Farmers could use these sensors to monitor potential threats to their crops, allowing them to intervene before the crops are lost, the researchers say. Read more in free think Plant sensors could act as an early warning system for farmers…
What benefits are there to growing meat from chicken cells rather than raising animals for slaughter? Industrial animal agriculture is responsible for an estimated 15 percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions, and with demand for meat projected to double…
Intensified farming practices to feed a growing population are having severe impacts on the environment.Regenerative agriculture can ease the impact on the planet, and if adopted correctly, could potentially increase yields as one of its many benefits. Read more in…
Food production is an essential part of Africa’s economy. It makes up a third of the country’s GDP and employs around 50% of its people. Yet it still spends around $50 billion a year importing food and agricultural products. And…
As the world’s population and its agricultural needs have grown, so too has the demand for water, putting the world’s supply of water under the microscope. Read more in Visual Capitalist Understanding the Global Supply of Water. By Chesca Kirkland…
The future of food and agriculture: Drivers and triggers for transformation, released in December 2022, warns that without broader changes on a socioeconomic and environmental level, we will not be able to build and maintain sustainable agrifood systems. Read more…
Record high food prices have triggered a global crisis that will drive millions more into extreme poverty, magnifying hunger and malnutrition, while threatening to erase hard-won gains in development Read more in Word Bank Food Security Update By Word Bank…
The agricultural sector employs over 25% of the world’s working population and is responsible for sustaining 7.5 billion people. Despite decades of efforts by governments and industry, more than a quarter of those people – a staggering 1.9 billion –…
How do you teach a computer what a good strawberry looks like? According to AgShift founder and CEO Miku Jha, whose company is innovating food inspections with deep learning, you do it the same way you train a three year…
You can see clearly in this interactive graphic from the World Resources Institute how each country contributed to climate change in 2012 and find other ways to parse the climate issue. learn more in fastcoexist What And Who Are Actually…
