Azolla fertilizer at Wangari Kuria's farm can be used as a protein nutrient in farm animals such as chicken and cattle and also can be used in crop farming. [David Gichuru, Standard] The soaring ...

Scientists have been campaigning to turn the fast-growing Azolla into a food of the future. Others envision it becoming both a sustainable biofuel and a fertilizer that captures carbon. What is Azolla ...

Al-Mafraq, Jordan – Inside a greenhouse in al-Makeefta village in northern Jordan, Iman al-Athemat stood holding a spaghetti strainer she uses to harvest Azolla growing on the surface of pools. The ...

The high price of imported animal feed is a headache for farmers all over the world. In Egypt, some are looking into locally produced alternatives, such as the fast-growing and versatile aquatic fern ...

Fowls feed on Azolla ferns grown in a greenhouse at the farm of Palestinian farmer Ibrahim Al-Zeraei, in Dir Al Balah city, central Gaza Strip, Oct. 13, 2021. Due to high price of animal feed in the ...

The aquatic term, 'azolla' together with the blue-green algae (anabaena azollae) provides a symbiotic association that can fix agronomically significant amounts of nitrogen (N). The usefulness of ...

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HYDERABAD: With farmers in Andhra Pradesh accepting Azolla as an alternative cattle feed and reaping its benefits in the wake of substantial decline in the availability of fodder, the state government ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. With each fern no wider than an inch, mosquito ferns turned ...

Fowls feed on Azolla ferns grown in a greenhouse at the farm of Palestinian farmer Ibrahim Al-Zeraei, in Dir Al Balah city, central Gaza Strip, Oct. 13, 2021. Due to high price of animal feed in the ...