WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Productivity-boosting agricultural innovations in Africa could lead to an increase in global deforestation rates and carbon emissions, a Purdue University study finds.

Humans are “artificial apes,” as one modern anthropologist put it, highlighting the role of technology in the development of human society. From the earliest beginnings of humanity, technological ...

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As a growing population and climate change threaten food security, researchers around the world are working to overcome the challenges that threaten the dietary needs of humans and livestock. A pair ...

Niger State, Nigeria’s largest state by landmass, is a region blessed with immense natural and agricultural resources. With over 76,000 square kilometres of land, of which 85 percent is arable, and ...

Interesting article, based on the thesis that agriculture needs to change because we are running out of resources (“Solving the Food Crisis,” Cover Story, July 29). It seems like Local Bounti and ...

Co-Founder and CTO of Prospera Technologies, leading the company’s vision to transform the way food is grown using data science and AI. The human race has come a long way in our ability to produce ...

Near Bowling Green, Ohio, 800 ugly-tempered farmers last week assembled at Wallace Kramp’s place to watch a finance company foreclose its $800 mortgage. Bidding began at 15¢ for a spring harrow. When ...