John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population,
How Women-Led Agribusinesses Are Boosting Nutrition In Africa - Africa.com
Oluwaseun Sangoleye’s son developed rickets after rejecting baby formula. So she started a business to make natural baby cereal from locally-sourced ingredients in Nigeria.
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09/10/2020 SOURCE: www.feednavigator.com
The first-ever public detection method for a gene-edited crop has been successfully developed and published, according to a group of non-governmental organizations, non-GMO food associations and a food retailer behind the development.
Non-GMO advocates hail 'first open source detection test' for a gene-edited GM crop
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Randy Krotz
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, World Hunger, World Population, Blockchain,
Smartphone, blockchain technologies to open new frontier in fight
Food fraudsters have found myriad ways to trick shoppers – from cheap horsemeat sold as beef to conventional apples labelled as organic. But new rapid testing and tracing technologies may help turn
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09/07/2020 SOURCE: horizon-magazine.eu
On the southern outskirts of the city of Owensboro in Kentucky, US, there is a square, nondescript building. Inside, rows and rows of small plants are growing under artificial lights. This is a new
We can programme plants to grow biomolecules. Is farming the future
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09/06/2020 SOURCE: liu.se
Researchers at Linköping University have developed a molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores it in chemical bonds. A possible long-term use of the molecule is to capture solar energy efficiently and store it for later consumption.
Researchers develop molecule to store solar energy
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Cotton, Agriculture US, Pesticides, Agriculture Global, Economics, Pest Control, Research,
Research recommends integrated approaches to managing reniform nematodes in cotton
While there are many pests affecting cotton, the reniform nematode is one the most damaging, with the ability to cause annual losses of approximately $33 million within the Mid-Southern United States. Farmers struggle to manage this pest as commercially available resistance is not widespread and a limited number of products are commercially available for use in suppressing the reniform nematode.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Education U.S. West, Conservation/Tillage, Economics,
Study seeks to increase adoption of soil conservation practices
Farmers who make soil health a priority are more likely to rotate three or more crops and to graze livestock on cropland, according to a survey of producers in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Water, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population,
We Can Solve Water Scarcity in the U.S., New Study Says
The U.S., like much of the world, has the compounding problem of growing population and an increased likelihood of drought due to the climate crisis. In fact, the Southwest is already in the throes of its worst drought in 1,200 years. Now, a new study has identified ways to revamp how water is utilized to thrive in a time of water scarcity.
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