Increasing legume production can turn the tide for African farmers who struggle with poor soils, declining farm yields and worsening nutrition in one fell swoop
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Microbial-based solutions are perhaps the best-kept secret in agricultural innovation.
Eating meat means greenhouse emissions. But the emissions from growing crops may have been underestimated, meaning that a climate-friendly diet isn’t as straightforward as simply going vegetarian.
Where once scientists used to be solitary creatures, today science is a highly collaborative affair, and the latest research in ecology is no exception.
Nitrogen inputs in African soil must be carefully used. If they’re not, there will be unintended consequences for the environment and human health.
The world’s ‘drylands’ – already home to 38% of the world’s people – are set to dry out even more. And that could harm the soil microbes that keep soils healthy and help crops to grow.
A new bid to boost the amount of carbon stored in the world’s soils has been launched at the Paris climate summit.
Africa’s soil crisis calls for quick and creative action. This includes deepening farmers’ knowledge about soil microbes.
Plans to store more carbon in French soil could have a massive impact on the country’s emissions – if they can pull it off.
There will be increasing demands placed on our soil and water in coming years, so we need greater research into how to preserve and maintain these precious resources.
The nine science and research priorities will help focus and coordinate our efforts, and aid government departments in supporting the future of Australian science.
About 10% of human-generated greenhouse gas emissions come from farming. Researchers are working on ways to address this piece of the global warming puzzle.
It’s no exaggeration to say the tropics drive our planet’s carbon cycle – the constant transfer of carbon back and forth, on a global scale, between living things and the environment. Understanding the…
A speech given by Major General Michael Jeffery at Victoria University College of Law and Justice on October 15 was the second of a series of four tapping into the vast experience of eminent Australians…
Excessive use of nitrogen-based fertilisers in agriculture is contributing to nitrous oxide emissions. Leftover nitrogen…
Soils which formed on the Earth’s surface thousands of years ago and are now fossils buried deep underground are rich in…
New measurements from New Zealand’s Southern Alps show that rock can transform into soil more than twice as fast as previously…
The impact of non-native plans invading an eco-system has been found to decrease over time. Researchers from the University…
Major advances in technology are being spawned by the synthesis and application of nanoparticles and nanocomposites. The nanotechnology revolution offers great promise for major advances in medicine, manufacturing…
Many surface soils in the southwest of Western Australia are already storing as much carbon as they can, a study has found…
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