John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Jobs, Economics, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, Government / Policies,
In the backdrop of the challenges of fourth industrial revolution, agriculture needs disruptive digital thinking
There is a need to take a comprehensive view for a new economic model in the backdrop of the highly distorted economic inequality, impending large-scale job losses sealing opportunity for shifting people from agriculture to other sectors.
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Cover Crops, Fertilizer, USDA,
right now it appears that the N just doesn’t evaporate, but given the clays in our soils, and the nature of N mineralization in these cover crops, the N may be tied up in the clay inter-layers, at least temporarily.
Nitrogen Credit from Cover Crops?? (07/18/19) — Crop & Pest Report
Most information on cover crops in books and even from some farmer-speakers indicate that if the carbon (C) to nitrogen (N) ratio (C/N ratio) of the cover crop is less than 30 to 1 then N will be released to the next crop.
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02/15/2021 SOURCE: www.nrdc.org
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02/15/2021 SOURCE: www.technologyreview.com
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Dairy, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Ag Innovation, World Population,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Food Waste, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population, Food Security/Shortage,
UN: More than 2 million Yemeni children may starve in 2021
More than 2 million Yemeni children under the age of 5 are expected to endure acute malnutrition in 2021, four United Nations agencies said Friday, urging stakeholders to end the yearslong conflict that has brought the Arab world's poorest country to the brink of famine.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Commodities, Markets/Pricing, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Trade (Commodities),
Investing in Permanent Crop Farmland | AgAmerica
Learn more about the advantages of permanent cropland ownership and how to mitigate the common risks surrounding this finite yet profitable commodity.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Economics, Fermentation/Vineyard/Wine, Grapes, Government / Policies, Ag Africa,
South Africa’s wine industry reeling from alcohol bans
Drinkers in South Africa may cheer the government’s decision to lift the latest bar on alcohol sales, but the wine sector fears the move has come too late to save thousands of jobs. The key industry has been badly hit by a string of booze bans, imposed to ease the number of trauma cases in hospitals burdened by coronavirus patients.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Forestry, Coffee/Tea, Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, World Population,
Agroforestry-grown coffee gives Amazon farmers a sustainable alternative | South Africa Today
Located in the southern part of Brazil’s Amazonas state, the municipality of Apuí has been producing the Amazon’s first agroecological coffee since 2012. The municipality has one of the highest rates of fire outbreaks in the region, and investing in social development is one way to combat land grabbing and deforestation for cattle pastures. Funded […]
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