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Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation

Civil Eats

Created on Madagascar and practiced in about 60 countries today, SRI has been shown to increase grain yields, sometimes twofold. Thats because so much rice is grown around the world: Roughly 11 percent of all arable land is devoted to this crop, a daily staple for half the people on Earth.

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GroundWork BioAg announces launch of the Rootella Carbon program

World Agri-Tech

Courtesy of Groundwork BioAg Rootella Carbon Program Ushers in a New Asset Class Enables Adoption by Conventional and Regenerative Farmers: Rootella Carbon provides growers the additionality, or practice change, needed for carbon credit eligibility, regardless of current cultivation practices.

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A Blueprint for Cooling our Blue Planet

Farming Secrets

Decreased water and wind erosion as with the current rate of soil loss by 2050 we will have lost 95% of arable lands to degradation and desertification. Increased soil microorganism biodiversity, nutrient density of produce and increased yields! Increased soil carbon, soil nitrogen, soil moisture, nutrient cycling.

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Challenges and Innovations Driving the CEA Sector in GCC and MENA

Agritecture Blog

Credit: World Resources Institute According to Strategy and PWC , GCC countries import about 85% of their food and approximately 56% of vegetables, largely due to the highly limited arable land in the region, averaging 4.25%. Everything required for cultivation needs to be imported. As stated by Ryan M. Greener Crop Inc.