John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Wheat, Corn/Maize, Rice, Cotton, Vegetables, Water, GMO's, Research, Genes /Genetics, Regenerative Agriculture, Ag Middle East,
Helping grains thrive in increasingly salty soil
Piloted in Israel and India, SaliCrop’s chemical process changes seed DNA to respond well in high salinity, without genetic engineering.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Education U.S. MidWest, Water, Economics, Peanuts, World Hunger, World Population,
Auburn University peanut breeding program works on drought-tolerant plant
Researchers in Auburn Universityand#8217;s College of Agriculture are using a $490,000 grant to accelerate efforts to breed a drought-tolerant peanut plant, a development that would be a game changer for the industry.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Water, Economics, Sustainability, World Hunger, World Population, Ag Australia/NZ, Weather,
After four years of punishing drought, Rick still needs to pinch himself at this year's harvest
After years without rain, many NSW farmers are now preparing themselves for a bumper crop. But with a La Niña weather event, the Bureau of Meteorology warns there's a possibility things could "swing from drought to flood".
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Water, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population,
Regreening Africa Aims to Resolve Land Degradation - Africa.com
In sub-Saharan Africa approximately 83% of people depend directly on land for survival. However, approximately...
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09/27/2020 SOURCE: www.greenbaypressgazette.com
Wild rice, known by its Ojibwe name as manoomin, is an important part of Ojibwe culture. Some fear climate change may impact its growth in the state.
Wisconsin wild rice is unique in the world, but some worry about effects of climate change
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09/27/2020 SOURCE: www.theguardian.com
The long read: The salmon has always been a barometer for the health of the planet. Now industrial-scale farming is bringing pollution, plagues of sea lice and threatening the future of wild salmon
Net loss: the high price of salmon farming
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09/27/2020 SOURCE: www.rnz.co.nz
Agriculture has found itself in a policy tug of war between National's Judith Collins and Labour's Jacinda Ardern this election.
Agriculture industry, environmentalists lukewarm on National, Labour policies
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Conservation/Tillage, Water, Research, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
World Food Prize Laureate hails DSR as solution to Punjab’s water crisis
Amid labour shortage due to Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, more and more farmers in Punjab adopted DSR sowing instead of manual sowing method, which requires water puddling.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Soil Health, Cover Crops, Water, Sustainability, Ag Europe, World Hunger, Climate Change, World Population, Weather,
The EU's mission to save our soils
Rebuilding the degraded soils of Europe is one of the EU's missions within the new Horizon Europe framework, about to be launched. Euronews' Claudio Rosmino for Futuris investigates how new practices are rolling back years of ecological damage. #Futuris
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