As Earth's climate warms and changes, sustainable agricultural practices are critical for feeding a rapidly growing population. Can we genetically engineer crops to adapt to drought and other effects ...

June 23 - Global climate efforts have focused on decarbonizing energy, transport and industry. But agriculture remains a critical, underfunded part of the solution. Responsible for nearly 90% of ...

Slash-and-burn agriculture is the practice of clearing and burning areas of vegetation to replenish the soil and grow food. Hundreds of millions of people around the world still rely on slash-and-burn ...

Rita Herzog (MBA/MENV'24) earned a competitive spot in the inaugural cohort of the ClimateCAP Fellowship. That program involved completing a research project, the output of which is below. In a world ...

Sustainable agriculture takes many forms, but at its core is a rejection of the industrial approach to food production developed during the 20th century. This system, with its reliance on monoculture, ...

The rise of advanced artificial intelligence (edge AI) could well mark the beginning of a new era for sustainable agriculture. A recent study proposes a roadmap for integrating this technology into ...