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TOPIC(S): Rice, Agriculture Global,

08/09/2024 SOURCE: theconversation.com

Good flooding? Scientists use rice cultivation to preserve soil in Florida’s Everglades Agricultural Area

A soil expert explains why flooding rice fields in South Florida benefits the agriculture-rich region.

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TOPIC(S): Sorghum, Ethanol/Biofuel, Water, Ag Africa,

05/21/2024 SOURCE: theconversation.com

Sweet sorghum is a hardy, nutritious, biofuel crop that offers solutions in drought-hit southern Africa

Sweet sorghum has multipurpose post-harvest uses. It can produce grains, animal feed and sugary juice, making it unique among crops.

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TOPIC(S): Rice, World Hunger, Human Health,

05/02/2024 SOURCE: theconversation.com

Ghanaians love rice – how smallholder farmers could harvest more of it with the help of machines

Through collaboration and resource sharing, smallholder rice farmers can enhance their productivity and achieve a fully mechanised farming system.

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TOPIC(S): Ag Africa, Weather, Food Security/Shortage,

04/29/2024 SOURCE: theconversation.com

Dry weather hits southern Africa’s farmers, putting key maize supplies at risk: how to blunt the impact

The whole southern Africa region has taken strain and will see a significant reduction in the volume of the crop produced.

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TOPIC(S): Cocoa, Ag Africa,

04/03/2024 SOURCE: theconversation.com

Cocoa beans are in short supply: what this means for farmers, businesses and chocolate lovers

Major African cocoa plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans.

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TOPIC(S): Precision AG , Cotton, Agriculture Global,

02/14/2024 SOURCE: theconversation.com

Our robot harvests cotton by reaching out and plucking it, like a lizard’s tongue snatching flies

Cotton is one of the world’s largest crops and is harvested with large, heavy machines. Robotic harvesting could yield higher-quality cotton with less damage to plants and soil.

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TOPIC(S): Forestry, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture,

02/08/2024 SOURCE: theconversation.com

Trees can make farms more sustainable – here’s how to help farmers plant more

Incentives have so far benefited large landowners and created lifeless plantations.

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TOPIC(S): Soil Health, Agriculture Global, Climate Change, Carbon Farming,

12/07/2023 SOURCE: theconversation.com

How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil

Soil contains three times more carbon than the atmosphere. As climate change has become a global threat, agriculture’s ability to store more or less carbon is under close scrutiny.

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TOPIC(S): Forestry, Agriculture Global, Carbon Farming,

11/25/2023 SOURCE: theconversation.com

If we do it right, we can replant trees and shrubs to store carbon – and restore biodiversity

Carbon farming has its problems, but we shouldn’t write it off. After all, good projects can store carbon – and bring back habitat.

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TOPIC(S): Beekeeping,

09/13/2023 SOURCE: theconversation.com

Asian hornets make UK their latest target – here’s why they’re such a threat to European bees

Invasive Asian hornets are a top predator of bees in the UK – and sightings are starting to soar.

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