Climate change is silently sapping the nutrients from our food. A pioneering study finds that rising CO2 and higher temperatures are not only reshaping how crops grow but are also degrading their ...
Climate change has made paramount the need to identify food crops that can grow in desert, with little water. Though some types of cactuses, like the prickly pear, have been consumed in Central ...
The U.S. Agency for International Development has been a major supporter of global agriculture research. Now many studies are ...
Over the past half-century, nutrients in crops have declined significantly. Levels of key nutrients and ingredients such as zinc, magnesium, iron and protein have declined. Meanwhile, the demand for ...
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A team has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming showing 30% increases in tuber mass under heatwave conditions. This adaptation may provide greater food security for families ...
Agriculture is at a crossroads. All over the world, weather patterns are affecting yields of key crops, pushing up prices and impacting food security. We are, in other words, in the middle of a ...
Here are 10 food crops you can grow at home that you can't usually get at the supermarket. Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in se Queensland Australia about 45kms ...