Dr Lynette Abbott in Perth is an expert in the field of soil health. Farmers in Australia are improving their practices, she says. “But managing the soil organisms is a little bit tricky. It is not necessarily the focus of growers.”
The global cashew industry has grown rapidly over the last decade, driven by increasing consumption of cashew nuts around the world.
During the next 30 years, the United Nations estimates that the global population will grow by 2 billion people to nearly 10 billion.
Traditionally treated as a taboo plant in most African countries, marijuana is slowly being embraced across the continent, as scientists and researchers explore new medical therapies for emerging diseases.
Australian researchers are investigating the production of a sustainable organic nitrogen fertiliser made from aquatic cyanobacterial biomass.
Although there’s still production in the UK and several areas the USA, the blueberry seasons in both Europe and North America are coming to an end.
