Microbial biofertilizers and algae-based biostimulants have been recognized for supporting sustainable agriculture. In recent field experiments conducted in the 2022 and 2023 growing seasons on an organic farm in Ferrara, Italy, researchers from the University of Ferrara evaluated the effects of...
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Natural science news
2024.09.02
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AgFunderNews
2024.08.27
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Africa’s decline in soil fertility worsens each year, and crop yields are consequently plummeting, particularly for smallholder farmers whose survival is pegged on small pieces of land averaging half a hectare.
Though many factors cause this degenerating soil health, acidification has emerged as...
EU-startups
2024.08.14
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Hedera-22, a spin-off from ULiege and a pioneer in the development of an intelligent platform for the discovery of new biomolecules with bio-pesticide activity, announced that it has raised about €2 million in funding. This financing, including a capital increase by its shareholders – Aravis,...
Dawn
2024.08.12
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Unfortunately, the agriculture and food authorities have neither established nor well-publicized these limits. Owing to a lack of awareness and proper guidance, the farming community — a majority of them illiterate or poorly literate — is unable to conform to the global standards on this issue....
AgriBusiness Global
2024.08.07
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BioConsortia, Inc., a leading agricultural technology company that discovers, designs and out licenses advanced microbial products to reduce the ecological impacts of agriculture while ensuring crop productivity, this week unveiled the latest results of SOLVARIX bionematicide field testing during...
FAO
2024.07.31
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From May 13 to 17, 2024, Rwanda hosted an inspiring Learning Journey on Biodiversity Management and Sustainable Farming with support from FAO under the EU-funded ACP MEAs 3 programme. As the third phase of the programme is coming to an end, farmers, extension and policy officers from five focus...
The berkshire eagle
2024.07.25
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As defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, biopesticides include any pesticides derived from such natural materials as animals, plants, bacteria and certain minerals. Examples include such familiar materials as canola oil and baking soda whose application to infested plants may kill or...
Philippine News Agency
2024.07.22
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has started distributing different agricultural interventions to rice farmers in the Bicol Region for the wet cropping season to ensure enough rice supply ahead of the forecasted La Niña.
In an interview on Monday, DA-Bicol information office chief Lovella...