Biobest - Natural solutions to optimise global sustainable crop yields
Summary
TLDRThe video discusses the challenges of feeding a growing global population, projected to reach 9-10 billion by 2050. Biobest, a company focused on sustainable agriculture, helps greenhouse growers maximize yields while minimizing pesticide use through Integrated Pest Management (IPM). IPM incorporates natural methods like beneficial insects and bio-pesticides to manage pests and diseases. Biobest also leverages technology such as crop monitoring software and AI-powered scouting robots to improve decision-making and sustainability. The company is committed to environmental and community welfare, ensuring safe, eco-friendly farming practices and supporting local communities.
Takeaways
- 🌍 The global population is growing rapidly, expected to reach between 9 and 10 billion by 2050, creating a challenge for food production.
- 🌱 Biobest's mission is to help greenhouse growers maximize their yields while reducing the use of chemical pesticides.
- 🔬 Biobest focuses on specific crops, tailoring integrated pest management (IPM) programs to the needs of the user based on crop and location.
- 🦟 IPM integrates non-chemical techniques like the use of beneficial insects, mites, and bio-pesticides to control pests and diseases.
- 🧪 Bio-pesticides, including fungi, viruses, and bacteria, can be diluted in water and applied similarly to conventional pesticides.
- 🌍 Biobest's sustainable farming initiatives in Kenya have improved product quality, increased production, and provided safer alternatives to chemicals.
- 🚫 Natural solutions, such as biologicals, eliminate problems like pesticide resistance and reach hard-to-access pests, improving overall pest control.
- 🌿 Biological solutions ensure better health and safety for workers and the environment compared to chemical alternatives.
- 🤝 Biobest also supplies software like Crop Scanner to help growers organize observations and make better decisions for pest management.
- 🤖 Advanced technology, such as scouting robots using AI, helps predict pest outbreaks more precisely, allowing for more efficient pest control.
Q & A
What challenge is highlighted in the video regarding the growing human population?
-The challenge highlighted is how to feed a rapidly growing human population, expected to reach between 9 and 10 billion people by 2050.
What is Biobest's mission in addressing agricultural challenges?
-Biobest's mission is to help greenhouse growers maximize their yields while minimizing the use of chemical pesticides.
What is IPM, and how does Biobest apply it?
-IPM stands for Integrated Pest Management, which integrates non-chemical techniques to manage pests and diseases. Biobest tailors IPM programs to the needs of specific crops and areas.
What are some types of biopesticides mentioned in the video?
-Biopesticides can include fungi, viruses, or bacteria, which can often be diluted in water and applied similarly to chemical pesticides.
How has IPM impacted farming practices in Kenya?
-In Kenya, IPM has increased the marketability and quality of products, improved production per meter squared, and provided a safer alternative to chemical pesticides.
What are some of the advantages of using natural solutions and biologicals in farming?
-Natural solutions and biologicals prevent pests from developing resistance, can reach pests in hidden areas, and are safe for workers and the environment.
How does Biobest support farmers beyond providing biopesticides?
-Biobest provides farmers with knowledge and technology, including the Crop Scanner software and scouting robots, to help them make better decisions and predict pest outbreaks.
What role does technology play in Biobest's pest management approach?
-Technology, such as AI-based scouting robots and crop scanning software, helps predict pest outbreaks and improve decision-making, reducing the need for chemical interventions.
How does Biobest contribute to community welfare?
-Biobest supports the community by paying school fees for children, providing water, maintaining access roads, and promoting vertical gardening in places like police stations and schools.
What does Biobest see as the future of pest management?
-Biobest envisions a future where pests are detected more quickly and precisely, reducing the need for both beneficial insects and chemicals, while applying advanced technology to ensure profitable farming.
Outlines
🌍 Addressing the Global Population Challenge
The human population is rapidly growing, expected to reach between 9 and 10 billion by 2050. This raises a critical challenge: how to feed this expanding population. The paragraph introduces this global issue, setting the context for exploring sustainable solutions in agriculture.
🌿 Biobest's Mission: Supporting Sustainable Agriculture
Biobest aims to help greenhouse growers maximize crop yields while minimizing chemical pesticide use. Their approach focuses on tailoring solutions based on specific crops and regions, promoting sustainability through integrated pest management (IPM).
🐞 Integrated Pest Management: A Sustainable Approach
IPM, or Integrated Pest Management, involves using non-chemical methods to manage pests and diseases. Biobest employs a range of biological solutions like beneficial arthropods and bio-pesticides, which are fungi, viruses, or bacteria, to combat pests effectively.
🚜 IPM in Action: Benefits for Farmers in Kenya
In Kenya, Biobest's IPM toolkit has improved the marketability and quality of crops. The program has increased production efficiency while offering alternatives to chemical pesticides, making agriculture more sustainable and economically viable.
🌱 The Positive Impact of Natural Solutions
Natural and biological solutions have revolutionized pest control. Unlike chemical pesticides, which lead to resistance, biological methods target pests more effectively, reduce recurring issues, and ensure safety for both employees and the environment.
🤝 Biobest: A Reliable Partner for Sustainable Solutions
Biobest is valued by growers not only for providing effective beneficial insects but also for sharing knowledge and collaborating on sustainable solutions to address evolving pest and disease challenges.
📊 High-Tech Solutions for Pest Monitoring
Biobest is advancing in digital innovation with tools like Crop Scanner software, helping growers organize observations and make better decisions. They are also developing a scouting robot using AI to predict pest outbreaks and improve pest management precision.
🌍 Biobest's Commitment to Community and Sustainability
Biobest is committed to supporting their employees and local communities. Initiatives include sponsoring children's education, promoting vertical gardens, and improving local infrastructure, such as access roads and water supply.
🔍 The Future of Pest Control: Precision and Technology
The future of pest management will focus on early detection of pests and precise solutions, reducing the need for both beneficial organisms and chemicals. Technological advancements will streamline the application of these methods, ensuring sustainable and profitable farming.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Human Population Growth
💡Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
💡Biobest
💡Biopesticides
💡Sustainable Farming
💡Beneficial Insects
💡Crop Focus
💡Resistance
💡Artificial Intelligence (AI)
💡Health and Safety
Highlights
The human population is expected to grow to between nine and ten billion by 2050, raising concerns about how to feed the rapidly increasing population.
Biobest's mission is to help greenhouse growers maximize yields while minimizing the use of chemical pesticides.
Biobest tailors its Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs based on specific crop and regional needs.
IPM involves integrating non-chemical techniques, such as using beneficial arthropods (insects and mites) and biopesticides, to manage pests and diseases.
Biopesticides can include fungi, viruses, and bacteria, which can be applied similarly to conventional pesticides.
Biobest supports sustainable farming in Kenya through IPM, leading to improved product quality and higher production efficiency.
The use of IPM reduces reliance on chemical pesticides and addresses challenges like pest resistance to chemicals.
Natural and biological solutions can reach pests that chemical pesticides might miss, reducing recurring pest problems.
Natural and biological pest management solutions prioritize safety for both the environment and workers.
Biobest is considered a reliable partner, offering not just beneficial insects but also essential knowledge and training.
Biobest's Crop Scanner software helps farmers organize observations and make better decisions based on structured data.
Biobest is working with Eco-asian to develop a scouting robot that uses artificial intelligence to predict pest outbreaks.
Biobest actively supports community welfare, paying school fees for staff members’ children and providing water to local communities.
Biobest addresses new exotic invasive pests by developing new solutions, emphasizing continuous innovation in pest management.
Future technologies will allow for more precise application of chemicals and beneficials, reducing usage while maintaining profitability for growers.
Transcripts
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as a human species we have a challenge
we have a human population today of more
than seven billion people
and by 2050 that will grow somewhere
between nine and ten billion people how
are we going to feed the rapidly growing
human population
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as biobest our mission is to help
greenhouse growers around the world to
maximize their yields while using as
little chemical pesticides as possible
biobest has a crop focus
so by the crop focus we know what kind
of pest to expect when we have a certain
crop and because a different crop and a
different area can desire different
solutions biowaste always tailors
the ipm programs on the needs of the
user ipm is integrated pest management
and integrated pest management is about
integrating different non-chemical
techniques to manage pests and diseases
so we have
arthropods this could be insects or
mites we also have bio-pesticides
bio-pesticides can be different things a
bio-pesticide can be a fungus it could
be a virus or it could be for example
a bacteria very often they can be
diluted in water and sprayed like
regular pesticides can be done
bobes facilities sustainable farming in
kenya by providing ipm as a toolkit the
use of beneficials and biopesticides has
benefited business in three ways one
would be increased marketability of the
product because there is better quality
of the products and at the same time
production per meter squared gets better
with time also the other way you can
look at it is it offers an alternative
because ipm is basically broad and with
ipm we give chemicals the last result
biobased products have really had a very
big positive
impact
in the growing process one chemicals had
a
challenge of building resistance by the
natural solutions and biologicals that
problem is absolutely solved number two
with the natural solutions and
biologicals you're able to reach all
those very hiding pests and diseases
today are locations which with the
chemicals is not reachable then you have
a recurring problem now and then number
three natural and biological solutions
are very safe
health and safety of the employees
health and safety of environment is
guaranteed
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biobest for us is a reliable partner not
only in supplying healthy and good
working beneficial insects but also in
supplying knowledge so that together
we can
go to solutions which are sustainable
for evolving pests and diseases
throughout the years so right now we
supply software that we call crop
scanner and this software is helping
people to organize
their observations
and to give them a structure
to come to better decisions
another high-tech solution we are
bringing to the market right now is in
collaboration with a company called
eco-asian in canada and this is a
scouting robot so this has
more technology inside to predict where
pest outbreaks
might occur based on artificial
intelligence
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we like our staff we like to take care
of them we try and support their
children from our staff or from the
community by paying for their school
fees and then we also try and establish
the vertical back gardenings to police
stations to schools
we've got two sites there's one in
thicker there's one in emble the other
one in embu we provide water to the
community and then we also leave the
access roads to the farm and we maintain
it so we got a good access to their
homes as well
i believe our work is never finished
because every so many years we are
confronted with a new exotic invasive
pests that we need to develop new
solutions for
the future will be
that we will find them sooner and we
will find them more precise which will
lead into less use of beneficials and
chemicals also technology will be in
place in the application of chemicals
and beneficials
in the future this will be necessary for
a
tomato grower
to maintain a profitable company
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