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How can some of world’s biggest problems – climate change, food security and land degradation – be tackled simultaneously? Some lesser-known options, such as integrated water management and increasing the organic content of soil, have fewer trade-offs than many well-known options, such as planting trees, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Global Change Biology.
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Using integrated pest management to decide if pesticide is warranted
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Precision agriculture technologies can improve efficiency on smaller farms
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Farmers can now grow this superfood with environmental and health benefits
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When Pulitzer Prize and Grammy award winner Kendrick Lamar rapped “I got millions, I got riches buildin’ in my DNA,” he almost certainly wasn’t talking about the humble tomato. But a new study unveiling more than 230,000 DNA differences across 100 tomato varieties which will allow breeders and scientists to engineer larger, juicier, more profitable plants, proves that tomatoes indeed have riches buildin’ in their DNA, too.
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New findings share how prescribed fire and no-till management impact soil microbes
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Beneficial bacteria in reused poultry litter can reduce Salmonella levels
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Smallholder farms supply majority of world’s food supply but still face poverty.
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Scientists protect American wheat from aphids – using resistant varieties from Iran
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