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Financial Investments In Smallholder Farmers Are Big Talk At UN Climate Change Conference

November 21, 2024 admin 0 Comments Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, cop29, Farmers, farming, green jobs, investment, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:05:19 +0000

Smallholder farmers sustain humanity every day of the year. The 600 million smallholder farmers around the world, who are working on less than two hectares of land, are estimated to be responsible for 28-31% of total crop production and contribute 30-34% of food supply on 24% of gross agricultural area. … [continued]

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Volkswagen Group Africa Launches Multifunctional Facility In Africa With Electric Tractors

October 29, 2024 admin africa, clean transport, electric tractors, Electric vehicles, Farmers, farming, rwanda, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 15:15:26 +0000

In a lot of remote or rural areas across many regions on the African continent, the lack of access to mechanised resources such has tractors has been hindering agricultural productivity. Where there is access to traditional tractors, logistical issues of getting diesel to those places tend to add a premium … [continued]

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Cow Farts And Belches Targeted For High Tech Methane Removal

October 8, 2024 admin Agriculture, cows, dairy, farming, farms, green economy, meat, methane emissions, research, SCIENCE, us department of agriculture (usda), us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 23:34:12 +0000

An innovative Danish startup has developed a solution to the serious problem of methane emissions from belching, farting cows, using a farm in Indiana as a test site.

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Peaches, Grapes, & The Agrivoltaic Farm Of The Future

July 14, 2024 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaics, clean power, COLORADO, farming, farms, Israel, regenerative agriculture, regenerative farming, Solar energy, sustainable agriculture, sustainable farming, us department of agriculture (usda), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:35:07 +0000

A high tech agrivoltaic tracking system uses an algorithm to shift horizontal solar panels over grape vines, promoting crop growth while harvesting solar energy, too.

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Agrivoltaic Solar Arrays Will Win The Rural Solar War, With Insects

June 11, 2024 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaic, agrivoltaics, clean power, Farmers, farming, green economy, New York, new york state energy research and development authority (nyserda), rural solar, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2024 17:15:17 +0000

Agrivoltaic arrays can help preserve pollinators and other insect populations, benefiting biodiversity and nearby crops as well.

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OpenET Study Helps Water Managers & Farmers Put NASA Data to Work

February 7, 2024 admin Agriculture, Farmers, farming, nasa

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2024 23:08:14 +0000

As the world looks for sustainable solutions, a system tapping into NASA satellite data for water management has passed a … [continued]

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The POWER Interview: Harnessing the Energy Potential of American Agriculture

July 10, 2023 admin Agriculture, biomass, cety, clean energy technologies, Commentary, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, electrification, Energy, Energy Storage, farming, farms, hybrid power, Interview, microgrid, microgrids, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, sustainability, waste to energy, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:35:19 +0000

Much of the innovation in the power generation and energy sectors revolves around efficiency, with companies working to ensure a reliable and resilient supply of electricity while also reducing emissions. […]

The post The POWER Interview: Harnessing the Energy Potential of American Agriculture appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Regenerative Agriculture Finds Its Mojo, With Or Without Agrivoltaics

June 22, 2023 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaic, carbon credits, carbon farming, carbon sequestration, clean power, crowd funding, farming, farms, green economy, policy & politics, regenerative agriculture, regenerative farming, renewable energy, soil, Solar energy, us department of agriculture (usda), usa, usda

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:15:31 +0000

Private investors, public funding, and agrivoltaics are all converging on regenerative agriculture like a thousand points of light.

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Did You Know That Soil Health Affects Human Health?

June 21, 2023 admin Agriculture, farming, HEALTH, research, SCIENCE, soil

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 22:10:05 +0000

As a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Package passed in 2022, Congress directed the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to investigate the links between human health and soil health, looking into how soil management practices that support healthy soils influence the nutritional content of foods and affect overall human health. In response, […]

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Hoosiers To Lead Rural Solar Power Revolution

June 13, 2023 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaics, carbon farming, clean power, farming, green economy, indiana, industrial agriculture, largest solar farm, lightsource bp, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar farms, solar power plants, sustainable agriculture, sustainable farming, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 18:37:37 +0000

Indiana has been drifting around in the solar power doldrums, but it is poised to lead the transtition to agrivoltaics throughout the US agricultural industry.

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