Due to financial constraints, the inability to afford a healthy diet is a serious problem faced by more than 1/3 of the global population.

Malnutrition caused by the inability to afford a healthy diet, in turn, affects an individual's physical health and cognitive development,

thereby reducing their productivity and social competitiveness, leading to low income.

In this cycle, the welfare of families and society is severely affected. Both children and adults may not be able to escape this predicament, resulting in the perpetuation of poverty and health issues across generations.

In many impoverished areas, the backwardness of agriculture due to natural conditions is a key factor leading to low income and malnutrition.

So, what can we do for them?

Leguminous plants that can adapt to poor soil conditions are widely cultivated around the world.

How about making leguminous plants even more powerful?!

Achieve more with less, kill two birds with one stone!

We've discovered that the strong adaptability of leguminous plants is partly due to the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing action of rhizobia in the rhizosphere.

We've observed that in agricultural production, people often harvest the above-ground fruits of legumes without paying attention to the under-ground potential resource —NODULES.

Excitingly, nodules possess a natural microaerobic consumption environment.

Utilize the natural microaerobic consumption environment of nodules to allow rhizobia to synthesize some nutrients that are valuable and prone to be oxidized?

Anaerobic nutrients are often more expensive due to their anaerobic production requirements, making them difficult for low-income populations to obtain. If we could produce these nutrients in nodules, it would not only increase profits but also allow low-income populations to access nutrients that were originally expensive, achieving the goal of solving both malnutrition and low income at the same time.

The nodule factory has many advantages

In the future, we envision that through transmembrane transport, nutrients in nodules can be transported into soybeans, achieving a leap in soybean quality, and then developing a series of soy products, allowing people to conveniently and affordably obtain nutrients.

Nodule Factory utilizes the usually neglected underground part, allowing nodules not only to enrich the soil but also to serve as an independent productive force, producing precious anaerobic nutrients, and improving malnutrition and low income. Moreover, Nodule Factory will also be an open-source anaerobic synthetic platform. CAU-China has verified the feasibility of anaerobic production of substances in nodules, and future teams only need to make minor modifications on the existing basis to synthesize other desired products, continuing to build and cultivate Nodule Factory, making it ultimately a sustainable, N-possibility biofactory!