Making minor changes to how food is produced, supplied and consumed around the world could free up around a fifth of agricultural land, research suggests. Scientists have applied the British... Read more
Scientists from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and Cornell have boosted a carbon-craving enzyme called RuBisCO to turbocharge photosynthesis in corn. The discovery promises to be a key s... Read more
Next step could be ‘nitrogen-fixing’ plants that can do the same, reducing need for fertilizer In the future, plants will be able to create their own fertilizer. Farmers will no longer need... Read more
Study shows dogs can sniff out laurel wilt-infected avocado trees well in advance. A study out of Florida International University evaluates the use of scent-discriminating canines for the d... Read more
Unused TV spectrum and drones could help make smart farms a reality ON THE Dancing Crow farm in Washington, sunflowers and squashes soak up the rich autumn sunshine beside a row of solar pan... Read more
Controlled environment agriculture is rapidly becoming an important part of the global food system. For example, there has been much interest in the potential of large-scale, indoor agricult... Read more
Crop analytics drone company Raptor Maps took the $100,000 grand prize May 13 at the 25th annual MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. The team of three MIT aerospace engineers developed a... Read more
Five Indian scientists have been able to demonstrate an increase of whopping 40 per cent to 100 per cent in agricultural production using nano-technology and iron-pyrite – one of the c... Read more
Is biodiverse agriculture an anachronism? Or is it a vital part of a food-secure future? Given the need to feed an estimated 2.4 billion more people by the year 2050, the drive toward large... Read more