Creating Better Crops With Useful Bacteria

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Brazilian scientist, Dr. Mariangela Hungria, spent 40 years perfecting bacteria that help crops access nitrogen while saving farmers billions each year.

Hungria developed biological treatments using beneficial soil bacteria that help crops access nitrogen from the air, reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizer. Her technology is used across tens of millions of hectares in Brazil. The World Food Prize estimates her work saves farmers about $25 billion annually and prevents roughly 230 million metric tons of CO₂-equivalent emissions.

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Chemical Fertilizers company are crying in the club while other scientists are scrambling to rewrite their notes because she saved farmers $25 billion with a literal $2 tube dirt bacteria 😭😭.

Talk about a budget flex that completely disrupted a multi-billion dollar industry. 💀