We're super excited to announce that we will be participating at next week's upcoming #AsiaPacific Forum on #SustainableDevelopment at the #UN Conference Centre in #Bangkok from 27-30 March! Our exhibit at the SDG Acceleration Pavilion will promote our recently peer-review published work in #MJSA, and why a #systems-based approach is needed for helping achieve #SDG6. If you, your organisation, govt. ministry, or business is registered to attend, do stop by our booth! #SDGs #ThreePercentEarth
#Societal complacency & industry lobbying are at the root of #pesticides-driven cost-externalising #agricultural #foodsystems. The result? Lots of #empirical evidence demonstrating #ecological & #publichealth impacts. A recent #ThreePercentEarth #MJSA publication proposes a 'systems-based' framework that promotes 'integrating' public health w/agric. #decisionmaking. Our findings?#BAU #commercial #farming has resulted in substantial 'appreciable public health concern.'
https://myjsustainagri.com/mjsa-02-2022-131-141/
mjsa.02.2022.131.141 – Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (MJSA)

Seed priming is an effective, eco-friendly method to promote seed germination and seedling vigor of okra to overcome the reduced and delayed germination in fresh or stored okra seeds caused by seed hardness