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.
Robigo is a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, part of a community of start-ups from around the world involved in the development of #technologies for social good.
