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Putting honeybee hives on solar parks could boost the value of UK agriculture

The value of UK agriculture could be boosted by millions of pounds a year if thousands of honeybee hives were deployed on solar parks across the country, a new study reveals.

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Brazil: a vision of low-carbon agriculture and environmental conservation

Brazil is the world's third largest agricultural exporter, while using only a fraction of its territory for agriculture and preserving over two thirds of its native vegetation.

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Robots can improve agriculture, but old laws stand in the way

Agricultural robots have the potential to address labour shortages and increase global food security. However, outdated laws are an obstacle for these new technologies according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen, among others. 

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Sustainable farming: There’s no one solution

Sustainable agriculture will not be achieved by one universal solution. A meta-analysis by the University of Basel shows that the current focus on no-till farming does not achieve the desired results. A sustainable system of agriculture must be designed for local needs and in dialog with local farmers.

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Maine is in danger of losing some of its best agricultural land to solar farms

Only 13 percent of Maine is suitable for farmland. In recent years, those acres have been targeted by solar farm developers.

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Farmer Triples Yield Simply By Mixing His Six Mono-Crops Together - Agricultural Family

Farmer blends his six separate mono-crops together into one field and increases total yield by 300%. The new diverse polyculture is more nutritious, pest-resistant and drought-tolerant. Farmer and rancher Gabe Brown of North Dakota transformed nearly 2000 acres of dead, dry, eroding dirt into moist, black living soil largely by leaving it alone. After almost losing […]

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A climate-smart success story for African agriculture - Nibio

InnovAfrica has taken an innovative and integrated approach to improve the food and nutrition security for thousands of smallholders in six African countries.

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Growing Crops Under Solar Panels? Now Theres a Bright Idea

In the new scientific (and literal) field of agrivoltaics, researchers are showing how pan...

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10/14/2021 SOURCE: thelintonian.com

USDA announces $146M+ investment in sustainable agricultural research; Purdue grabs $10M to diversify the Corn Belt | The Lintonian

From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today an investment of more than $146 million in sustainable agricultural research…

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Topics: Soybeans, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Crop Diseases, Fungicides, Research,

Soybean study designs and implements a more effective and less toxic bio-fungicide - Samachar Central

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Fungal diseases of plants are normally managed through the application of fungicides, which are not only toxic to the pathogens that cause these diseases but to other organisms, including humans, animals, and the environment, especially after long and repeated applications. A recent article summarizes an attempt to use dsRNA molecules, which […]

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