#GoodNews
#WorldFoodPrize¹ - How a Brazilian woman is changing #agriculture
Some quotes from the #article² - translated from #German via deepl.com:
"Brazil's agriculture does not have a good reputation: #deforestation, masses of pesticides and artificial fertilisers. Yet #Brazil is now also a leader in organic alternatives - thanks to Mariângela #Hungria."
"[She] ... researches [and implements] targeted biological alternatives to chemical fertilisers ... Half a century later, the Brazilian scientist is honoured with the World Food Prize³ ..."
The alternative is now widespread in Brazil:
"Today, such organic products are used on more than 40 million hectares in Brazil - that's an area more than twice the size of the entire agricultural area of #Germany ... farmers save up to 25 billion US dollars a year ... At the same time, more than 230 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions are avoided each year.
¹ something like the #NobelPrize for agriculture
² https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima/bakterien-duenger-pflanzenschutzmittel-100.html
³ https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/2025_hungria/