Tag: Agricultural Production/Economics

The practice can create healthier soils, save water and yield more almondsCredit: Brent Holtz, UCANR Recycling trees onsite can sequester ...

Sustainable: KIT-coordinated transnational network studies chemical signals between pathogen and plant -- EU funding in the amount of EUR 500,000Credit: ...

Shifting away from petroleum-based synthetic materialsCredit: Hitachi Zosen Corporation JST has announced that the development subject "Manufacturing Technology for New ...

Credit: Jacynthe Dessureault-Rompre In many regions of the world, farming must be done on areas of soil categorized as histosols. ...

New research to enhance chicken-raising practicesCredit: Photo courtesy the USDA ARS, image k10003-7 by S. Ausmus. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Smile, ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Severe flooding throughout the Midwest--which triggered a delayed growing season for crops in the region--led to a reduction ...

Ethanol from agave could be used for transport fuel and hand sanitizerCredit: University of Sydney The agave plant used to ...

Study evaluates and quantifies ecosystem service flowsCredit: Janina Kleemann What do chocolate, migratory birds, flood control and pandas have in ...

Credit: University of Exeter Pathogenic fungi pose a huge and growing threat to global food security. Currently, we protect our ...

CABBI researchers have developed three innovative tools to facilitate production of high-value compounds from yeast strain Issatchenkia orientalisCredit: Center for ...

Credit: University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. - Pigs have better feed conversion rates ...

Credit: Beverly J. Agtuca, Sylwia A. Stopka, Thalita R. Tuleski, Fernanda P. do Amaral, Sterling Evans, Yang Liu, Dong Xu, ...

The BESS-STAIR framework, developed by CABBI researchers at the University of Illinois, was tested in 12 sites across the US ...

Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers The environmental effects of agriculture and food are hotly debated. But the most widely used method of ...

Soot from firestorms would reduce crop production for yearsCredit: Adapted from Jägermeyr et al., 2020 The concept of nuclear winter--a ...

India vs. Pakistan conflict could lead to worst food losses in modern historyCredit: Julie Doll, MSU/NSF KBS LTER Site A ...

Study: Changes in insecticides, fertilization drove productivity gains -- not Bt cotton adoptionCredit: Glenn Davis Stone/Washington University Genetically modified (GM) ...

Team led by Salk scientists provides a detailed picture of how plant hormones communicate through gene regulationCredit: Salk Institute LA ...

Credit: Erik Lehnhoff and Rebecca Creamer Transmitted by an insect known as the beet leafhopper, curly top disease is a ...

Credit: Ranajit Bandyopadhyay? In Senegal, groundnut and maize are commonly contaminated with highly toxic, cancer-causing chemicals called aflatoxins, which are ...