Plant pests and diseases cause damage to crops during production and storage, reducing crop yields and negatively affecting food quality. This significantly impacts the agricultural industry; the FAO estimates that plant pests are responsible for global crop losses of up to 40% each year, and plant...
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FAO
2022.11.11
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The first wave of desert locust swarms hit Somalia in 2019. Carpets of hopper bands and clouds of locust swarms resembling those of a storm started appearing throughout the country. As the locusts descended on any vegetation they could find, crops succumbed to their appetite; fields became barren...
HortiDaily
2022.10.27
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Exploring the use of digested food waste as a soil improver and biofertilizer is currently being investigated by CHAP member, IntelliDigest.
The company was recently awarded a series of grants totaling £245,000 to fund the further development of its iDigest automated bio-upcycler, which recovers...
Mongabay
2022.10.26
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Brazilian soybean producers have been highly successful in using genome technology to benefit their crops, with huge economic and environmental gains, a new paper highlights. Currently, the growers are using biofertilizer on 80% of their crops and their benefits are pushing...
World bio market insights
2022.10.11
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These fungi can protect crops without the toxicity and carbon footprints of chemical pesticides
An estimated 20 – 40 percent of crop yield are lost to pests each year. Although synthetic insect-killing formulas have been the go-to solution since the 1960s, their dangers for human and ecosystem...
The Guardian
2022.10.04
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Australian farmers are heavily reliant on the use of pesticides to control weeds, diseases, and insect pests, collectively known as agripests.
In some industries, pesticides are the first option when managing pests, rather than a last resort. They are not only applied as aerial sprays after a...
Proactive Investors Limited
2022.09.26
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Eden Research PLC (AIM:EDEN, OTCQB:EDNSF), the AIM-quoted company focused on biopesticides for sustainable agriculture, has received regulatory approval from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the company's three active ingredients (eugenol, geraniol and thymol) and two...
The Manila Times
2022.09.24
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EVERY crop season, farmers use more and more chemical inputs to keep up with the yield and high quality needed for harvest. This results in a vicious cycle for the need of chemical fertilizers that strip the soil of its essential nutrients.
As a way to combat this anti-productive practice, the...