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Farm SizeHow does farm size vary across the world? How much of farmland is held by smallholders?

5 environmental victories from 2021 that offer hopeIn a year of seemingly continuous bad news, there are many reasons to be hopeful about the environment.

The Butterfly Effect Is Why It's Impossible to Predict the WeatherYou've probably heard that a butterfly can flap its wings in Brazil and set off a tornado in Texas. This is known as the butterfly effect, and while it ...

Forests, Food Systems, and Livelihoods: Trends, Forecasts, and Solutions to Reframe Approaches to Protecting ForestsThis report provides a close examination of global trends and the supply and demand dynamics of key commodities produced in the tropics.

India's Biodiversity Stressed From Loss of Freshwater Systems, Agricultural Waste - The Wire Science

Contribution of life in soil ‘remains largely underestimated’, says UN agriculture agency

High-level UN conference debates precious commodity: LandThe 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), kicked-off on Monday, in the Ivorian "economic" capital.

A 20-year retrospective review of global aquacultureThe volume of global aquaculture production has tripled since 2000 with positive trends in environmental performance, but the sector faces mounting challenges including pathogen management, pollution, climate change, and increasing dependence on land-based resource systems.

Global food prices are soaring. Rice could be nextFood prices and export bans have been on the rise. Rice, a staple food in much of Asia, could be next, industry watchers say.

Sustainable farming: Can we use less pesticides for more environmentally friendly agriculturePesticides pollute rivers and soil, but can farms work without chemical sprays?

Planting problems: Unscientific plantation leading to no gains for environment, a new report points outThe need is to become scientifically rigorous on tree plantation; with drastic climate change becoming an unyielding threat, there will be a need for more such drives.

Economic benefits of protecting nature now outweigh those of exploiting it, global data revealThe economic benefits of conserving or restoring natural sites "outweigh" the profit potential of converting them for intensive human use, according to the largest-ever study comparing the value of protecting nature at particular locations with that of exploiting it.

Transforming Rural Mobility with MaaSThis paper explores mobility as a service (MaaS), which heralds a new generation of mobility services, focusing on examples from Japan.

From farm to fork: How food systems can power climate actionTaking specific steps to transform national food supply systems can help countries achieve climate goals and limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius, a new joint UN report on climate action has found.

A third of all food in the U.S. gets wasted. Fixing that could help fight climate change.Food waste creates more greenhouse gases than the airline industry. But there are several ways to fix that, starting with your shopping habits.

How transforming riverbanks can clean contaminated waterwaysRemoving humanmade banks of polluted sediment transforms streams to their former glory

OPINION: Earth Day Is Completely Futile If We’re Not Willing To Discuss MeatThe last century of reckless living, of airplanes and fossil fuels, of fast fashion and plastic have cut the Earth Deep. Reducing our meat intake will allow us to heal.

There's a financial incentive to becoming self-sufficient—if it's done rightCOVID-19 has sparked a rush to establish home gardens and a desire for self-sufficiency, but how successful are these 'grow your own' attempts and is there a risk that people will find themselves out of pocket?

Can kitchen gardens combat climate change?Growing your own fruit and veg is already eco-friendly, but it could also help fight climate change.

How did an ancient plant from Latin America become Asia's second-most-important cash crop?Half a century ago, cassava was a simple staple crop for some smallholder farmers in Asia eking out a living in harsh landscapes.

Crop insurance schemes need better planningEven with the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana , small farmers lack access to crop insurance, finds a new study

‘All parties treat farmers like beggars’: Punjab’s agriculture workers have no hope from electionsRecent farm loan waivers and income support schemes have had little impact amid growing agrarian distress.

Soil biology research can help create a more sustainable futureSoils are home to more than 25 percent of the earth's total biodiversity, supporting life on land and water, nutrient cycling and retention, food production, pollution remediation and climate regulation. Scientists have found increasing evidence that when soil organisms are put front and center, numerous global sustainability goals can be enhanced. This is because the activity and interactions of soil organisms are intimately tied to multiple processes that ecosystems and society rely on.

Here’s how we’re ensuring there’ll be enough sustainable and nutritious food for 9.8 billion people by 2050The World Economic Forum’s New Vision for Agriculture initiative has helped create public-private partnerships in 23 countries that have benefited millions of farmers.

Healthy soils are the basis for healthy food production

Super salty, subzero Arctic water provides peek at possible life on other planetsResearchers have discovered thriving communities of bacteria in Alaskan 'cryopegs,' trapped layers of sediment with water so salty that it remains liquid at below-freezing temperatures. The setting may be similar to environments on Mars, Saturn's moon Titan, or other bodies farther from the sun.

2020 is International Year of Plant Health

Can we learn from the destruction of Myanmar's mangroves? | Earth And The Environment

Nitrogen pollution: the forgotten element of climate changeSomehow we need to grow more food to feed an expanding population while minimising the problems associated with nitrogen fertiliser use.

Soil cannot halt climate change: Long-term field experiments, dating back as far as 1843, demonstrate that modern carbon emissions cannot be locked in the ground to halt global warmingUnique soils data from long-term experiments, stretching back to the middle of the nineteenth century, confirm the practical implausibility of burying carbon in the ground to halt climate change. The idea of using crops to collect more atmospheric carbon and locking it into soil's organic matter to offset fossil fuel emissions was launched at COP21, the 21st annual Conference of Parties to review the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in 2015.

India has the highest number of organic farmers globally, but most of them are strugglingOrganic farming is yet to taste success. Poor policy measures, rising input costs and limited market are affecting growth of organic farming in the country.

The future of agriculture is computerizedMachine learning can reveal optimal growing conditions to maximize taste and other features.

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