Relying on a handful of crops makes the entire system more vulnerable to pests, disease, and climate shocks. By cultivating a ...

Graeme Martin has received funding from the Australian Research Council, Meat & Livestock Australia, and the Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation. Biodiversity and farming go head to ...

Is organic farming the only alternative to conventional agriculture to promote biodiversity in agricultural landscapes? An international research team questions this. According to the authors, a ...

IN the 18th century, a series of volcanic eruptions turned the fertile fields of Lanzarote, the easternmost of Spain’s Canary ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Toensmeier: In order to avoid catastrophic climate change we need to return to 350 ppm of atmospheric carbon dioxide or below. Even if we stopped ...

Humans depend on farming for their survival but this activity takes up more than one-third of the world's landmass and endangers 62% of all threatened species. However, agricultural landscapes can ...

A new interactive tool is intended to bridge Africa's critical data gap for sustainable development in mining, agriculture ...