Methane is a short-lived but powerful greenhouse gas and the second-largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide. And the majority of human-induced methane emissions comes from livestock.
Environment
Mar 18, 2021
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Low-income livestock farmers in developing countries are often faced with a difficult dilemma: protect their animals from endangered predators, or spare the threatened species at the expense of their livestock and livelihood.
Plants & Animals
Feb 24, 2021
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Delivering the benefits of agricultural biotechnology to smallholder farmers requires that resources be directed toward staple food crops. To achieve effect at scale, beneficial traits must be integrated into multiple, elite ...
Biotechnology
Feb 16, 2021
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The traditional milpa intercrop in which maize is grown together with beans, squash or other vegetable crops can provide food and nutrients for marginalized, resource-poor communities in the Americas, according to a study ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2021
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A common belief in nature conservation is that people need to "know nature" in order to care about it. However, new research has found that farmers in the Brazilian Amazon can develop strong connections with nature despite ...
Environment
Feb 10, 2021
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CABI scientists have updated the first major study of potential biological controls that could be used in the fight against the devastating fall armyworm in Africa. The research offers new insight into evidence of their efficacy ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 3, 2021
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Plant breeders are constantly working to develop new bean varieties to meet the needs and desires of the food industry. But not everyone wants the same thing.
Plants & Animals
Jan 20, 2021
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One-third of the fertilizer applied to grow corn in the U.S. each year simply compensates for the ongoing loss of soil fertility, leading to more than a half-billion dollars in extra costs to U.S. farmers every year, finds ...
Environment
Jan 12, 2021
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Optimized on-farm grain storage boosts food security in sub-Saharan Africa, as an ETH study in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic shows.
Other
Jan 12, 2021
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Smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa use fertilizer well below recommended rates, contributing to consistently low agricultural productivity. Farmers in Tanzania and Kenya, for example, apply just 13 kilograms of fertilizer ...
Economics & Business
Dec 11, 2020
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