CABI is supporting a project to help smallholder farmers fight the sweet potato weevil (SPW) in Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, and St Lucia using environmentally friendly biological control agents as part of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plan.
Dr Belinda Luke, Global Team Leader,...
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Krishak Jagat
2024.11.18
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chinadaily
2024.11.14
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Chinese scientists have discovered a small molecule in plant cells that can trigger immunity.
The molecule, which has been patented, can potentially be developed into a broad-spectrum biopesticide, helping plants such as crops resist diseases.
"Once this biopesticide is put into use, it can...
the cool down
2024.11.06
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Growing a large amount of food that is both safe to eat and profitable to sell is no easy task. To make it easier, many farmers resort to human-made fertilizers that, despite harmful impacts, can often juice up their crop yield.
What if there was a way to safely grow healthy food in large...
A quiet revolution: NBRI’s innovation boosts liquid biofertilizer production in Odisha’s Nabarangpur
thehindu
2024.10.19
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The NBRI has provided its proven, high-efficiency strains of bio-inoculants to Krishna Nayak, an entrepreneur from Uma Shankar Sabuja Dunia Limited (USSDL) in Nabrangpur. With this technical support, Mr. Nayak has set up a biofertilizer production unit with a capacity to produce 1,400 tons per...
The Biologicals Boom: What’s Driving the Market for Biostimulants, Biopesticides and Biofertilizers?
CropLife
2024.10.15
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Death, taxes, and biologicals. With apologies to Benjamin Franklin, the growth of biological products in agriculture seems as inevitable as the first two. In the past few years, both the interest in and use of biological products (primarily biostimulants, biopesticides, biofertilizers) seem to have...
anthropocenemagazine
2024.10.11
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Using eco-friendly fertilizers instead of synthetic chemicals produces high quality tomato crops with competitive yields, a team of Italian scientists has shown.
Their new study considered two groups of fertilizer alternatives: a nutrient-rich algae-infused concoction; and fertilizers made with...
AgriBusiness Global
2024.10.08
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BioConsortia’s new biofungicide/bactericide, Amara has received registration from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). With potential applications in high-value fruit and vegetable production, the product is designed to protect crops from foliar diseases with a biological mode of action that...
AgriBusiness Global
2024.10.07
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Rovensa Next, a global leader in sustainable agriculture and biosolutions, has announced three significant achievements in Colombia and Perú. The company has successfully registered Naturdai Mim, a plant extract biofungicide, Santem, a pyrethrin-based bioinsecticide, and Kuneka, a Karanja oil and...