Using cover crops to support tea quality and battle pests
Tea is a key part of many people’s day – and a vital cash crop for many economies. But farmers have also been dealing with the effects of monoculture cropping, the challenges of resurgent pests and the use of chemical inputs. As a result, there has been increased interest in the use of cover crops to help deal with some of these issues.
Exploring the use of waste rapeseed oil as fuel for compression ignition engines
Researchers in Poland have looked at the potential for blending waste rapeseed oil (WRO) with Jet Propellant-8 (JP-8) as a fuel for compression ignition engines, by looking at the performance of different blends of the two under various engine operating conditions.