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02/01/2019 / By Ralph Flores

Seeking out valuable rain-fed pasture options to increase crop production

Food insecurity, or the lack of access to affordable and nutritional food, is a problem that affects a lot of people around the world. Multiple studies have shown that high poverty rates and the inability to obtain nutritional food are considered to be the primary factors for the problem. For the latter, however, it’s also […]

01/30/2019 / By Ralph Flores

Alfalfa can be used to increase crop production in dryland Mediterranean conditions

A study in the European Journal of Agronomy has found that certain cultivars of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) can increase crop production and extend the growing season of certain crops. In the study, Chilean researchers tested nine cultivars of alfalfa in dryland Mediterranean environments in a four-year assessment. The team looked at the potential of using alfalfa in […]

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