Technological advances in agriculture and food

By Pablo and Ines
  • 3500 BCE

    Prow

    Prow
    The first plow made entirely of iron was made by the Englishman Robert Ransome in 1808. In France.
  • 3000 BCE

    Biofertilizers and bio-stimulants.

    Biofertilizers and bio-stimulants.
    In 1843, in England, the great step in this sector was taken again by Germany with several discoveries, such as those of the chemical physicist Friedrich Ostwald. Biofertilizers and biostimulants are 100% organic and do not pollute.
  • 1 BCE

    Fire

    Fire
    Although direct evidence of early fire in archeology remains scarce, there are sites that preserve evidence of burning material from approximately 1.5 million years ago.

  • Precision planters

    Precision planters
    The seeder is an agricultural tool designed to sow and fertilize the land, which is used in the world with all types of seeds. It was re-invented by farmer Jethro Tull.

  • Natural additives

    Natural additives
    These substances can be obtained from plants, animals or minerals or produced synthetically. They are added intentionally for a certain technological purpose to provide the food in question with characteristics that consumers usually identify with it.

  • Tractor

    Tractor
    We can date the birth of this machine to 1858, when J.W. Fawkes adapts a steam engine.

  • Sprayer

    Sprayer
    In 1941, Americans Lyle Goodhue and William Sullivan, who were credited as the inventors of the modern sprayer.

  • Freezing the food

    Freezing the food
    Clarence Birdseye, founder of Birdseye Seafoods in 1922, found that the faster the freezing process of fresh food occurred, the better it preserved its original flavor and texture.

  • Digital sensors

    Digital sensors
    A digital sensor is an electronic or electrochemical sensor, where data is converted and transmitted digitally. Sensors are often used for analytical measurements and were invented in 1969 by Wilard Boyle and George E. Smith at AT&T Bell Labs.

  • GPS systems

    GPS systems
    Engineer and physicist Ivan Getting and Professor Bradford Parkinson invented GPS. GPS is a US-owned service that provides users with positioning, navigation, and timing information.

  • espectral images

    espectral images
    Thanks to the creation of the Landsat satellites, the application of techniques related to remote sensing was established in society early, specifically in the 1980s.

  • agriculture drones

    agriculture drones
    In the field of agriculture, the Airinov company developed a device that makes irrigation easier.