Source: blogs.usda.gov Published: February 21, 2017 Posted by Jocelyn Benjamin, USDA-NRCS and Kate MacFarland, USDA National Agroforestry Center, on February 21, 2017 Much of the beauty in American agricultural landscapes is complemented by the trees in those...
Source: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au Published: May 2, 2017 By Gary Tippet, University of Melbourne Water is life, the world’s most precious resource. Yet across rural Australia, irrigation systems covering an estimated 2.5 million hectares of land are in desperate need of...
Source: pyxeraglobal.org Published: April 26, 2017 By Jens Soth, Luc Beerens, Arjumand Nizami, and Gisela Keller Multi-stakeholder Perspectives on the Water and Productivity Project in Pakistan Bracing for the scorching July heat in Pakistan, thirty-five-year-old...
Source: aginnovators.org.au Published: July 11, 2016 Sault Paper Mill at sunset – two US PhD students have developed an eco-friendly agricultural use for lignin, the pulpy byproduct of biofuel and paper processing. Billy Wilson, Flickr CC By Merran White Biofuel...
Source: manchester.ac.uk Published: September 22, 2016 A researcher from The University of Manchester has developed a free tool to help scientists and policymakers to manage agricultural water use and improve crop water productivity in regions where supply is scarce....
Source: grist.org Published: April 11, 2017 By Nathanael Johnson What Jonathan Sanderman really wanted was some old dirt. He called everyone he could think of who might know where he could get some. He emailed colleagues and read through old studies looking for clues,...
Source: ecodaily.org Published: November 26, 2016 New bioplastic materials may enable gardeners to tend their plants more sustainably and could even help plants “self-fertilize” and grow healthier roots, according to research conducted by Iowa State University...
Source: animalsmart.org Published: April 17, 2017 Current text: One of the biggest topics of animal agriculture shown through the media focuses on the impacts animal production has on the environment. Each and every human has made an impact on the environment and the...
Source: modernfarmer.com Published: February 5, 2016 Shutterstock Dan Nosowitz Previous studies have looked specifically at the cost or yield of organic farming, sometimes in specific countries, or at the cost of transitioning to an all-organic system. But this new...
Source: climatechangeconnection.org Published: April 17, 2017 Because some degree of climate change is now inevitable, sustainable agricultural practices are critical to climate change adaptation. A focus needs to be on the implementation of farming practices that...