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Sustainable Rice Farming, E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit, Weather Data For Farmers

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01.02.2019
by Roxana Adam
#Agriculture, #E-Cigarettes, #Rice, #Sustainable Farming
Photo: Elina Sazonova / Pexels (CC0)

A new way of planting rice increases production by up to 200% while cutting water usage in half; a recent study indicates that e-cigarettes are twice as effective as either nicotine patches or gum at helping smokers quit; and by making real-time weather data accessible to smallholder coffee farmers, they are able to build resilience to climate change and increase yields.

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01.02.2019
by Roxana Adam
#Agriculture, #E-Cigarettes, #Rice, #Sustainable Farming
Photo: Elina Sazonova / Pexels (CC0)
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