Image Image Image Image Image
Scroll to Top

To Top

Blog

22

Sep
2016

No Comments

In Blog
Featured

By admin

How to save 125 Million tons of crops every year – Crop Life

On 22, Sep 2016 | No Comments | In Blog, Featured | By admin

 

More than 600 million people could be fed each year if fungal diseases were controlled in the world’s five most important crops – rice, wheat, maize, soybeans and potatoes. Fungal infections destroy at least 125 million tons of these top crops each year, which provide the majority of calories consumed by people. Other crops like coffee and grapes can also be hugely impacted by fungi, with estimated crop losses globally of 15 and 20 percent, respectively. We need resistant varieties and crop protection products to keep our foods healthy.

See the full article and more here.

crop-life

Submit a Comment