John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Organic, Beekeeping, World Population, Pollinators,
These Special Bees Craft Nests From Flower Petals
The colorful papier-mache cocoons provide a safe haven for bringing baby bees into the world.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Rice, Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Crop Diseases, Research, World Hunger, World Population,
Bacterial seed endophyte shapes disease resistance in rice
In rice, one endophyte (Sphingomonas melonis) colonizes seeds and produces anthranilic acid, which confers resistance to a bacterial pathogen (Burkholderia plantarii) in the plant.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Research, Fertilizer, World Population, Ag South America, Regenerative Agriculture,
‘White gold’ guano fertilizer drove agricultural intensification in the Atacama Desert from ad 1000
The source of pre-Inca agriculture in the Atacama Desert of Chile has been the subject of multiple theories, but this Article uses preserved maize remains to deduce that coastal guano deposits were utilized in an impressive display of social and ecological sophistication.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Economics, Ag India, Government / Policies, World Population,
In agri-credit, small farmers are still outside the fence
The agriculture sector’s performance has not been commensurate with the increasing subsidised credit it receives
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Economics, Sustainability, Ag Europe, Government / Policies, World Population, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),
Renewables overtook fossil fuels as EU’s main power source in 2020
Renewables generated 38% of the EU’s electricity in 2020, overtaking coal and gas to become the main source of electricity for the first time ever in Europe, according to fresh data released on Monday (25 January).
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Economics, Research, Ag Europe, World Population,
Solar's unique opportunity to lead the re-industrialisation of Europe
Planning for large scale, high volume solar PV manufacturing here in Europe may seem like a tall task, but it is becoming more and more apparent that the scale of the climate crisis dwarfs even the most ambitious of plans, writes Stefan Degener.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Sustainability, Ag Europe, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population,
How American agriculture can work with the EU on food sustainability
We must build more resilient, sustainable global food systems that can feed an increasingly hungry world, or there will be dire consequences, warn Kip Tom and Ronald J. Gidwitz.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Ag Europe, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
2021: The year of the CAP
2019 is likely to be the year in which the much awaited reform of the main EU's massive farming subsidies programme, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), will see the light.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Forestry, Research, Genes /Genetics, World Hunger, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,
Could lab-grown plant tissue ease the environmental toll of logging and agriculture?
It takes a lot to make a wooden table. Grow a tree, cut it down, transport it, mill it … you get the point. It's a decades-long process. Luis Fernando Velásquez-García suggests a simpler solution: ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Commodities, Economics, Ag India, Government / Policies, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
Focus more on agric sector investment to improve economy – Dr Sarkodie - Ghanaian Times
The government must pay attention to growing the country’s agricultural sector, an Economist, Dr Adu Sarkodie has suggested. He said while many industries last year shrank amid the coronavirus pandemic, the sector recorded significant growth hence the need to focus more on it. “Your concentration must be on agric modernisation and industrialisation. So, going forward, …
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