5
Over 100 European policymakers, scientists, & agricultural stakeholders were at our webinar yesterday! Together, we examined how New Genomic Techniques can drive sustainability in European agriculture! 🇪🇺 🌾
Organised by #EUSAGE, @reimagineeuropa.bsky.social, & our @horizoneu.bsky.social project!
Organised by #EUSAGE, @reimagineeuropa.bsky.social, & our @horizoneu.bsky.social project!
September 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Over 100 European policymakers, scientists, & agricultural stakeholders were at our webinar yesterday! Together, we examined how New Genomic Techniques can drive sustainability in European agriculture! 🇪🇺 🌾
Organised by #EUSAGE, @reimagineeuropa.bsky.social, & our @horizoneu.bsky.social project!
Organised by #EUSAGE, @reimagineeuropa.bsky.social, & our @horizoneu.bsky.social project!
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Our @horizoneu.bsky.social project partner, Andrea Lodetti, has his poster at the European Plant Phenomics Symposium #EPPS2025!
Check his research on “Sensing the Dynamic Response of Photosynthesis to Abiotic Stressors with Forced Oscillating Light” today from 17:30–19:00 or tomorrow 15:45–17:00!
Check his research on “Sensing the Dynamic Response of Photosynthesis to Abiotic Stressors with Forced Oscillating Light” today from 17:30–19:00 or tomorrow 15:45–17:00!
September 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Our @horizoneu.bsky.social project partner, Andrea Lodetti, has his poster at the European Plant Phenomics Symposium #EPPS2025!
Check his research on “Sensing the Dynamic Response of Photosynthesis to Abiotic Stressors with Forced Oscillating Light” today from 17:30–19:00 or tomorrow 15:45–17:00!
Check his research on “Sensing the Dynamic Response of Photosynthesis to Abiotic Stressors with Forced Oscillating Light” today from 17:30–19:00 or tomorrow 15:45–17:00!
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Our project partners from @SorbonneUniversity and @ecolenormalesuperieure @cnrs will introduce our #HorizonEU project @EuroBioImaging “Plant Imaging Expert Group“ meeting! 🌿🔬
Hear from Ludovic Jullien, Aliénor Lahlou, and Ian Coghill this Wednesday 24 September, at 13:00 CEST
Hear from Ludovic Jullien, Aliénor Lahlou, and Ian Coghill this Wednesday 24 September, at 13:00 CEST
September 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Our project partners from @SorbonneUniversity and @ecolenormalesuperieure @cnrs will introduce our #HorizonEU project @EuroBioImaging “Plant Imaging Expert Group“ meeting! 🌿🔬
Hear from Ludovic Jullien, Aliénor Lahlou, and Ian Coghill this Wednesday 24 September, at 13:00 CEST
Hear from Ludovic Jullien, Aliénor Lahlou, and Ian Coghill this Wednesday 24 September, at 13:00 CEST
Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social, head of Biotechnology & Genome Editing, at @leibnizipk.bsky.social joins our webinar on New Genomic Techniques to boost sustainability in Europe”! 🇪🇺🌾
Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
September 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social, head of Biotechnology & Genome Editing, at @leibnizipk.bsky.social joins our webinar on New Genomic Techniques to boost sustainability in Europe”! 🇪🇺🌾
Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
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The discovery of genes underlying interesting traits for #PlantBreeding is one of the most important & difficult tasks here @kwsgroup.bsky.social.
We are looking for a Quantitative Geneticist to help us with this!
#PlantScience #PlantBreeding #PlantGenetics #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs
We are looking for a Quantitative Geneticist to help us with this!
#PlantScience #PlantBreeding #PlantGenetics #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs
Scientist (m/f/d) in Quantitative Genetics for Trait Discovery
Scientist (m/f/d) in Quantitative Genetics for Trait Discovery
jobs.kws.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The discovery of genes underlying interesting traits for #PlantBreeding is one of the most important & difficult tasks here @kwsgroup.bsky.social.
We are looking for a Quantitative Geneticist to help us with this!
#PlantScience #PlantBreeding #PlantGenetics #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs
We are looking for a Quantitative Geneticist to help us with this!
#PlantScience #PlantBreeding #PlantGenetics #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs
Garlich von Essen, Secretary General & CEO at Euroseeds, will join our free webinar “Innovating Agriculture: How New Genomic Techniques Can Boost Sustainability in Europe” on Thursday, 18 September!
Free registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
Free registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
September 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Garlich von Essen, Secretary General & CEO at Euroseeds, will join our free webinar “Innovating Agriculture: How New Genomic Techniques Can Boost Sustainability in Europe” on Thursday, 18 September!
Free registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
Free registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
Join our free webinar on 18 September to hear from @apmweber.bsky.social, our #EUfunded project coordinator, about recent progress in crops, including maize that is more resistance to droughts! 🌽
✅ Free registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
✅ Free registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
September 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Join our free webinar on 18 September to hear from @apmweber.bsky.social, our #EUfunded project coordinator, about recent progress in crops, including maize that is more resistance to droughts! 🌽
✅ Free registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
✅ Free registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
Congratulations on the publication @tianshu-sun.bsky.social and @jmhibberd.bsky.social! In our #H2020 project, Tianshu and Julian are profiling gene expression in specific cells & assembling and testing gene constructs. All to induce C3-C4 intermediacy and bypass photorespiration in Arabidopsis. 🌱🧬
Excited to share that our latest work in New Phytologist: the first cell-type–resolved transcriptomic atlas for two dicot C4 models (G. gynandra & F. bidentis) with a single-protoplast vs single-nucleus comparison + an interactive gene-expression browser.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Conserved spatial patterning of gene expression in independent lineages of C4 plants
C4 photosynthesis enhances carbon fixation efficiency by reducing photorespiration through the use of an oxygen-insensitive carboxylase and spatial separation of photosynthesis between mesophyll and ....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Congratulations on the publication @tianshu-sun.bsky.social and @jmhibberd.bsky.social! In our #H2020 project, Tianshu and Julian are profiling gene expression in specific cells & assembling and testing gene constructs. All to induce C3-C4 intermediacy and bypass photorespiration in Arabidopsis. 🌱🧬
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For Science 🧪enthusiasts in #NRW & beyond: our #Research Center @fz-juelich.de is opening it's doors
on 07.09.2025.
Talk to 👩🔬 about the🔬questions addressed here. Try #HandsOn #experiments.
More on www.tagderneugier.de/en
#TagDerNeugier #TdN25 #STEM #SciComm #ScentificCommunication #PlantScience
on 07.09.2025.
Talk to 👩🔬 about the🔬questions addressed here. Try #HandsOn #experiments.
More on www.tagderneugier.de/en
#TagDerNeugier #TdN25 #STEM #SciComm #ScentificCommunication #PlantScience
August 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
For Science 🧪enthusiasts in #NRW & beyond: our #Research Center @fz-juelich.de is opening it's doors
on 07.09.2025.
Talk to 👩🔬 about the🔬questions addressed here. Try #HandsOn #experiments.
More on www.tagderneugier.de/en
#TagDerNeugier #TdN25 #STEM #SciComm #ScentificCommunication #PlantScience
on 07.09.2025.
Talk to 👩🔬 about the🔬questions addressed here. Try #HandsOn #experiments.
More on www.tagderneugier.de/en
#TagDerNeugier #TdN25 #STEM #SciComm #ScentificCommunication #PlantScience
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New Zealand had some of the most restrictive laws when it came to genetically engineered food crops. This move once again demonstrates how the NZ Government makes Science-based decisions.
Take note, European Union!
#PlantGMOs #PlantNGTs #PlantScience #Agroculture #Sustainability #PlantBreeding
Take note, European Union!
#PlantGMOs #PlantNGTs #PlantScience #Agroculture #Sustainability #PlantBreeding
NZ joins other Third Countries in updating GM labeling rules: foods made with #GenomeEditing but without new DNA will no longer require a GM label. Only products with added DNA/proteins will.
▶️ A shift toward science-based, risk-proportionate regulation!
www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/...
▶️ A shift toward science-based, risk-proportionate regulation!
www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/...
Are NZ shoppers hungry for genetically-modified foods?
Gene-edited food won’t need a GM label if no new DNA was introduced during its production.
www.nzherald.co.nz
August 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
New Zealand had some of the most restrictive laws when it came to genetically engineered food crops. This move once again demonstrates how the NZ Government makes Science-based decisions.
Take note, European Union!
#PlantGMOs #PlantNGTs #PlantScience #Agroculture #Sustainability #PlantBreeding
Take note, European Union!
#PlantGMOs #PlantNGTs #PlantScience #Agroculture #Sustainability #PlantBreeding
Join our online webinar 18 September on how New Genomic Techniques #NGTs can significantly contribute to sustainable agriculture in Europe! 🇪🇺 🌾
✅ Free registrations at lnkd.in/dMj8ThfM
Secure your place and participate in shaping Europe’s sustainable agricultural future!
✅ Free registrations at lnkd.in/dMj8ThfM
Secure your place and participate in shaping Europe’s sustainable agricultural future!
August 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Join our online webinar 18 September on how New Genomic Techniques #NGTs can significantly contribute to sustainable agriculture in Europe! 🇪🇺 🌾
✅ Free registrations at lnkd.in/dMj8ThfM
Secure your place and participate in shaping Europe’s sustainable agricultural future!
✅ Free registrations at lnkd.in/dMj8ThfM
Secure your place and participate in shaping Europe’s sustainable agricultural future!
Our coordinator @apmweber.bsky.social is one of the advocates for “using new genomic techniques in organic [farming] with participatory governance to help achieve the EU’s sustainable agriculture goals.” 🌱♻️
#OpenAccess article at @cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#OpenAccess article at @cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
The EU should allow gene editing to make organic farming more sustainable, researchers say
To achieve the European Green Deal’s goal of 25% organic agriculture by 2030, researchers argue that new genomic techniques (NGTs) should be allowed without pre-market authorization in organic a...
www.eurekalert.org
July 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Our coordinator @apmweber.bsky.social is one of the advocates for “using new genomic techniques in organic [farming] with participatory governance to help achieve the EU’s sustainable agriculture goals.” 🌱♻️
#OpenAccess article at @cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#OpenAccess article at @cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Researches call for the #EU to allow gene editing in an effort to make #organic farming more sustainable.🌾 http://dlvr.it/TL4Fj2
@unibayreuth.bsky.social Alexandra Molitorisova
@cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social
@unibayreuth.bsky.social Alexandra Molitorisova
@cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Researches call for the #EU to allow gene editing in an effort to make #organic farming more sustainable.🌾 http://dlvr.it/TL4Fj2
@unibayreuth.bsky.social Alexandra Molitorisova
@cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social
@unibayreuth.bsky.social Alexandra Molitorisova
@cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social
Last month, our consortium met in Tartu, Estonia, to share our latest progress and reflect on what’s next for our #H2020 project. Here is a sneak peek! 📽️ 🌻
There were lots of updates, including cross-consortium publications, regulatory deliverables, and upcoming trials.
There were lots of updates, including cross-consortium publications, regulatory deliverables, and upcoming trials.
July 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Last month, our consortium met in Tartu, Estonia, to share our latest progress and reflect on what’s next for our #H2020 project. Here is a sneak peek! 📽️ 🌻
There were lots of updates, including cross-consortium publications, regulatory deliverables, and upcoming trials.
There were lots of updates, including cross-consortium publications, regulatory deliverables, and upcoming trials.
In case you missed it, our partners @ari-satanowski.bsky.social and Daniel Marchal published a potential new option for biological carbon reduction. It could be a promising approach to enhance CO2 fixation in plant science & synthetic biology! 🌱🧬
Open-access study at www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Open-access study at www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In case you missed it, our partners @ari-satanowski.bsky.social and Daniel Marchal published a potential new option for biological carbon reduction. It could be a promising approach to enhance CO2 fixation in plant science & synthetic biology! 🌱🧬
Open-access study at www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Open-access study at www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our #H2020 project welcomes the new @copernicusland.bsky.social tool for detailed crop and land use data. Better data means better decisions for food security & sustainable farming! 🛰️ 🌾
#AgTech #SustainableAgriculture #CopernicusEU #CLMS
www.copernicus.eu/en/news/news...
#AgTech #SustainableAgriculture #CopernicusEU #CLMS
www.copernicus.eu/en/news/news...
OBSERVER: Introducing Copernicus Land's new Croplands product suite | Copernicus
www.copernicus.eu
June 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Our #H2020 project welcomes the new @copernicusland.bsky.social tool for detailed crop and land use data. Better data means better decisions for food security & sustainable farming! 🛰️ 🌾
#AgTech #SustainableAgriculture #CopernicusEU #CLMS
www.copernicus.eu/en/news/news...
#AgTech #SustainableAgriculture #CopernicusEU #CLMS
www.copernicus.eu/en/news/news...