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FAO flags low soil fertility and severe nutrient deficiency across Pakista
Updated : 3 months ago IST
During the observance of 'World Soil Day,' on Friday, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations released a new assessment indicating that Pakistan's soils are generally characterised by low fertility and significant nutrient deficiencies, as reported by Dawn.
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Abacate International Introduces Signature Avocados to India: Creamier, ta
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29: Abacate International, one of India's leading avocado importers, has unveiled its latest product line--Abacate Signature Avocados--a premium offering sourced from Kenya's Mount Elgon region. These avocados, known for their higher oil content and richer flavor,
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India's Youngest Martyr's Story 'SARABHA,' Released Worldwide on August 15
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 16: True Story of Kartar Singh Sarabha - Young Hero of the Ghadar Movement. Beginnings of India's Freedom Movement from American Soils.
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Potassium depletion in soil threatens worldwide food yields: Research
Updated : 2 years ago IST
According to recent research by scientists from UCL, the University of Edinburgh, and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, potassium deficiency in agricultural soils poses a largely unknown but potentially serious threat to world food security if allowed unchecked.
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AI predicts influence of microplastics on soil: Study
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Plastic waste and its accumulation in nature have recently become a major environmental concern. While plastic pollution in the oceans is certainly a concern, the presence of plastics in soils around the world is also known to pose major environmental and health issues.
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Contamination residues still found in park built on former municipal incin
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Many cities in the United States and Canada burnt their rubbish and waste in municipal incinerators during much of the last century. The majority of these facilities were decommissioned by the early 1970s due to worries about the pollution they added to the air, but a new Duke University stu
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Did you know soils play key role in keeping planet cool?
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The study investigated how to stop soil carbon from evaporating and trapping heat in the air.
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Soils pay key role in keeping the planet cool: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The study looked at a way to prevent soil carbon from evaporating and retaining heat in the atmosphere.
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Research advances understanding of how bacteria benefit plant growth
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Plants create alliances with bacteria in the soil in which they thrive. Legumes, for example, benefit from a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms that live in nodules in their roots and "fix" nitrogen in the atmosphere to make it available for the legumes' growth. But are microorganism
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Global warming increases CO2 emissions from soil bacteria: Research
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Study indicates that emissions of CO2 by soil microbes into the Earth's atmosphere are not only expected to increase but also accelerate on a global scale by the end of this century.
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Study: Amazonian 'black earth' may give clues to global forest regeneratio
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Millions of Amerindians living in today's Amazonia altered the formerly poor soil through numerous mechanisms between 450 BCE and 950 CE. Soils were enhanced with charcoal from low-intensity fires used for cooking and burning trash, animal bones, broken pottery, compost, and manure through m
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From sustainable practices to Artificial Intelligence: India's agriculture
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
India's farmers have been well utilising the country's 20 agri-climatic regions, 15 major climates and all 46 types of soils found in India, the piece of land that we, 1.4 billion people, call home.
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