WAA launches AWAF and WAAforAgenda2030 websites
The World Association of Agronomists launches the websites of the AWAF Foundation and the WAAforAgenda2030 Action Plan for sustainable development [..]
-->Press-release; The World Association of Agronomists - Perugia (Italy), August 6, 2021
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IIT researchers show how plants can generate electricity to power LED light bulbs
In Advanced Functional Materials, the study shows that single plant leaves can generate more than 150 volts; a 'hybrid tree' made of natural and artificial leaves can act as an innovative 'green' electric generator. [..]
-->Press-release; IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Pontedera (Pisa, Italy), December 12, 2018
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Electricity can be generated by photosyntetic pigments integrated into an experimental photovoltaic cell
It looks like a strange idea to think, one day, you could light your bedroom by means of a lamp screwed at the top of a fruit juice bottle, but almost every plant biologist can perhaps realize the starting point of a research aiming to get artificial light from plant compounds.
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Hard time for italian researchers in the Life Science sector
The Research Institute on the Population and Social Policies (IRPPS) of the Italian Research Council (CNR) has developed a study taking part to 'Rescar' (Researcher’s Careers) a more wide European project, about the career of Life Sciences researchers. [..]
-->Article published on October 31, 2008
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Organic farming and research in Italy
Organic acreage in Italy is the widest among the European countries (about 1 million hectares) and it is, at present, in a rising phase; at the same time Italy is second in the world for number of organic growers (about 50.000 organic farms).
This data have been released by the National Institute of Agricultural Economics (INEA) and by the German Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL) [..]
A selection of links to press-releases, news-articles and documents about agriculture and landscape:
- How to alleviate soil compaction on farm land. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland, July 16, 2020.
- How to alleviate soil compaction on farm land. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland, July 16, 2020.
- Nematode has potential to reduce cotton yields by 50 percent. The American Phytopathological Society (APS), July 6, 2020.
- GPS isn’t just for road trips anymore. American Society of Agronomy, June 29, 2020.
- Holey Moley! Wet weather triggers mole activity. University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group, June 17, 2020.
- Downstream Countries Right to Information Claim on Filling Dam Baseless: Experts. Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) - Addis Ababa, May 30, 2020.
- Farmers fear famine as locust swarms destroy crops in Pakistan. Russia Today's page on Twitter, May 29, 2020.
- Uganda's coffee exports up 17 pct in 4 years. Xinhua News Agency (China), May 26, 2020.
- Freezing tolerance in blueberries. Koppert Biological Systems, May 6, 2020.
- CAFIA found harmful food supplement with anabolic steroids and further unauthorised substances. Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA), April 23, 2020.
- We must do all we can to help the agri-food sector. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland, April 10, 2020.
- How drones can help farmers. American Society of Agronomy, March 23, 2020.
- FAO welcomes €17 million contribution from Germany to combat the impact of the Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa. Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO), February 28, 2020.
- Tulips grow in winter, thanks to the summer sun. Wageningen University & Research, February 12, 2020.
- Traditional Chinese medicinal plant yields new insecticide compounds. American Chemical Society, January 29, 2020
- CAFIA detected 71 cases of non-compliant advertising of food in 2019 The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA), January 24, 2020.
- Protecting plants, protecting life: Canada celebrates 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, January 16, 2020.
- Purdue scientists develop way to track salmonella infection in real time. Purdue University - West Lafayette, Indiana (USA), January 7, 2020.
- Researchers reveal secret of Chinese medicinal herb. Wageningen University & Research, December 18, 2019.
- Towards faster cooking varieties of beans: ACIAR launches an innovative breeding project in East Africa. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), December 11, 2019.
- Woody Plants with Undesirable Tendencies. American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) - November 26, 2019.
- New material points toward highly efficient solar cells. Purdue University - West-Lafayette - Indiana (USA), November 12, 2019.
- African swine fever: early detection is key to controlling spread. European Food-Safety Authority, November 5, 2019.
- What is phytoremediation? Soil Science Society of America,October 15, 2019.
- A no-deal Brexit threatens the long-term sustainability of British agriculture. The Soil Association (UK), October 10, 2019.
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