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Pushing back against fertilizer use myth in northern Tanzania
May 15, 2017 Editor 0
In Babati District, northern Tanzania, a popular but misleading myth persists. That use of inorganic fertilizer ‘kills’ the soil. As a result, for many years, majority of farmers in the district do not use fertilizer to replenish depleted soil nutrients. But, in the last five years, researchers in the Africa RISING program have invested significant resources and […]
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Harnessing a peptide holds promise for increasing crop yields without more fertilizer
November 26, 2015 Editor 0
UMass Amherst researchers identify a key molecule in nitrogen-fixing bacteria UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST AMHERST, Mass. – Molecular biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who study nitrogen-fixing bacteria in plants have discovered a “double agent” peptide in an alfalfa that may hold promise for improving crop yields without increasing fertilizer use. In the […]
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UEA research reveals how farmers could mitigate nitrous oxide emissions
November 20, 2013 Editor 0
Farmers may be able to help reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) by incorporating copper into crop fertilisation processes – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Global agricultural emissions of the gas have increased by 20 per cent in the last century as a result of widespread use […]
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Open Innovation vs. Dead Zones
August 2, 2011 Editor 0
In a good application of Open Innovation to an important environmental problem, the InnoCentive’s Open Innovation Platform is being used to search for ways to reduce the amount of fertilizer that escapes into the environment, according to an article in the Daily Crowd Source. The Environmental Defense Fund and the Iowa Soybean Association have formed […]
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