{"id":11999,"date":"2019-02-08t06:17:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-08t06:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/researchers-bring-biotech-to-farmers-worldwide-with-plant-dx\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28t18:36:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28t18:36:21","slug":"researchers-bring-biotech-to-farmers-worldwide-with-plant-dx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/researchers-bring-biotech-to-farmers-worldwide-with-plant-dx\/","title":{"rendered":"researchers bring biotech to farmers worldwide with plant-dx"},"content":{"rendered":"
in 2018, family farming generated<\/a> about 80 percent of the earth’s food. as climate change raises global temperatures and prompts extreme weather events, these small-scale operations will face<\/a> surges in pests and crop disease.<\/p>\n in response, researchers at the northwestern university lucks lab have developed plant-dx, a mobile platform to help farmers test crops quickly and on-the-go. this november, the bill & melinda gates foundation awarded the lucks lab with the grand challenges explorations grant<\/a> to further develop plant-dx into an accessible solution for farmers around the world.<\/p>\n