Agriculture - Page 2

February 22, 2023

Fishing for a Solution: The Radical Innovation of Vertical Ocean Farms

Vertical ocean farming is a new type of agriculture that uses floating farms in the ocean to produce food. It involves farming ocean fish and crustaceans in vertically stacked cages that are

Agriculture·India·News

NCRB Data Reveals Maharashtra’s Troubling 38% Share in Farmer Suicides Nationwide

In a nation celebrated for its agricultural heritage and bustling marketplaces, a silent crisis brews – one that reflects the despair hidden beneath India’s economic growth story. Imagine a scenario where every hour, one farmer in India succumbs not to

December 5, 2023

Beyond Haber-Bosch: Chemists Stumble Upon a Greener Method to Make Ammonia for Sustainable Agriculture

Agriculture·Nature·News

The production of ammonia for synthetic fertilizer is a massive chemical market worldwide, but it is also notorious for its high energy consumption and

Unlocking Ground Fertility Mysteries in the Amazon: Ancient Techniques for Enhancing Infertile Rainforest Soils!

Agriculture·Latin America·Science

Renowned for its vast tropical forests, the Amazon river basin surprisingly sits atop infertile soils. Much of the Amazon’s soil, contrary to expectations, is

Agriculture

Ghana Study: Shade Trees Key to Climate-Resilient Cocoa Farming

A two-year field study in Ghana’s northern cocoa belt has revealed crucial insights into building climate-resistant cocoa farming systems through strategic shade tree integration. The research, funded by the German Research Foundation

Karmactive Staff

December 30, 2024

Representative Image. Fertilizing plants in the fields. Photo Source: Alaksander Dumala (Pexels)

Agriculture

Wind-Powered Device Converts Air into Ammonia, Targeting 2% Global Energy Use and 1% CO₂ Emissions

Stanford University and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals researchers have developed a device that produces ammonia from air using wind energy. This innovation aims to replace the Haber-Bosch process –

Karmactive Staff

December 23, 2024

A new method to detect dehydration in plants

Agriculture·Plant Life·Science

New Sensors Detect Plant Dehydration 48 Hours Before Visible Signs, Alerting Farmers Early

In an era where agricultural challenges mount under climate pressures, researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and the Disruptive and Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) interdisciplinary research

Karmactive Staff

December 17, 2024

Agriculture·Carbon·Pollution

DNV Verifies Agreena’s 4.5M Hectares Carbon Credits From 2,300 Farmers Across 20 Countries With 350% Program Growth

Back in the 1980s, when carbon markets were just theoretical discussions in environmental economics journals, few farmers thought about selling carbon credits. Now in November 2024, as DNV completes its third verification

Rahul Somvanshi

December 6, 2024

Agriculture·News·Science·Wildlife

Pesticides in Soil Threaten Over 70% of Wild Bees, as Toxic Residues Exceed Limits and Endanger Bumblebee Queens’ Winter Survival

Pesticide residue accumulation in agricultural soils threatens 70% of wild bee species through direct exposure during nesting and hibernation, according to a study published in Science by University of Ottawa scientists. The

Karmactive Staff

November 21, 2024

The software can visualize - the future growth of the plants using drone photos or other images from an early growth stage.

Agriculture·Artificial Intelligence

University of Bonn’s New AI Tool Predicts Crop Yield from Single Image—Discover How This Changes the Game for Farmers

AI is a modern mantra for solving most of our problems. Researchers at the University of Bonn, Germany, have developed software that can simulate the growth of field crops. Thousands of photos

Rahul Somvanshi

June 19, 2024

Dhruv Patel-Tupper, PhD '22 Plant Biology, who led the study as a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of PMB professor Krishna Niyogi.Photo by Chris Gee

Agriculture·Science

New Gene Editing Technique by UC Berkeley Promises to Increase Rice Yields Without Foreign DNA

A team from the Innovative Genomics Institute at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) has achieved increased gene expression in a food crop by altering its regulatory DNA. While other studies have

Govind Tekale

June 17, 2024

Agriculture·India

Noida to Delhi Farmer’s March Puts Pressure on Modi Government for Fair Crop Prices as Agricultural Unrest Hits New Peak

Farming has become a losing enterprise. That is why farmers are protesting all over the world. India is not an exception. The farmers’ groups in Noida and Greater Noida have been in

Govind Tekale

February 10, 2024

Agriculture

Keeping Your Lawn Green: A Battle Against Fertilizer Burn

There is no secret that plants, from backyard flora to lush garden greenery, rely on nutrients for their growth. In nature, these are predominantly sourced from the soil, which acts as a

Karmactive Staff

February 9, 2024

Agriculture·India

Amidst High-Profile Tea Party Between Modi and Macron Echoes of Protest Against Controversial Reforms RIse

When the French President was enjoying his time with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month, French farmers were demonstrating in the streets. During the leaders’ tea party, protests were rampant in

Govind Tekale

January 26, 2024

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