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2022.06.24
Can Space Help Breed More Stress Tolerant Crops? NASA’s Doing the Research
When you’re looking to breed better, more resilient crops, you need an environment that can put a variety to the test — a stress test for plants.
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2022.06.24
How Rock Dust Could Aid Net-Zero Efforts
The Paris Climate Agreement calls for a 45 percent reduction in emissions by 2030, and net-zero by 2050. Transitioning to a net-zero economy is the greatest challenge the world has ever faced. Spreading rock dust on farmland could be one solution.
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2022.06.24
S3FOOD’s DNA and blockchain technology “cancels food fraud” in extra virgin olive oil
A team of biotechnology and blockchain specialists in Greece are using olive oil DNA to generate a fraud-proof genetic barcode for each bottle.
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2022.06.23
Insect farming under fire as new fish welfare benchmark is launched
An aquaculture standard that includes a ban on insect-based feed ingredients - for environmental and ethical concerns - has been heralded as the most robust fish welfare standard currently available to the aquaculture sector.
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2022.06.23
Livestock industries playing catch up with probiotics for animal health
Livestock industries playing catch up with probiotics for animal health
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2022.06.23
A new farming proposal to reduce carbon emissions involves a lot of trust – and a lot of uncertainty
Recommendations to price agricultural emissions in New Zealand have now been submitted to the government. However, numerous uncertainties surround the scheme, which will need to be addressed if it’s to work properly
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2022.06.23
Canada to give C$250 mln to UN for global food crisis
Canada will provide C$250 million ($193 million) to the United Nations to address a food crisis exacerbated by supply chain constraints and high inflation after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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2022.06.22
A ‘ubiquitous’ future for early crop disease detection?
Crop immune responses to pathogen infection have been pulled apart by researchers. Their findings could help revolutionise the way disease is detected – and it’s all about ‘ubiquitination’
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2022.06.22
Equilibrium/Sustainability — Robot fish cleans microplastics from water
Equilibrium/Sustainability — Robot fish cleans microplastics from water