New tech for clean agriculture offers chemical-free food

After shedding her shut family to most cancers, agricultural engineer Bilge Akgün developed a brand new generation which grows fruit and veggies that don’t carry any chemical stays nor purpose any air pollution. Engineer and entrepreneur Akgün has founded an organization named Hextech Green and recently undertakes experiments at Istanbul Technical University’s ARI Teknokent.

With her motto “Clean Agriculture,” Akgün mentioned the polluted food that has discovered its method to our tables is the reason for many cancer instances. “Seeing the pain that my beloved ones suffered because of cancer is a very hard thing. As an agricultural engineer, I made developing a technology that creates no pollution as my life’s purpose,” Akgün added.

The Smart Agriculture Machine that Akgün has advanced offers solutions for cultivation with minimum water and fertilizer. With the machines, vegetables and fruit are grown with out using any pesticides or chemical fertilizer. The machine saves 98 p.c water and seeds are grown in 10 days. If the machine spreads, farmers will be capable to grow their meals with out being occupied with herbal failures or drought.

Akgün has also developed a household sort Smart Agriculture Machine which can be used by families living in cities.

Currently we’re best promoting these machines to professionals however the research and development process for a family prototype continues. The work in this smaller gadget is planned to be completed by way of the second half of 2019 and we plan to continue with mass production as soon as conceivable,” Akgün added