Agriculture Biodiversity Biotechnology Soil 
Business Green
JULY 1, 2020
A survey of 600 farmers carried out by the pollster on behalf of Swiss biotechnology giant Syngenta in February found 72 per cent were worried about the impact of climate change on their crop yields, animal health, and ability to do business.
Grist
SEPTEMBER 3, 2022
Given all that nastiness, scientists have long been on a quest to reduce agriculture’s dependence on fertilizers by giving cereal crops their own nitrogen-fixing powers. Cereal grasses use nitrogen that’s already in the soil — it comes from animal manure, as well as all the life churning in the dirt.
Business Green
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Just ask Luis Lombana, CEO of Ficosterra , a Spanish marine biotechnology company that makes fertilisers from an unexpected source: seaweed. In terms of biodiversity loss and excess nitrogen, we're well into the high-risk zone. A wave of companies are exploring how seaweed can deliver multiple environmental and commercial benefits.
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