food production

Bean breakthrough bodes well for climate change challenge

Scientists are hailing a new breed of bean seed as a breakthrough, thanks to its

Using robots to get more food from raw materials

Can an industrial robot succeed both at removing the breast fillet from a chicken, and

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New study shows how existing cropland could feed billions more

Report pinpoints key food systems ‘leverage points’ that hold the greatest the potential to boost

English: Biosphere CO2 Flux along 23.12.2006 (NOAA Carbon Tracker) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
As CO2 levels rise, some crop nutrients will fall

  Researchers have some bad news for future farmers and eaters: As carbon dioxide levels

Now This Is Natural Food

At 77, Jackson is a big man with big ideas. A few weeks ago at

Farmers Try New Food-Growing Strategies to Ensure Food Security, Cope with Climate Change

In Tanzania more frequent droughts and changing rainfall patterns are forcing subsistence farmers to adapt

Maths study of photosynthesis clears the path to developing new super-crops

It should help biological scientists to develop crops with significantly improved yields to feed the

Report proposes microbiology’s grand challenge to help feed the world

A greater focus on the role of microbiology in agriculture combined with new technologies can

Can Farming Provide a Solution to Climate Change?

Farming is one of the few human activities that can pull CO2 from the atmosphere

To Feed the Future, Mine the Wealth of the World’s Seed Banks Today

  Researchers estimate that food availability must double in the next 25 years With fewer

Current global food production trajectory won’t meet 2050 needs

New University of Minnesota research shows current growth in global crop yields will be insufficient

How Do You Feed 9 Billion People?

  An international team of scientists has developed crop models to better forecast food production

U.S. Food Production Shifts North, along with Infrastructure to Move It

The move north of the American breadbasket will likely continue and even accelerate in coming

A key to mass extinctions could boost food, biofuel production

The plants contain significantly more biomass for fuel production Hydrogen sulfide, the pungent stuff often

Benn unveils plan to boost UK food and ‘grow your own’

Plans to boost food production in Britain and reduce its impact on the environment have