Sentences with phrase «fertilising crops»

We shouldn't pooh - pooh the idea of fertilising crops with our urine and faeces — it's safer than it sounds and the benefits would be huge

However, even though the non-GM options do appear easier to achieve, the goal of self - fertilising crops is so critical that we should not limit our options.

«It is possible that sanitation laws requiring the removal of faeces from the streets actually led to reinfection of the population as the waste was often used to fertilise crops planted in farms surrounding the towns,» said Mitchell.

Not exact matches

But in the wake of recent and unexpected discoveries suggesting that cereals already have the biological machinery to accommodate rhizobia, researchers are keen to give it another shot (see «Evolutionary push could help crops self - fertilise»).

Once you've planted everything, you need to fertilise; probably a few times, before your crops are ready to harvest and sell.