Pioneering new technology is set to accelerate the global quest for crop improvement in a development which echoes the Green Revolution of the post war period. The speed-breeding platform de... Read more
Can scientists hack photosynthesis to feed the world as population soars? The world population, which stood at 5 billion in 1950, is predicted to increase to 10.5 billion by 2050. It’s a st... Read more
Scientists are beginning to talk about re-engineering crop plants so that, like legumes, they will have on-site nitrogen-fixing systems NolR is a master off-switch for the process that conve... Read more
New Nature Communications paper shows yields have plateaued or dropped in many places for world’s most important crops The Green Revolution has stagnated for key food crops in many regions o... Read more
This could be useful for greenhouse gas mitigation, bioremediation or erosion control. The same “green revolution” concepts that have revolutionized crop agriculture and helped to feed billi... Read more
The world’s population will grow from almost 7 billion now to over 9 billion in 2050. John Parker asks if there will be enough food to go round THE 1.6-hectare (4-acre) Broadbalk field lies... Read more
Which modern enviro concepts are throwbacks to the past? Four experts discuss the technologies, laws, and states of mind that have their roots in the first wave of the environmental movement... Read more
Image via Wikipedia The U.S.S. Prius By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN As I was saying, the thing I love most about America is that there’s always somebody here who doesn’t get the word — and they go ou... Read more
Can you hear me now? THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN C. H. Tung, the first Chinese-appointed chief executive of Hong Kong after the handover in 1997, offered me a three-sentence summary the other day of... Read more