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More seeding options on offer for latest Kuhn HR power harrow

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Cereals and oilseeds, as well as precision-planted crops such as maize, can be established using a choice of seeding units for Kuhn’s latest folding power harrow, the 4.5m Both are mounted on the harrow’s packer roller to allow for different cultivating depths and have hydraulically adjustable sowing depth.

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Brainfood: Biodiversity review, History, Maize history, Maya ag, Agroecology, Ancient curry, IK, Culture & policy, Breeding review, Pacific PGRFA, Pacific breeding, Epidemics, Xylella

Agricultural Biodiversity

Seeds of knowledge: paving the way to integrated historical and conservation science research. Maize and precolonial Africa. Maize contributed to slavery. Co-conserving Indigenous and local knowledge systems with seeds. Conserving the genetic diversity of domesticated species needs to combine history and science.

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New African Society: Cultivating Seeds of Change in Sierra Leone’s Eastern Province

Food Tank

Through ongoing engagement with community members, NAS began a seed banking initiative to help them work toward food sovereignty. Their training programs educate farmers on the value of seed banking, strengthening local understanding of seed systems, and helping producers establish independent seed banks in their own communities.

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Seeds from Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change

Civil Eats

Arizona has been at the forefront of conservation efforts, protecting CWRs on public lands like the WCBA, at botanical gardens like at the Desert Museum, and at seed banks. Farmers plant seeds deep in the soil, use passive rainwater harvesting, and rely on hardy desert-adapted seeds. Our seeds are very resilient,” said Johnson.

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Brainfood: Marroon rice, Dutch aroids, Sicilian saffron, Inca agriculture, Native American agriculture, Mexican peppers, Afro-Mexican agriculture, Sahelian landraces, Small-scale fisheries, Coconut remote sensing

Agricultural Biodiversity

Yield, growth, and labor demands of growing maize, beans, and squash in monoculture versus the Three Sisters. Afro-Indigenous harvests: Cultivating participatory agroecologies in Guerrero, Mexico. The sedimentary record can be used to recover traditional knowledge too. And vice versa. domestication in Mexico. domestication in Mexico.

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Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required

Civil Eats

We plant everything deepfor instance, the corn goes 18 inches deep, depending on where the seeds will find moisture.” ” His seeds rely on the humidity from the melted winter snow and annual monsoon rains in June. Traditionally, Hopi women are the seed keepers, and the art of dry farming starts with the right seeds.

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Albania: A lesson in localism

Sustainable Food Trust

Seed detective Adam Alexander travels to the Kor çë region to discover how regenerative horticulture is holding up. My idea of heaven is the 100 hectares of cultivated ground that provide a livelihood for the 50 plus families who work the land in Miras and who produce more than enough food to feed the entire community of 600 families.

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