The global production of six major food and animal feed crops (corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, cassava, and millet) has dramatically increased and far outpaced world population growth between 1961 and ...

Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the ...

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A new global study shows that both conservation and farming production can improve when women farmers are more involved in decision-making. The study, published in the journal Communications Earth & ...

Naznin will serve as the new associate professor of urban indoor agriculture, and has a bachelor’s degree in agriculture, master’s degrees in food chemistry and horticulture, and a Ph.D. in ...

Jamaica’s 154,000 smallholder farmers occupy the majority of the country’s agricultural land area (440,000 hectares) and are the backbone of the Caribbean country’s agriculture sector. They are ...

NUEKPE With a significant budgetary allocation of GH¢6.6billion to agricultural production in 2026—the highest for the sector ...

The final 2025 crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows corn and soybean harvest is complete in Iowa and about 30% of soils are dry. The report said Iowa corn ...