Envy holds back agricultural development
Agricultural innovation in developing countries can be hampered and discouraged by envy, according to research published today by academics at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
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Mar 23, 2011
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News tagged with agricultural fertilizers
Fungi reduce need for fertilizer in agriculture
The next agricultural revolution may be sparked by fungi, helping to greatly increase food-production for the growing needs of the planet without the need for massive amounts of fertilizers according to research presented ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 23, 2011
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Unsung bedrock of prosperity
Modern agriculture would be inconceivable without phosphate fertilizers - and it needs more and more of them. Experts warn of an imminent phosphorus shortage. But not Roland Scholz from the Institute of Environmental Decisions. ...
Environment
Apr 18, 2011
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Study proposes new way to save Africa's beleaguered soils
A Washington State University researcher and colleagues make a case in the journal Nature for a new type of agriculture that could restore the beleaguered soils of Africa and help the continent feed itself in the coming decades.
Environment
Sep 19, 2012
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Fertilizers may not help poorest African farmers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have linked poverty in sub-Saharan Africa with poor soil health, but two new Cornell studies find that the recommended practice of applying more fertilizer may not help the poorest farmers.
Environment
Sep 24, 2009
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Researcher says cyanobacteria could help manage nitrogen to benefit Chesapeake Bay
A novel approach to harness bacteria that could diminish nutrient-laden runoff from agriculture has the potential to support efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay, where water quality improvements have been elusive, research ...
Environment
Mar 9, 2015
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More precise nitrogen recommendations for corn to help farmers, cut pollution
Researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have developed an important component of a new system that corn growers can use to adjust nitrogen fertilizer applications based on site-specific measurements of ...
Environment
Oct 20, 2020
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Biodiversity enhances ecosystems global drylands: researchers
An international team of researchers including Dr. Bertrand Boeken of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev suggest in a new study that plant biodiversity preservation is ...
Environment
Jan 30, 2012
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Wastewater treatment lowers pathogen levels
A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Arizona has tracked the incident of pathogens in biosolids over a 19 year period in one major U.S. city. In the same study, the researchers also analyzed pathogen ...
Environment
Jan 3, 2011
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Switchgrass as bioenergy feedstock
Scientists examined current knowledge about the potential contributions of bioenergy production from switchgrass to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Their findings, published in GCB Bioenergy, conclude that the use of switchgrass ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 9, 2011
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