Year: 2022

PROMISING NITROGEN FIXING R&D. "Azotic’s new nitrogen-fixing technology has been developed by Professor Edward (Ted) Cocking FRS. Professor Cocking is Director of the Centre for Crop Nitrogen Fixation at the University of Nottingham. He has pioneered studies on the interaction of nitrogen-fixing bacteria with plant cells in non-legume crops and the regeneration of cereals from cell cultures." Being field tested by Azotic Technologies Ltd. " " http://lnkd.in/d2jhNux http://lnkd.in/dQ5FWRH View in LinkedIn

FIELD TRIALS FOR NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY RESEARCH. "Our technology is based on a naturally occurring, nitrogen fixing bacteria which takes up and uses nitrogen from the air. The seed/plant is treated with a bacterium which fixes atmospheric nitrogen to all crops cell to cell."" " http://www.azotictechnologies.com/index.php/technology/ View in LinkedIn

THE NEXT SERIES covers the darker side of fertilizer and pesticide history, and the immense changes that happened to US agriculture following World War II. Almost without realizing it, we have engaged in a large-scale experiment that has now gone global that has affected every part of our society, and now touching the entire world. We all know about toxic runoff from fertilizer, and aquatic dead zones, so this will focus on aspects lesser known. View in LinkedIn

BIOBASH NEXT WEEK" "" "ADVentura Capital invites you to meet our guest speaker Nicholas Knowles, founder of Knowles Crossley Ltd and Mentor of ADVentura Capital, at the BioBash afterwork event." "" "Discover how our ADVentura international mentors can shape the future of your company." "" "Date: Tuesday February 4th, 19-21h" "Venue: Portal de l'Angel 36, Barcelona" "" "Limited space, so please confirm your attendance as soon as possible at hello@adventuracapital.com" " View in LinkedIn

THE HABER PROCESS TO MAKE NITROGEN. In 'Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch and the Transformation of World Food Production', Vaclav Smil "estimates that two of every five humans on earth today would not be alive if not for Fritz Haber's invention." Nitrogen fertilizers have had an enormous impact on the planted and on food production in a relatively short period. But contrary to some, it is neither all bad nor all good. " "" " http://lnkd.in/dixvzbv http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/whats-eating-america-121229356/ View in LinkedIn

WAR AND FOOD, and "the dubious links between modern warfare and industrial agriculture... Haber threw himself into the German war effort, and his chemistry kept alive Germany's hopes for victory, by allowing it to make bombs from synthetic nitrate. Later, Haber put his genius for chemistry to work developing poison gases—ammonia, then chlorine. (He subsequently developed Zyklon B, the gas used in Hitler's concentration camps.)" He won the 1918 Nobel prize for chemistry for his work on making ammonia." " http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/whats-eating-america-121229356/ View in LinkedIn

WAR AND FOOD, and "the dubious links between modern warfare and industrial agriculture... Haber threw himself into the German war effort, and his chemistry kept alive Germany's hopes for victory, by allowing it to make bombs from synthetic nitrate. Later, Haber put his genius for chemistry to work developing poison gases—ammonia, then chlorine. (He subsequently developed Zyklon B, the gas used in Hitler's concentration camps.)" He won the 1918 Nobel prize for chemistry for his work on making ammonia." " http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/whats-eating-america-121229356/ View in LinkedIn

GIANT FERTILIZER MARKETS. "Conservative estimates report 30 to 50% of crop yields are attributed to natural or synthetic commercial fertilizer. Global market value is likely to rise to more than US$185 billion until 2019. The European fertilizer market will grow to earn revenues of approx. €15.3 billion in 2018." " " http://lnkd.in/dBSfWPS View in LinkedIn

FERTILIZERS AND FOOD SYSTEMS changed profoundly after World War II. Swords were turned into ploughs as munitions became fertilizers, and their use soared. At the same time, improved transport infrastructures changed the meaning of 'local food', and giant national enterprises concentrated both the production and the distribution of US food. View in LinkedIn

MUNITIONS GAVE RISE TO FERTILIZERS. "During the 1940s, fertilizer exploded in more ways than one. During the war, nitrogen was one of the prime components of TNT and other high explosives, and the U.S. government built 10 new plants to supply nitrogen for bombs. After the war, those plants produced ammonia for fertilizer. Fertilizer use exploded."" " http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/crops_04.html View in LinkedIn