From institutional reports to international awards, scientific events and media coverage, Meaplant Innovation continues to attract global attention for its patented soilless cultivation technology inspired by Nature.
Selected international reports and publications that strengthen Meaplant Innovation’s scientific credibility, technological value and global positioning.
MEAPLANT INNOVATION was published by the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council (AFFRC), of Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), within a strategic report prepared by NTT DATA Institute of Management Consulting.
The report presents Meaplant as an Italian soilless cultivation innovation based on a mesh substrate capable of forming suspended water droplets, allowing roots to absorb water and nutrients directly and efficiently.
Meaplant Innovation was featured in the WIPO Patent Landscape Report on Agrifood as a bio-inspired cultivation system designed to bridge traditional soil-based agriculture and advanced soilless techniques.
The report highlights Meaplant’s hydrophobic and chemically inert mesh substrate, inspired by suspended droplets in Nature, capable of holding nutrient solution without absorbing it and making water directly available to plant roots.
Beyond Confcooperative featured Meaplant Innovation within its Agritech section, presenting it as an innovative soilless cultivation system designed for walls, roofs, balconies, terraces and urban spaces.
The article highlights Meaplant’s patented technology, its recognition at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, its water-saving potential and its simple use: add water and mineral salts, activate irrigation and let the plants grow.
Meaplant Innovation has also attracted attention across digital platforms, where creators and communities explain the system, its water-saving potential and its role in the future of sustainable cultivation.
This public interest strengthens the perception of Meaplant as an innovation that is technically relevant, easy to understand and memorable.
Meaplant Innovation has been presented in prestigious environments dedicated to science, invention, biomimicry and sustainable innovation.
A prestigious scientific event organized at the City of Science and Industry in Paris, dedicated to technical and scientific innovations inspired by Nature.
In this creative and technological atmosphere, our innovation found the ideal place to be shown to the general public. Our revolutionary idea was born by observing Nature: drops of water suspended on a spider’s web opened a new path and inspired a completely innovative soilless cultivation substrate.
In our substrate, drops of water are suspended on the threads as on a spider web after the rain, remaining totally available for the plants.
Meaplant Innovation was featured in the Biomim’Expo book, presenting the bio-inspired origin of the technology and the natural observation behind the system.
Download PDF →Meaplant Innovation received important awards at the International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva 2024 for its innovative impact in agriculture.
The international jury awarded the inventors the prestigious special prize of the Italian Delegation and the gold medal with the congratulations of the Jury.
Publications, websites and media platforms that have highlighted Meaplant Innovation and its patented soilless cultivation technology.
A mesh that retains water and mineral nutrients instead of soil — the idea launched by the startup. It aims to allow anyone to grow a balcony garden, while also reducing water consumption and helping fight global hunger.
Solutions for global agricultural resource challenges.
Innovation platform recognition.
Scientific and biomimicry innovation event.
International press visibility from Monaco.
Public communication and radio coverage.
Digital media attention around sustainable innovation.
International business visibility.
Future-oriented sustainable innovation media.
Digital media attention around sustainable cultivation.
International online mention and digital visibility.
Media recognition from the Principality of Monaco.
December 15, 2019
Una rete che trattiene acqua e sali minerali al posto del terriccio, l’idea lanciata dalla startup. Permetterà a tutti di avere un orto da balcone. Ma punta anche a ridurre l’uso di acqua e a combattere la fame nel mondo.
ASSURER LA NUTRITION DES HUMAINS
DES SOLUTIONS À LA PÉNURIE DES RESSOURCES DE L’AGRICULTURE MONDIALE
Technology at a glance: MEAPLANT – a bioinspired solution for quality food production
Many phenomena in Nature involve trapped drops of water: the formation of dew drops on a spider’s web, the capture of drops of water on the spines of cacti or the movement of droplets on plant fibres. These phenomena have been studied and explored for various technological applications: from microfluidics for medical and electronic equipment, to harvest nets of the water drops from fog in the desert areas. MEAPLANT’s innovation for the first time in history has applied these physical principles to make soilless cultivation simple, efficient and suitable for everyone.
Our cultivation substrate is made up of a mesh of threads made with materials for food use which are hydrophobic and chemically inert.
The drops of water and mineral salts, supplied by an irrigation system, remain suspended on the threads for the balance that it is established between the surface tension of the drops and their weight.
The videos below show how the drops supplied by an irrigation system are captured by a mesh of interwoven threads as happens in our growing substrate. When the drops increase in mass and become greater than the surface tension resistance force, they precipitate inside the tank.
Diagram of the equilibrium forces.
Simulation Acknowledgements: Simulation result courtesy of Flow Science, Inc., developer of the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software, FLOW-3D® (https://www.flow3d.com). Flow Science is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA – Inc. 683 Harkle Road.
