by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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Suppressing harmful microbial<\/strong> activity, increasing the soil’s water retention capacity and thus counteracting drought, and improving the health of the ecosystem by fostering biodiversity<\/strong>. These are the beneficial effects that can be achieved by doing something extraordinarily normal: growing rice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This is a successful story of the use of agricultural practices with a positive impact for soil coming from Florida, and more specifically from the Everglades<\/strong>, a wetland<\/a> area in the south of the state. It was told by Jehangir Bhadha, professor and expert on the issue, in an interview<\/a> with the Australian website The Conversation.<\/p>\n