Meaplant Innovation was created to make cultivation simpler, more efficient and more accessible, especially in drought-affected and disadvantaged areas where food security and water protection are becoming urgent priorities.
In September 2015, 193 world leaders committed to achieving the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Goal 2 aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition by 2030 through the promotion of sustainable agriculture.
The World Intellectual Property Organization has recognized Meaplant Innovation as a sustainable cultivation system, identifying it as an innovation aligned with the objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
By 2023, extreme weather events such as droughts, cyclones and floods were estimated to be the primary cause of severe food insecurity for 77 million people across 18 countries, including 33 million children. Over the past 30 years, the number of climate-related disasters has tripled. Many of these extreme weather events have devastated agriculture and grazing lands, leading to displacement and pushing millions into acute hunger.
Water is one of the most precious resources on Earth. In many regions, access to clean water for agriculture is becoming increasingly limited. Meaplant Innovation was designed to respect this resource, using only what plants truly need.
The water drained after irrigation is continuously reused in a recirculation system. The Meaplant Innovation growing medium does not need to be washed regularly, as required in current soilless cultivation systems. No wastewater is released into the environment, and only the water necessary for plant growth is consumed. The result is effective water saving compared to all other cultivation systems.
The Meaplant Innovation substrate reduces water evaporation by mimicking the strategy of cacti, which use a combination of hydrophobic spines and trichomes to capture water from the environment and hydrophilic mucilage to store it. The transition from a hydrophobic layer to a hydrophilic one occurs in just a few seconds, compared to the minutes required for evaporation.
Reference: Kim K, Kim H, Ho Park S, and Joon Lee S. Hydraulic Strategy of Cactus Trichome for Absorption and Storage of Water under Arid Environment, 2017.
With the same speed, a drop of water suspended on the hydrophobic fibers of the Meaplant Innovation substrate is absorbed by the hydrophilic gel of the roots before it can evaporate.
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The substrate, composed of a network of hydrophobic fibers, captures moisture on its surface exposed to air, similar to the nets used in arid and drought-prone areas. In these nets, moisture in the form of water droplets becomes trapped in the mesh and is then collected at the base by gravity.
The same phenomenon enables the Meaplant Innovation substrate to capture water droplets from atmospheric humidity, which, along with the water provided by the irrigation system, is utilized for plant growth.
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Can be used outdoors, resists heavy rain and provides root insulation against both heat and cold.
Does not require continuous monitoring or adjustment of irrigation cycles.
Does not require constant pH and salinity monitoring.
Designed to make cultivation simple, accessible and easy to manage.
Meaplant Innovation is the first cultivation system so simple that anyone can use it. You place the seedling or seed in the growing channel and wait for the plant to grow.
“Innovation is worthless if it doesn’t improve people’s lives” — Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.
In September 2015, 193 world leaders signed a commitment to achieving 17 global sustainable development goals. The second goal aimed to end hunger, achieve food security, and improve nutrition by 2030 through the promotion of sustainable agriculture
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recognized MEAPLANT INNOVATION as a sustainable cultivation system, defining it : An innovation aligned with the objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
By 2023, extreme weather events such as droughts, cyclones, and floods were estimated to be the primary cause of severe food insecurity for 77 million people across 18 countries, including 33 million children. Over the past 30 years, the number of climate-related disasters has tripled. Many of these extreme weather events have devastated agriculture and grazing lands, leading to displacement and pushing millions into acute hunger
The water drained after irrigation is continuously reused in a recirculation system. The MEAPLANT growing medium does not need to be washed regularly, as required in current soilless cultivation systems. No wastewater is released into the environment, and only the water necessary for plant growth is consumed. The result is an effective water saving compared to all other cultivation systems
The MEAPLANT substrate reduces water evaporation by mimicking the strategy of cacti, which use a combination of hydrophobic spines and trichomes to capture water from the environment and hydrophilic mucilage to store it. The transition from a hydrophobic layer to a hydrophilic one occurs in just a few seconds, compared to the minutes required for evaporation (Citation: Kim K, Kim H, Ho Park S, and Joon Lee S (2017) Hydraulic Strategy of Cactus Trichome for Absorption and Storage of Water under Arid Environment).
With the same speed, a drop of water suspended on the hydrophobic fibers of the MEAPLANT substrate is absorbed by the hydrophilic gel of the roots before it can evaporate
The substrate, composed of a network of hydrophobic fibers, captures moisture on its surface exposed to air, similar to the nets used in arid and drought-prone areas. In these nets, moisture in the form of water droplets becomes trapped in the mesh and is then collected at the base by gravity. The same phenomenon enables the MEAPLANT substrate to capture water droplets from atmospheric humidity, which, along with the water provided by the irrigation system, is utilized for plant growth
MEAPLANT INNOVATION is the first cultivation system so simple that anyone can use it. You place the seedling or seed in the growing channel and wait for the plant to grow.
“Innovation is worthless if it doesn’t improve people’s lives” – Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.
