"The crop is sensitive to weather conditions," Bob Leiby, an agronomist with the Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers, ...

How we use land and feed a growing global population, and the burden we place on natural habitats in pursuit of nutrition, ...

In the future, photosynthesis could be replaced with electro-agriculture, a process that is four times more efficient and may ...

Governments could offer incentives for planting more bee-friendly crop varieties. But it may even be enough to tell farmers which varieties produce more nectar and pollen. In our experience, most ...

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The two-year drought that affected Mutua, for example ... the African Orphan Crops Consortium, or AOCC—a collaboration with CGIAR, a global coalition of 15 nonprofit food research institutions ...

Iconic foods like Georgia peaches, Florida oranges, and Ecuadorian chocolate are threatened by increasing weather extremes and shifting climates. As As You Sow ...

A research team showcases the application of deep learning models in identifying leaf diseases in key tropical crops such as coconut, mango, and durian, offering crucial insights for the future of ...

Using empirical data can help to frame the value of services provided by natural habitat – from biodiversity to carbon ...

In a sprawling plant in the heart of California’s farmland, millions of shells rush down a metallic chute and onto a conveyor belt where they are inspected, roasted, packaged and shipped off to ...

Throughout the Colorado River Basin, ongoing drought is pushing desert farmers to their limits. Can agriculture technology ...