Increasing yields through knowledge

Martin Rand

Who will feed the world?

Best forecasts

VitalFields

Cloud radar

analysis

Best forecasted and historical weather

VitalFields combines the best weather forecasts and innovative approached to track field conditions remotely.

FARM RECORDS

Field records are easily recorded with a mobile app or from a computer. This data is used to give advice.

DISEASE FORECASTING

• Alternaria brassicae• Fusarium spp.• Mycosphaerella graminicola• Phaeosphaeria nodorum• Puccinia coronata• Blumeria graminis• Pyrenophora teres• Pyrenophora tritici-repentis• Ramularia collo-cygni• Rhynchosporium secalis• Sclerotinia sclerotiorum• Phytophthora infestans• Alternaria solani

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VitalFields has built up a large database of plant disease models to be monitored

MARKETFarming unions; Consultants; Suppliers

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Agriculture

Startup business Science

Doing good

Putting the four together

Startup challenge- 20x returns in 5 years

Agricultural challenge

State of the art farms

Challenge in science

• Everyone builds a their own

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• No incentive to end research

Doing good

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