Category: Insights
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The Soil Microbiome: The Living Engine of Earth’s Productivity
by Tarak Dhurjati 1. What is a Microbiome? The term microbiome refers to the collective community of microorganisms—bacteria, fungi, archaea, protozoa, and viruses—along with their genetic material, that inhabit a specific environment. These microbial communities interact among themselves and with their physical surroundings to maintain ecological balance and functional stability. In the context of soil,…
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Sweet Shift: How Sugarcane’s Half-Century of Change Rewrote India’s Sugar Story
By Tarak Dhurjati · New Delhi · 13 October 2025 Once a crop grown mainly for sweetness, sugarcane has, over the past 50 years, been recast as a strategic provider of sugar, power and fuel. The global industry — led by Brazil — has embraced scale, mechanisation and a bio-energy model. India, the world’s second-largest…
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🌾 The fate of Urea after its application to soil: Challenges and the Way Forward
What happens to Urea, when it is added to Soil? By Tarak Dhurjati Abstract Urea is the most widely used nitrogen fertilizer in the world because of its critical role in global food security. However, it is also one of the most difficult fertilizers to manage efficiently. Despite its high nitrogen content (46%), a large…
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