Climate patterns like the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) have been responsible for widespread, simultaneous crop failures in recent history, according to a recent paper published on 3 July in the
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Scientists have taken a huge step in furthering our understanding of the internal structure of a leaf. The new findings published on 27 June in Nature Communications also provide insights
A multidisciplinary group of experts from academia, research centres, and funding organisations propose a Global Surveillance System (GSS) to improve global food security by preventing crop diseases. The GSS would
A new paper published on 17 June in Nature Ecology & Evolution evaluates the potential impacts of climate change on societies by looking deep into the ancient past. In particular,
This article is the second part of a piece by Marc Rameaux about modern agriculture and its relationship with artificial intelligence. 1. A very different kind of AI for agriculture
A newly discovered plant gene could be modified to increase crop yields, according to a new paper published on 10 June in Nature Plants. The gene may influence how plants
1. Is AI really needed in the agricultural world? Modern agriculture has been at its 2.0 stage for a long time. Satellite or drone monitoring of crops, high-precision sensors to
The number of honey bee colonies in Europe fell by an average of 16 per cent over the winter 2017–18, according to findings published on last month on 30 May
Climate change may already be reducing crop yields of some of the world’s most important crops and food-insecure countries are being affected the most, according to a new study published
Meeting the goal set out in the Paris agreement of limiting global warming to well below 1.5–2 degrees Celcius will require efforts that go far beyond reducing greenhouse gas emissions,