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Climate change to disrupt soil nutrients in drylands
Posted by SciDevNet: Jan Piotrowski on November 2nd, 2013
SciDevNet: The increased aridity expected this century as a result of change may disrupt the balance of key soil nutrients with a knock-on effect on soil fertility threatening livelihoods of more than two billion people, a study finds. The drop in nitrogen and carbon concentrations that occurs as soils become dryer could have serious effects on ecosystem services such as food, carbon storage and biodiversity, according to the Nature paper published today. Loss of nitrogen and carbon, which are the basic building...
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Network to push scientific case for organic farming
Posted by SciDevNet: Jan Piotrowski on February 22nd, 2013
SciDevNet: An international platform to strengthen and coordinate research on organic farming, and help benefits trickle down to organic farmers, the majority of whom are in developing countries, was launched in Germany last week (15 February).
The idea for the network emerged on the sidelines of the UN negotiations at the Rio+20 summit last June. It is coordinated by the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM).
The network, dubbed the Technology and Innovation Platform of IFOAM...