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Building a Sustainable Global Food Supply Chain with Smart Agricultural Practices
We don't just eat to stay alive; food decides our way of life and daily lifestyle. However, how we now produce food can impact the environment by polluting land and water, hastening climate change and the biodiversity, and decreasing the productivity of our farms and...
Enhancing India’s Post-harvest Supply Chain Infrastructure Can Help Minimize Food loss in India
India has made significant progress toward being a self-sufficient food producer after being a net food importer in the 1960s. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that India is the second-biggest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, groundnuts,...
Importance Of Soil Microbiome In Conservation Of Food Ecosystem
Farmers have always strived to improve the soil's chemical and physical properties, so that diverse nutrients are available to plants, soil retains more moisture, and plant root growth is facilitated. However, farmers might have overlooked the importance of the...
The International Plant Treaty is helping in Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources
Over the past 10,000 years, agriculture has withstood moderate climatic changes due to the diversity in species, varieties, and cultivation techniques. The early farmers chose to cultivate plants that produced big, edible seeds, even without knowledge of genetics....
GENE EDITING TECHNOLOGY IS BEING EMBRACED BY COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE GLOBE
The pandemic and the Ukraine conflict have brought to light massive food shortages that are only expected to worsen. According to the World Bank, the world will need to increase food production by 70% to 100% in the next 50 years due to population growth, changing...
Scientific Communication About Genetic Engineering Can Enhance Public Trust
Traditional methods of plant modification, such as selective breeding and crossbreeding, have been used for nearly 10,000 years. Humans have always made efforts to benefit from new varieties of species by cultivating and adapting crop breeding to regional...
Modern Plant Health Management Practices can Transform Agri – Food Ecosystems
Plant health management is a comprehensive set of practices and tools required to achieve a crop's attainable yield, which is determined by various factors. Water availability, growing degree days of the growing season, available sunshine etc. Therefore, effective...
WHY PLANT HEALTH MATTERS
Plant health is essential for both human and animal life and is an important component of the complex connections between humans, animals, and the environment. Plants are the primary source of nourishment for animals and provide approximately 80% of the food consumed...