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A simple bag of spores has given an Australian start-up the opportunity to revolutionise agriculture and mitigate climate change at the same time. A group of New South Wales farmers developed the idea of turning carbon dioxide into plant-based carbon using spores which absorb and convert the CO2. The fungi keep the sub-soil carbon underground …
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Five years ago the Bogong moth population declined sharply due to increasing drought and rising temperatures in the caves used by the moths for estimation. Despite a trend of higher Bogong moth numbers due to this year’s La Nina climate and sustained rainfall conditions, however, it is still not out of the woods. Darcie Carruthers …
With a range of social factors such as the epidemic and the war in Ukraine, the supply chain for agricultural production in Australia and energy issues have also received a heavy blow. Food storage patterns have led to a rethinking of the sustainability of agricultural systems. Permaculture offers obvious benefits, with high yields and more environmentally …
Two former federal agriculture ministers have called on the Crawford Fund to increase the proportion of Australia’s aid budget invested in agricultural research. Board member Joel Fitzgibbon affirmed the benefits of aid-funded international agricultural research for development, particularly in agriculture that has been hard hit by Covid-19. The funding has a clear direction, it will …
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