Horticulture Current Affairs & News - Dunedin NZ by Jeremy Lemmens https://padlet.com/jplemmens_engineering/6j7e0z4c5ni0 en-us 2019-05-07 10:01:07 UTC 2019-05-09 06:48:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Techweek Highlight Event Techweek TV : Automation in AgriTech - where to from here? jplemmens_engineering https://padlet.com/jplemmens_engineering/6j7e0z4c5ni0/wish/357543137 NATIONWIDE WEBCAST
FRIDAY 24 MAY
1:30PM - 1:55PM
Peter Wren-Hilton of Agritech New Zealand leads the discussion addressing how both the use of robotics and technology advancements will be needed to feed population growth.
Visit how the world will be fed in 2050. Look at technology advancements and the use of robotics in food production and farming
https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2019/techweek-tv-automation-in-agritech-where-to-from-here-185/
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STORY AT-A-GLANCE-

  • An estimated 80 percent of soil carbon in heavily farmed areas has been lost due to destructive plowing, overgrazing and the use of carbon-depleting chemical fertilizers and pesticides
  • By adding more carbon back into the soil and preventing carbon losses, we can address many of today’s most pressing problems, including dwindling water reserves, soil degeneration and poor nutrition
  • Carbon sequestration can reduce the carbon dioxide load in the atmosphere, and once sequestered in the soil, the carbon actively nourishes soil health and improves water retention
  • Organic carbon is stored in soil by exclusively binding to certain soil structures, and the soil's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide is directly related to its health
  • One way to increase carbon in your soil is to add biochar, which is created by slowly heating a biomass in a low-oxygen environment (such as a kiln) until everything but the carbon is burned off

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/10/06/carbon-sequestration-biochar-for-soil-health.aspx
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