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24 de nov. de 2020 · Here, we highlight five reasons why weeds could be the future of food. 1. They’re easy to grow. The seeds from the Kochia plant are used as a garnish in Japanese cuisine. Image: Pixabay. Weeds thrive in harsh conditions and are more resilient than garden or crop plants.
8 de jun. de 2021 · And it’s getting worse. Pest invasions have become worse with climate change. Image: REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri. Up to 40% of global crop production is lost to plant pests and diseases, says the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. Each year, plant diseases cost the global economy more than $220 billion, and invasive insects cost at least $70 ...
21 de mar. de 2018 · These weeds are low-level algorithms gone rogue, that gradually spread throughout the cyber infrastructure, capturing ever expanding space and energy. In his 1925 poem “The Hollow Men” T.S. Eliot wrote that the world ends not with a bang, but a whimper. The good news is, AI weeds will not bring the world to an end either.
The practice of agroforestry involves capitalizing on the biological interconnectedness of trees, crops and livestock to create thriving ecosystems. Here's all you need to know about farming with trees. The practice of agroforestry, from a broad perspective, is farming with trees, but looking at it more closely, it’s a land management system ...
28 de may. de 2024 · Artificial intelligence is a game-changer, which will shorten the timeline for new crop protection solutions and improve their efficiency and effectiveness. Voracious beetles, mammoth weeds and mushrooming fungi. Climate change is delivering farm conditions that allow weeds, insects, and plant pathogens to thrive around the globe.
As Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Keith is a member of the Unilever Executive and responsible for the Marketing, Communications and Sustainable Business functions. His responsibilities are aligned to support Unilever’s vision: to grow the business while reducing its environmental footprint and increasing positive social impact. Keith sees sustainability as a driver of consumer ...
11 de oct. de 2022 · Regenerative agriculture is a way of farming that focuses on soil health. When soil is healthy, it produces more food and nutrition, stores more carbon and increases biodiversity – the variety of species. A teaspoon of soil contains up to 6 billion microorganisms, says Australia’s New South Wales Government. Soil is also a habitat for ...
25 de abr. de 2023 · 1. Implementing regenerative practices and nature-based solutions. Regenerative agriculture focuses on building soil health, enhancing biodiversity and increasing the capacity of ecosystems to sequester carbon. This approach involves practices, such as conservation tillage, cover cropping, crop rotation, intercropping and agroforestry.
12 de jul. de 2021 · 3. A more sustainable production. Insect rearing is less expensive than conventional farming in terms of CO2, water, surface area and raw materials. Moreover, raising insects allows a reduction of almost 99% in pollution compared to other forms of animal farming, with 80 times less methane emissions than beef.
30 de abr. de 2021 · Agriculture is one of the leading contributors to global warming. To make agriculture more sustainable, innovators have come up with new ideas, like vertical farming. Lizzy Rosenberg, an environmental journalist, evaluates these different methods to see how sustainable they are. Although one might think that farming would benefit the ...
