OPINION: One of agriculture’s biggest opportunities may be the food we stop losing
By Dr. Sujayasree OJ – Post-harvest specialist, World Vegetable Center Imagine a breakthrough that enabled farmers to produce 25% more food. No extra land. No extra water or fertilizer. No extra seed. It would be a remarkable achievement. Farmers would demand it. Governments would insist on it. Investors would flock to it. It sounds too […]
Enabling friendly fungi to work for healthier vegetable crops
Early results from WorldVeg field trials in Taiwan suggest that regenerative farming practices could encourage naturally occurring beneficial fungi that help crops access nutrients and withstand environmental stress. The research is examining how practices including reduced tillage, cover cropping and organic fertilizer affect arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) – microscopic organisms found naturally in soil that […]