How can we guarantee the human population will be able to feed itself as it swells from 7 billion in 2012 to 9 billion by 2044? Growth of the human population and disparate patterns of resource ...

Archeologists report they have found evidence that people grew fig trees about 11,400 years ago, making the fruit the earliest domesticated crop. That predates by about 1,000 years evidence that crops ...

A new study confirms what indigenous peoples have known all along: ancient inhabitants of the Amazon and elsewhere cultivated plants and crops as long as 10,000 years ago. Poking further holes in what ...

A study examines how ants optimize plant cultivation. The ant Philidris nagasau is known to cultivate epiphytic plants of the genus Squamellaria, but the evolutionary tradeoffs in this relationship ...

In this article, we will discuss the most cultivated crops in the world and discuss AI startups that are trying to increase the agriculture sector’s efficiency. If you want to skip our analysis of big ...

Studying the domestication of any crop that people once ate helps scientists reveal how modern crops have evolved. Abigail Eisenstadt Although pumpkins and other gourds have become staples at ...

Sugarcane cultivation, once a key cash crop in the Rangpur region, has shrunk by more than 90 percent over the past five years following the closure of local sugar mills.

If you haven’t taken the leap and you’re unsure about whether or not to sow a cover crop, know that it’s worth it. Specifically, when it comes to your bottom line, cover crops save money. They may not ...

As cultivated meat companies push beyond proof-of-concept and toward commercialization, some of the sector’s most stubborn challenges – cost, scalability, texture and production – are being addressed ...