Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Chemical pesticides cause a lot of collateral damage – to soil, biodiversity, and human health. Because as well as killing the fungi, plants and insects that damage crops, pesticides can also hurt non-target species.
Could engineering microbes solve this problem? US start-up Robigo thinks so. It uses a technology called RNA interference to switch off the problematic genes in target species – preventing them from causing damage while leaving the rest of the local ecosystem unharmed, as Robigo’s founder and CEO Andee Wallace explains.
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