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Innovative Agricultural Robotics: A Solution to Superweed Challenges
A study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign highlights the potential of agricultural robotics in managing superweeds resistant to common herbicides. It explores how …
A new approach to agrifood sectors with artificial intelligence
The world's population is growing in an unprecedented way and farmers need to feed a growing population. Moreover food security has been a challenge …
There is mitigation risks of hybrid rice used in terrace agriculture
An Unesco World heritage Site and the national emblem of China is in the Yunnan province named the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces but some …
Sub-saharan Africa has an approach to sustainable food production pertaining to climate-resilient development
The agriculture sector is facing significant challenges due to climate change in many regions of the world, including Sub-Saharan Africa, which impacts food production, …
Potential to reduce reliance on non-renewable fertilizers in agriculture
An enzyme that can help release phosphorus from its organic forms has been identified.
Critical benefits of snowpack for winter wheat are diminishing
Scientists are studying the complex effects of climate change on winter crops. Warming winters may sound like a welcome change for some farmers because …
Study sheds new light on the origin of civilization
New research challenges the conventional theory that the transition from foraging to farming drove the development of complex, hierarchical societies by creating agricultural surplus …
Selective breeding sustainably protects honey bees from Varroa mite
A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight against the parasitic Varroa mite, new research shows.
Flood risk for Iowa farmland
Researchers have created a detailed set of maps examining the flood risk for all farmland in Iowa. The maps show 450,000 acres of crops …
Urban agriculture in Detroit: Scattering vs. clustering and the prospects for scaling up
Despite Detroit's reputation as a mecca for urban agriculture, a new analysis of the city's Lower Eastside, which covers 15 square miles, found that …
Fuel from waste wood
According to the latest assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a considerable reduction in CO2 emissions is required to limit the …
Rewriting the history books: Why the Vikings left Greenland
One of the great mysteries of late medieval history is why did the Norse, who had established successful settlements in southern Greenland in 985, …