Extremophiles for Africa
28 July 2025The Gates Foundation invests in the Argentine company Puna Bio to encourage it to introduce its extremophiles in sub-Saharan Africa. These products are particularly suited to help crops survive in.
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Agronomy
Weekly piece
96% of the world’s farmland expansion takes place in Africa
14 July 2025Between 2001 and 2023, Africa recorded the world’s highest growth in cultivated agricultural land. According to FAO. 96% of the global increase in cultivated areas between 2021 and 2023 (i.e..
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A scientific measure of the superiority of regenerative agriculture
16 June 2025A recent study by the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture (EARA) farmers’ group says that regenerative systems — ranging from agroecology to conservation agriculture and organic farming — are “not.
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In the United States, the commitment of major food groups to regenerative agriculture.
26 May 2025A “Regenerative Agriculture Summit” with the theme “The Global Event for Regenerative Brands and Leaders” was held in San Diego in October 2024. The debates underscored how popular the topic.
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Tritordeum, an emerging cereal:
21 April 2025High in protein, fiber and lutein and low in immunogenic gliadins from gluten, tritordeum – a climate-resistant cross of wild barley and durum wheat – offers a range of benefits.
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Agro-economics
Weekly piece
A “carbon butter” made without animal and vegetable fats and without microbes
7 April 2025The race is on to find more sustainable and functional or healthy alternatives to animal or tropical fats (coconut, palm, cocoa). Does this new generation of “synthetic fats” live up.
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The boosted breeding revolution
24 March 2025“Boosted breeding” is an innovative plant reproduction technology developed by the American company Ohalo . Brought out of the shadows last year thanks to $100 million in funding, the American.
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Bioeconomy, biodiversity and soil quality
24 February 2025The concept of bioeconomy encompasses the production and processing of biomass, whether of plant, animal or microbial origin for food, industrial or energy purposes. It uses biological resources in a.
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Africa
Weekly piece
The Kampala Agenda aims to revolutionise African agriculture
10 February 2025Meeting in an Extraordinary General Assembly from 9 to 11 January in Kampala, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) adopted an agenda entitled “Agenda for.
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In the United States, green manures are a matter of profitability
27 January 2025The global fertilizer industry has long devoted a lot of energy and resources to developing low-carbon fertilizers. The success of these green manures depends, particularly in the United States, on.
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