A tiny plant’s molecular “velcro” could help crops turn sunlight into food more efficiently. An international team of ...

As the weather becomes more extreme and unpredictable, the seasonal patterns that agriculture relies upon are being thrown into chaos. As SupplyChainBrain noted, the result is lower crop yields, ...

If global warming surpasses 1.5°C, vast regions could lose critical crop diversity, heightening the risk to worldwide food security.

Climate change is silently sapping the nutrients from our food. A pioneering study finds that rising CO2 and higher temperatures are not only reshaping how crops grow but are also degrading their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Storm clouds build above a corn field on August 27, 2024, near Platte City, Missouri. A new study finds US maize yields could ...

Something significant is happening across the American agricultural landscape, and it's not just a blip on the radar. States ...

A team has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming showing 30% increases in tuber mass under heatwave conditions. This adaptation may provide greater food security for families ...

The global population is projected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the ...

Climate change has made paramount the need to identify food crops that can grow in desert, with little water. Though some types of cactuses, like the prickly pear, have been consumed in Central ...

This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Twenty years ago Dutch farmer Hubrecht Janse realized the tide was about to turn on his third-generation family business in the ...

When farm crops are harvested, there is often food left in the fields. That's where gleaners come in — gathering lettuce, potatoes and other crops that are still good and giving them to needy people.

From cut-and-come-again greens to vertical climbers, this is how to grow smarter in a small space ...