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August 7, 2016

New Faba Beans Offer Multiple Benefits

Four cold-tolerant faba bean germplasm lines are now available for developing pulse or cover crops that can be rotated with wheat and other cereal grains grown […]
August 7, 2016

Scientists decode Soil METAGENOME

A Teaspoonful soil holds DNA of tens of thousands of microbial species Scientists have decoded a soil METAGENOME – all the genetic material contained in a […]
August 7, 2016

Big business creeps into #Japan’s agriculture as farmers dwindle

With traditional family farms on the wane, corporations in #Japan are increasingly entering the agriculture sector, taking advantage of an updated law allowing them to lease […]
August 7, 2016

India needs data to end malnutrition by 2030

The 2016 Global Nutrition Report reminds us that data is important as it tells us which types of malnutrition are being reduced and how fast that […]