Mycoverse’s biologicals discovery platform enables a green transition of agriculture with a substantial reduction of the climate impact of crop production. Phasing out chemical fungicides without proper substitutes will dramatically reduce yields and hence increase the climate impact of agricultural production. Pathogens and pests cause considerable crop losses in agriculture with estimated annual losses of 20% for the 5 biggest crops WW, even with the use of synthetic pesticides. Without the use of pesticides, like fungicides, the losses could reach levels of up to 70%. As a solution to this problem MycoVerse improves the yield while reducing environmental and human risk. Mycoverse’s discovery platform is also applicable beyond agriculture such as pharma, food and feed industries.

Why it Matters

Biological agriculture solutions balance counteracting climate issues – improving agricultural yield and resiliency against climate conditions, while reducing the agricultural use of synthetics. Mycoverse serves a growing market with a shortage of viable products: the growth trajectory for biologicals outpaces chemicals, in part due to the demand for organic foods and regulatory restrictions for chemical pesticides. Phasing out chemical pesticides without viable alternatives risks more land being converted to agricultural use – and more CO2 emissions. Initial estimates show an effective biofungicide for wheat (a solution that eliminates expected yield drop from phasing out chemicals) has the potential for 1-million-ton CO2e savings in Denmark alone.