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Greater Action Required to Prevent Irreversible Outcomes for UK Farming

Farming needs to urgently scale and pace the adoption of nature-based solutions for addressing climate change and biodiversity loss or face an uncertain future, warns the Nature Friendly Farming Network.

21 Oct 2021

UK Farmers Unsure of Agri-Tech's Role in Net Zero, New Research Suggests

While most UK farmers are using agri-tech, many are doubtful of its ability to help them meet net zero targets, a nationwide survey by Agri-EPI Centre has revealed.

21 Oct 2021

Study Urges the Need for a Novel Sustainable System of Agriculture

Sustainable agriculture will not be achieved by one universal solution. A meta-analysis by the University of Basel shows that the current focus on no-till farming does not achieve the desired results.

15 Oct 2021

Researchers Focus on Growing Climate-Smart Root, Tuber and Banana Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

Root, tuber and banana crops are widely cultivated across the landscapes of sub-Saharan Africa.

23 Sep 2021

ORNL Shows Increased Focus on Agricultural Decarbonization

Nearly a billion acres of land in the United States is dedicated to agriculture, producing more than a trillion dollars of food products to feed the country and the world.

22 Sep 2021

New Project Could Help Researchers to Breed More Climate-Resilient Crops

Any houseplant owner knows that changes in the amount of water or sunlight a plant receives can put it under immense stress. A dying plant brings certain disappointment to anyone with a green thumb.

20 Sep 2021

Chemists Take a Vital Step Towards Greener Food Production

The Haber-Bosch ammonia synthesis process is possibly the most significant (if least familiar) industrial advancement of the 20th century.

2 Aug 2021

Biofertiliser for Better Farms

While agricultural production around the world struggles with declining soil health, Australian researchers are investigating production of a sustainable organic nitrogen fertiliser made from aquatic cyanobacterial biomass – ideally suited for badly degraded areas reliant on chemical fertilisers.

28 Jul 2021

Researchers Develop Genome Techniques to Analyze Adaptation of Cattle

Jared Decker, a fourth-generation cattle farmer, has been aware of cattle suffering from health and productivity problems when they are moved from one location to another. The shift is from a region where they had spent generations to another place with a different climate, grass, or elevation.

23 Jul 2021

Handpicking Genes for Disease-Resistant Crops

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have developed tools to identify plant genes resistant to disease-causing fungi and deploy them to create more resistant crops.

13 Jul 2021