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Zero Budget Natural Farming: a low-cost farming system that could achieve similar yields to organic and conventional techniques

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5 December 20222 February 2023

In response to rising challenges for farmers in India, the Government of Andhra Pradesh a state in southeast India, have been encouraging farmers to adopt Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)…Read More >

Zero Budget Natural Farming: a low-cost farming system that could achieve similar yields to organic and conventional techniques

How do we protect our soils?

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7 December 2020

To mark World Soils Day (5 December) Professor Chris Collins looks at the state of the World’s soils and what the future might hold. In its latest report on the…Read More >

Much more than mud

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25 July 201827 September 2018

Earlier this month a group of Reading soil scientists took their research to the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition to tell the public all about the importance of soil. Jeremy…Read More >

In pictures: Open Farm Sunday

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25 June 201827 September 2018

Our farm at Sonning recently threw open its five-bar gates to the public as part of the national Open Farm Sunday event. Anna Thompson from the Centre for Dairy Research…Read More >

When soil and swing collide: science at the Big Band Big Lunch

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4 June 20183 November 2021

On Sunday (3 June) the University brought together staff, students, and people in Reading for the Big Band Big Lunch. Jeremy Le Lean, communications officer of the Soil Security Programme,…Read More >

We’re Going on a Worm Hunt! Soil science at UnEarthed Edinburgh

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9 November 2017

By Jeremy LeLean, Soil Security Programme For those who like to encounter wildlife up close and personal come to UnEarthed 2017 where the renowned Soil Safari will be on display where…Read More >

Agriculture … would be very difficult, if not wholly impossible, without earthworms #gsw17

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25 May 20173 November 2021

Earthworms are soil ecosystem engineers.  They are the key soil organisms that influence soil biology, nutrient availability and soil physical structure; and their abundance has been linked to significantly improving…Read More >

We’re running out of one of the essentials for all life on earth #GSW17

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25 May 20173 November 2021

Phosphorus (P) is essential to all living things. Every single cell in plants, animals and microbes, down to our very own DNA requires P to survive and grow. Modern agriculture…Read More >

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