His Excellency Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of the Republic of Singapore, visits the Plant cultivation facility

Picture credit : Ben Delcoigne

The President of Singapore had the opportunity to discover the Plant Cultivation Facilities (SEFY) technology platform, a 2,000 m² greenhouse complex dedicated to agronomic research, and in particular an innovative aeroponic cultivation and root imaging system, making it possible to predict the water and nitrogen absorption capacity of new plant varieties.

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