Crop disease start-up scoops global innovation prize

Canadian tech company sees off competition to win annual Heriot-Watt University's Global Innovation Challenge

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Edinburgh-based Heriot-Watt University has crowned its latest innovator
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Edinburgh-based Heriot-Watt University has crowned its latest innovator

A crop disease tech start-up has seen off competition from hundreds of entrepreneurs and inventors to take top honours in the 2023 Global Innovation Challenge (GIC) organised by Heriot-Watt University....

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