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GroundWork BioAg announces launch of the Rootella Carbon program

World Agri-Tech

By joining the Rootella Carbon program, farmers can leverage the co-benefits of Rootella products, including increased yields, fertilizer savings, and stress tolerance, while earning carbon credits. Boasts Impressive Co-Benefits: Groundwork BioAg was the first to crack the code on mass production of mycorrhiza for mainstream agriculture.

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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%. As stated by Ryan M. Lefers, Mark Tester and Kyle J. Greener Crop Inc. What sets Greener Crop Inc.

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Exemplary Approaches to Hybridizing Agriculture

Agritecture Blog

In other words, bigger is better and yield is king. So, while these solutions may make sense for some countries with more efficient technology, more developed markets, and low arable land, in other countries they would not. The same problem arose in 2018 when summer droughts cut the country’s hops yield to 30% below average.

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Can Agriculture Kick Its Plastic Addiction?

Civil Eats

These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. As contamination rose, crop yields fell by 15 percent. The widespread practice, which took place through the late aughts, “had a deleterious effect on soil quality,” says Richard H.