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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture?

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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture? As irrigation can double or even triple crop yields, technologies such as these laid the foundations for much of modern agriculture. On the other hand, climate change and competing uses for water outside agriculture impact the supply side.

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Bringing life back to Kenya’s grasslands

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Land degradation causes soils to become less fertile, resulting in lower productivity in agricultural regions and decreased biodiversity. TALK LIKE AN AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST. As soils become less fertile, biodiversity decreases and agricultural yields fall. Bringing life back to Kenya’s grasslands.

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Empowering Students to Understand the Power of Cooperatives

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Department of Agriculture. That’s why farmers join together in agricultural cooperatives, or co-ops. Students can sow the seeds of success with no-cost and standards-aligned resources that help them explore essential careers and endless possibilities in agricultural cooperatives. billion worth of crops, according to the U.S.

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The Importance of Water Infrastructure

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Supporting agriculture and industry: Water infrastructure is essential for irrigation and other agricultural activities, as well as for industrial processes that require water. This helps to increase food security and support economic development.

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Using agrobiology to ensure sustainable food production

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AGROECOSYSTEM – a functioning unit of agricultural activity. TILLAGE – the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning. The microbiome inhabiting such conditions represents a valuable resource to improve carbon sequestration in agricultural soils.”.

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Fields and fungicides: mixing microbiology and social science

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AZOLE – a group of chemical compounds often used as agricultural or medicinal fungicides. Together, they investigated how fungicide use in agriculture could potentially lead to antimicrobial resistance in human diseases. ANTIBIOTIC – any compound that combats or destroys bacterial microbes. mould, mildew or mushrooms).

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How Droughts Form

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One is to conserve water in agriculture. With 70% of all withdrawals worldwide going to agriculture, it is the biggest consumer of fresh water on the planet. Increasing water efficiency and reducing consumption are the main strategies for better water management in agriculture.