Tag: Agriculture

I thought I knew a lot about agriculture and compared to the average American twenty-something, maybe I did (only two ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. Improving ...

Genetic modification is one of the most controversial revolutionary developments in the biotechnological sector. Production, processing, marketing, and consumption of ...

FAO Investment Centre Celebrating 50 Years of Activity The FAO Investment Centre recently celebrated 50 years of activity supporting FAO ...

Roberto Peiretti is an agricultural scientist in Argentina. He is the CEO of Roberto Peiretti & Associates, a firm engaged ...

The world is changing as fast as the pace of new technological innovations that are increasingly shrinking our notion of ...

The Perfect Crop to address Climate Change: Genetically Improved Perennial Sweet Sorghums Grain sorghum has deep roots in our human ...

The Silk Road is an ancient corridor roughly 6,437 kilometres long, extending from Europe to southern China originating from the ...

In the near future, feeding the world will become the number one challenge for scientists, as the on-going demographic explosion ...

Over the past 100 years, agro-biodiversity has steadily disappeared with the adoption of modern agricultural practices and the globalization of ...

The oldest United Nations technical agency, and at one point in its chaotic history, the largest, has a bizarre name ...