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Avirtech precision seed shooter drones accelerate reforestation
Reforestation has long been recognized as an essential strategy for creating a sustainable future and reducing carbon emissions. It is critical to maintaining biodiversity habitats and necessary for climate change mitigation and adaptation plans in the long term. One of the most popular and essential uses of reforestation is carbon credits, which are becoming increasingly crucial for businesses ...
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Sustainable mechanization has much to offer in sub-Saharan Africa
Feeding the burgeoning world population will require significant improvements in agricultural productivity, above all in Africa, and mechanization and appropriate mechanization strategies have a large role to play, according to a new report from FAO. The opportunity must be guided in a way that meets smallholder farmers' needs and that does not require a Green-Revolution type of approach with ...
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American farmers confront `big data` revolution
Farmers from across the nation gathered in Washington this month for what has become an annual trek to seek action on the most important matters in American agriculture, such as immigration reform and water regulations. But this time, a new, more shadowy issue also emerged: growing unease about how the largest seed companies are gathering vast amount of data from sensors on tractors, combines ...
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Agritechnica 2019 – 10th/16th November
You can’t miss the appointment with Agritechnica from 10th to 16th November 2019 in Hannover. We’ll be at the booth B68, Hall 12. Come to discover the Mascar range and the new products we propose this year: Multiflex is the new precision pneumatic planter that allows seeding at 8 rows for 70-75 cm and 12 rows for 40-45 cm, easy and quickly configurations setting by the ...
By Mascar SpA
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Proactive stewardship is critical in sustainable agriculture
Bayer CropScience is committed to proactive stewardship to underline the company’s strong commitment to sustainable agriculture. “We help growers around the world produce high-quality and high-yielding crops,” said Matthias Haug, Head of SeedGrowth at Bayer CropScience. “We take product stewardship very seriously, as it is important to maximize the benefits of seed ...
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Seeds last much longer without oxygen
If seed breeding companies, gene banks and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on Spitsbergen should store plant seeds under oxygen-poor conditions, it would be possible to store them for much longer while still maintaining their germination capacity. This is indicated by research carried out by seed physiologists from Wageningen UR and seed experts from the Centre for Genetic Resources, the ...
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Bayer sees more than doubling of accessible markets and potential to shape regenerative agriculture on more than 400 million acres
Expectation to tap into more than 100 billion euros of value in accessible and ag-adjacent markets Unparalleled pipeline with estimated peak sales potential of more than 30 billion euros to promote regenerative agricultural practices and enable farmers to support both global food security and mitigation of climate change Includes transformative technologies like the Preceon Smart Corn System, ...
By Bayer AG
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