Tackling Soil Salinity with Bacteria | A Global Solution to Crop Loss and Poverty

A groundbreaking bacterial solution developed by BYU students is helping farmers combat soil salinity and increase crop yields while blending faith and science to address global hunger and poverty. Soil salinity affects millions of farmers worldwide, limiting their crop yields. Many of these farmers live on the margin in developing countries. As the climate changes, the situation is worsening. Three BYU students—Michael Davis, Fritz-Carl Morlant, and Tucker Bateman—teamed up to study how bacteria can solve the problem. As a result, they started Halio, a bacterial solution that is coated onto seeds or diluted into pivot systems. Through their experience, they have come to believe that faith and science, with an eternal perspective, run parallel toward solutions to modern problems. God is inspiring minds and guiding research to "make life better for His children" (Tucker Bateman).