Landscapes Blog

February 24, 2016

Pulses celebrated internationally as a ‘super crop’ for sustainability

Christine NegraEmerging Ag Inc.

When it comes to eating sustainably, beans, peas, lentils, chickpeas, and other pulses are hard to beat. A staple of many traditional diets around the globe, high-protein, low-fat, high-fiber pulse grains have been shown to fight disease and malnutrition. In farming systems, pulses ‘fix’ atmospheric nitrogen, adding it to the soil. Many pulse varieties tolerate […] ...
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June 20, 2014

Priorities for Research to Achieve Landscapes for People, Food and Nature in Africa

Christine NegraEmerging Ag Inc.

In too many parts of Africa, a challenging combination of natural resource and labor constraints and limited access to agricultural inputs and technologies reinforces persistent yield gaps and rural poverty traps. Now more than ever, innovative research on sustainable agriculture is crucial to Africa’s well-being. In 2001-2008, public research and development (R&D) in sub ...
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