Originally Published by The Guardian – European development groups have reported that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest scientific assessment of the phenomenon matches the observations and experiences of farming and other groups they partner in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Pesticide risks need more research and regulation
Originally Published by ENS – Developing countries need stronger pesticide regulation and a better understanding of how pesticides behave in tropical climates, according to experts behind a series of articles published in Science today.
Read Your Crown Roots to Increase Corn Yields
Originally published by Ag Web – Every root system tells a story, according to agronomist Bill Bauer.
Oil palm genome sequence reveals divergence of interfertile species in Old and New worlds
Originally published in Nature – Oil palm is the most productive oil-bearing crop. Although it is planted on only 5% of the total world vegetable oil acreage, palm oil accounts for 33% of vegetable oil and 45% of edible oil worldwide, but increased cultivation competes with dwindling rainforest reserves . . .
In Mekong Delta, Rice Boom Has Steep Environmental Cost
Originally published by Yale Environment 360 – Vietnam has become one of the world’s leading rice producers, thanks to the construction of an elaborate network of dikes and irrigation canals. But these extensive infrastructure projects in the storied Mekong Delta have come at a high ecological price.