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Tag Archives: crop rotation
Making grass greener: CIAT breeds tropical pasture that suppresses greenhouse gas emissions
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Guillermo Sotelo of CIAT’s entomology team, working with brachiaria grass in a greenhouse at the institution’s headquarters in Colombia (picture credit: CIAT/Neil Palmer). ‘. . . On 13 September, researchers announced that they have bred…
GMO Corn Fails To Protect Fields From Pest Damage
Originally posted on Ann Novek( Luure)–With the Sky as the Ceiling and the Heart Outdoors:
Researchers in the key corn-growing state of Illinois are finding significant damage from rootworms in farm fields planted in a rotation with a genetically…
Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer
Tagged arthropod, beetle, biotechnology, Bt crop, Bt toxin, corn, corn rootworm, crop, crop rotation, data, evolution, genetic modification, grain, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, maize, Monsanto, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_monocot, research
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Golden Rice is ‘no solution’ to malnutrition
GRAIN says that Golden Rice is no solution to malnutrition. Golden Rice is a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) which has been genetically modified (GM, also called genetically engineered or GE) to make beta-carotene in its grains. After you eat … Continue reading
Posted in food, human health, knowledge transfer
Tagged biofortification, biotechnology, carrot, child, crop diversity, crop rotation, crop variety, development, finance, food, genetic modification, Golden Rice, grain, Green Revolution, hemipteran, integrated pest management, International Rice Research Institute, knowledge, land use, local variety, neonicotinoid, nutrition, Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato, patent, pest, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, poverty, pumpkin, research, rice, selective breeding, smallholder, sweet potato, Syngenta, System of Rice Intensification, vegetable, Vitamin A, woman
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Could Food Insecure Africa Have Found a Saviour in Farming God’s Way?
Originally posted on The Plantwise Blog:
Proponents term it the long awaited messiah that food-insecure Africa has been yearning for! ‘Farming God’s way’ promises to end fertilizer woes of resource-poor farmers in the continent by providing a cheaper and less…
Posted in food, knowledge transfer
Tagged arthropod, compost, conservation, corn, crop, crop rotation, development, disease, erosion, farm, farmer, fertiliser, finance, food, food security, history, insect, intensive, irrigation, knowledge, labour, land use, maize, mulch, pest, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, population, religion, research, seed, soil, technology, tillage, trade, transport, waste, water
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Neonics and Asian rice
A few weeks ago three ‘bee killers’, neonicotinoid sprays and seed treatments, were temporarily banned in Europe. The banned insecticides are dinotefuran, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. Now cereal farmers outside Europe are talking about what the neonic ban means for them. … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture, miniculture
Tagged arthropod, Asia, crop, crop rotation, crop variety, dinotefuran, ecosystem, farmer, flower, grain, hemipteran, honey, honeybee, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, integrated pest management, knowledge, law, neonicotinoid, okra, parasitoid, pest, pesticide, planthopper, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, predator, research, rice, sesame, thiamethoxam
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10 Things I Didn’t Know About Nitrogen Fertilizer
Originally posted on Food (Policy) For Thought:
I recently read this brief history of the use of nitrogen fertilizer, and it was so interesting to learn more about this crucial agricultural input! In my agricultural economics classes, we often use…
Posted in agriculture, horticulture, knowledge transfer
Tagged crop, crop rotation, fertiliser, history, knowledge, nitrogen, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, research, symbiosis
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Research Breakthrough: Less Inputs = More Yields?!
Originally posted on Food (Policy) For Thought:
“The food crisis can only be conquered with even greater intensification.” “A new ‘Green Revolution’ to match that of South-East Asia is needed to improve yields further.” “Organic farming is a cute idea,…
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Tagged allotment, biodiversity, crop, crop rotation, development, farm, food, Green Revolution, intensive, knowledge, land use, organic, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, research, sustainable, yield
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