On 17 September, Rabobank launched the Food Loss Challenge for ag-tech startups in Asia. The open challenge invites disruptive startups to propose innovative solutions for reducing food loss. In addition
A new analysis published on 14 September in Science has revealed that around 50 thousand square kilometres of forests are being cleared every year to make way for industrial agriculture.
The negative effects of higher temperatures, along with higher incidences of extreme events such as droughts and flooding, on staple crops are widely accepted but globing warming is bringing with
The recent presentation of the French government’s anti-pollution plan was an opportunity for many in the media to remind us of a significant figure: air pollution from fine particles is
A new study published on 27 August in Nature Climate Change has shown that elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere are affecting the nutrient content of staple crops,
A new study published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews on 23 August sought to determine whether Sweden’s current willow (Salix spp.) production, as a source of bioenergy, is capable of
After 13 long years, scientists have achieved the once ‘impossible’ task of mapping the genome of wheat. Wheat is the most widely grown crop worldwide and is essential for food
A new study published on August 15 in Nature suggests that alternatives to harmful neonicotinoid pesticides may be just as harmful to bumble bees. New sulfoximine-based pesticides were touted as
According to a new study published on August 15 in iScience, an open source interdisciplinary journal, ocean microbes may play a key role in atmospheric processes like cloud formation. The research,
A new study published on August 8 in Nature, a scientific journal, suggests that the positive effects of aerosols intentionally released into the atmosphere ― a form of solar geoengineering ―