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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Economics, Research, Renewable Energy (Solar/Wind),

Helping Farmers Benefit from Soil Management : Research for Agriculture

The Australian Government has released for public consultation a draft soil carbon method for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor said the new method will support greater uptake of soil carbon projects by overcoming barriers to participating in the ERF by reducing costs and introducing new activities to […]

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Risk of airborne transmission of avian influenza from wild waterfowl to poultry negligible

Research by Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) has shown that the risk of airborne transmission of high pathogenic avian influenza virus from infected wild birds is negligible. The research looked specifically at the airborne movement of particles from wild waterfowl droppings in the vicinity of poultry farms during the risk season for avian influenza (October to March). It also considered transmission via aerosolization, with the exhalations or coughs of wild waterfowl infected with avian influenza virus finding their way into the ventilation systems of poultry farms. As a precaution, it’s important that the carcasses of wild waterfowl or other wild birds that have died of high pathogenic avian influenza are removed from their habitat as soon as possible. If not, scavengers eating the carcasses could cause feathers to become distributed. Feathers of wild birds that died of, and if the wild bird died of high pathogenic avian influenza contain the virus, which can then the virus can survive for a long time in those feathers.

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Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture US, Pesticides, Agriculture Global, Economics, Pest Control, Crop Diseases, Insects, Research,
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How robust are ecosystems? Three key indicators hold the clues

23.09.2021 - Göttingen University research team involved in global study on conditions and capacity to adapt Ecosystems provide a wide range of services to people. These services depend on basic ecosystem functions, which are shaped by natural conditions like climate, the mix of species and by human intervention.

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Topics: Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Economics, Sustainability, Government / Policies, World Population, Pollinators,

’More support needed for pollination services in agriculture’

20.09.2021 - Agroecologist from the University of Göttingen emphasises their importance for food security of smallholder farmers The global decline of pollinators threatens the reproductive success of 90 per cent of all wild plants globally and the yield of 85 per cent of the world's most important crops.

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