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Researcher Offers a List of Recommendations to Develop a Bee-Friendly Landscape

Bees are vital constituents in the ecosystem: 75% of the most important food crops depend on pollinators to some extent.

8 Apr 2019

Researchers Discover an Effective and Safe Biopesticide to Ensure Environmental Sustainability

According to a research team from Cardiff University, in association with the Universities of Warwick and Liverpool and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, a strain of useful bacteria could be repurposed to produce a sustainable, safe, and natural substitute to synthetic chemical pesticides.

5 Mar 2019

Researchers Discover a Surprising New Source of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

In a new research from UBC’s Okanagan campus, scientists have found an unexpected new source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions—bicarbonates concealed in the lake water employed for irrigating local plantations.

22 Feb 2019

New Approach to the Selection of Crop Varieties Turns Farmers into Citizen Scientists

Under circumstances of fast-growing climate conditions, a new research by Bioversity International and associates deals with the challenge of climate adaptation in a manner that is scalable as well as targeted. Researchers show a distinctive method using crowdsourced citizen science that exploits farmers’ knowledge.

19 Feb 2019

New J-WAFS Grants Support Researchers to Make Agricultural Practices More Sustainable

Two new J-WAFS Solutions commercialization grants will support novel technologies that aim to improve the economics and resiliency of farming.

15 Feb 2019

Researchers Identify the Most Efficient Strategy to Manage Nitrogen in Agriculture

Even a good thing can turn harmful if it is taken in excessive amounts. That is indeed true in the case of nitrogen fertilizers. Crops do not grow well without adequate nitrogen, and as a result, yields are reduced considerably.

17 Jan 2019

Saturated Buffers Could Reduce Nitrogen Released from Agricultural Drainage by 5%–10%

A “dead zone” is created in the Gulf of Mexico every summer. Plumes of oxygen-robbing algae feeding on surplus nitrogen coming in from the Mississippi River destroy marine life and put the livelihoods of those who catch fish in the Gulf at stake.

16 Jan 2019

Researchers Describe Optimal Conditions for Combined Use of Plastic Mulching and Nitrogen

The element nitrogen is present in organic compounds such as proteins, chlorophyll, enzymes, and hormones that are of utmost significance for plants. The lack of nitrogen in plants leads to slow down in their growth, paler leaves, thin stems, and reduction in the yield.

16 Jan 2019

Improving Crop Production While Saving Water and Energy

PhD student Julia Sokol is helping develop drip irrigation technologies that allow farmers to save water and energy.

20 Dec 2018

Newest Generation of Advanced Diesel Technology Achieves Dramatic Emission Reductions

The fuel saving and emissions-reducing benefits of new-technology farm equipment will be realized by more California farms thanks to incentive programs like the Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions (FARMER) Program, being recognized on Monday in Fresno, Calif.

23 Oct 2018