Intensive farming increases the risk of epidemics
According to a new study, irresponsible agricultural practices can increase the risk of disease spread.
Tag: agriculture
Lack of irrigation water challenges farmers in the US
The timing and availability of snowmelt, needed for irrigation, could be altered.
The Amazon was an early agricultural hotspot, new study shows
Squash and manioc were used as garden plants 10.000 years ago.
Urban farming can feed surprisingly many people — at least in Sheffield
Both traditional and soil-free farming could help feed the city.
New dataset describes 436 possible futures and their climate
It has already been used in 186 countries to create adaptation strategies
Saving the bees: Small prairies around agricultural fields can help bees get through the winter
Late-blooming prairies can provide a much-needed respite to farm bees.
Agriculture impacts diets of wild mammals, study shows
Wild mammals living near agriculture fields were found to change their diets.
Blend solar panels with agriculture, new study recommends
Solar panels and plants can work well together, the research shows.
Essential oils, a novel way to deal with a major pest
Organic farmers, rejoice!
Grazing animals drove the domestication of grain crops
This might solve a long-standing puzzle about plant domestication.
Ancient Celts had good taste in their drink, new study shows
The wine wasn't restricted to the higher echelons of Celtic society -- the craftsmen also enjoyed a glass from time ...
Nitrate pollution in US tap water causes 12,500 cancers each year
Agricultural pollution causes a concerning number of cancers, a new study finds
Researchers hack plants to use less water so we don’t starve when climate change hits hard
These plants will drink responsibly -- whether they want it or not!
Pests destroy around one quarter of our crops — even more in developing areas
This is the most comprehensive review of pest-related damage.
Plant roots may hold the key to the next generation drought-resistant crops
It's an arms race with climate change.
Insect damage to crops will drastically increase due to climate change
It's kind of like the locust plague, except we're doing it to ourselves, through global warming.
If the whole world ate like America, we wouldn’t have enough land in the world
We need to be more responsible -- starting from our plates.
Study weighs environmental costs of producing animal proteins so you know what to buy
Now you know exactly what your purchases do.
Humanity has contended with rising seas before — and it didn’t go well for us
It's a bad day when the ocean moves into your living room.
Researchers create the ‘crop hotspot’ map of Mars so we know where to settle
All work and no food would make the colonists very sad. Also very, very dead.