John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Education U.S. NorthEast, Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Research, World Hunger, World Population, Pollinators,
Pollen-sized particles give bees immunity to insecticides
Bees play a critical role in pollinating many of plants that humans eat and are therefore key to food security, but populations continue to decline rapidly around the world. A number of factors are contributing to this, including habitat loss and drought, but a tiny new ingestible particle developed at Cornell University takes aim at a key one, by detoxifying deadly insecticides before they can do these important critters harm.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Government / Policies, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for all public, private sector employees: NCOC
Walk-in facility at vaccination centres to open for citizens above 18 years of age from June 11.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag Asia / Pacific, Government / Policies, World Population,
Govt okays proposed legislation to protect agricultural land
Authority to be set up for land use, building control.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, World Hunger, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Jobs, Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag United Kingdom, Government / Policies, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Pandemic workplace transformation ‘as significant as invention of agriculture’
Millions of people across the UK have changed their work patterns as a consequence of Covid-19.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Water, Economics, Sustainability, World Population, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),
1,000-foot multi-rotor floating Windcatchers to power 80,000 homes each
Norway's Wind Catching Systems (WCS) has made a spectacular debut with a colossal floating wind turbine array it says can generate five times the annual energy of the world's biggest single turbines – while reducing costs enough to be immediately competitive with grid prices.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Research, Fertilizer, World Hunger, Climate Change, World Population,
Mixed Farming Methods Could Eliminate Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Small-scale mixed-use agriculture that avoids synthetic fertilizers in favor of manure could eliminate agricultural greenhouse gas emissions if established across the United States' 100 million hectares of lush high quality cropland, according to a study by Gidon Eshel, publishing 3rd June 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Research, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Govt locks down Bondolfi over COVID-19 outbreak
LESSONS have been suspended at the Roman-Catholic Church-run Bondolfi Teachers College in Masvingo following a spike in COVID-19 cases at the institution.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, World Hunger, Climate Change, Ag Africa, World Population, Weather,
Resilience agriculture counters climate shocks
Zimbabwe’S marginalised rural communities are fast migrating from donor aid in their quest to withstand climate change shocks and are adopting sustainable development projects.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Ethanol/Biofuel, World Population,
From feed to fuel: This is how corn is used around the world
The U.S. is the world’s largest producer and exporter of corn and accounted for 36% of exports in 2020.
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