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28-Nov-2024

New paper calls for harnessing agrifood value chains to help farmers be climate-smart

International Food Policy Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The paper pushes back against pessimism that agriculture cannot play an effective role in climate change mitigation and adaptation because of its fragmented nature. Structures and incentives within AVCs can effectively empower farmers to adopt climate-smart agricultural practices more widely.

Journal: Science

27-Nov-2024

How do climate extremes impact agricultural water scarcity in China?

Higher Education Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This study offers an in-depth evaluation of the influence of both precipitation and temperature variation, and research scale on water scarcity, which will help formulate better water resource management strategies.

Journal: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering

27-Nov-2024

Global food yields have grown steadily during last six decades

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Contrary to widespread concerns that global crop yields have stagnated in recent decades, a comprehensive study of worldwide food production finds yields have continued to grow at roughly the same rate since the 1960s. John Baffes of the World Bank and Xiaoli Etienne of the University of Idaho, U.S., report these findings on November 27, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.

Journal: PLOS One

27-Nov-2024

Children who grow up with pets or on farms may develop allergies at lower rates because their gut microbiome develops with more anaerobic commensals, per fecal analysis in small cohort study

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Children who grow up with pets or on farms may develop allergies at lower rates because their gut microbiome develops with more anaerobic commensals, per fecal analysis in small cohort study

Journal: PLOS One

27-Nov-2024

Breakthrough could revolutionize future of tick control

Texas A&M AgriLife Communications
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research collaboration by the Texas A&M Department of Entomology and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, creates potential for genetic tools to control disease-spreading ticks.

Journal: G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

27-Nov-2024

How fungi colonize plant roots

University of Cologne
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Cologne’s CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences have identified two fungal enzymes that hijack the immune system of plants, playing a critical role in the colonization of plant roots. These findings open new avenues for interventions in both medicine and agriculture / publication in ‘Cell Host & Microbe’

Journal: Cell Host & Microbe

26-Nov-2024

Machine-vision technology shows promise to reduce herbicide use

Cambridge University Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

WESTMINSTER, Colorado – 26 September 2024 – Farmers and land-managers seeking to reduce their herbicide applications now have another promising option via machine-vision technology. That’s the summary from a recently published research article in Weed Technology, a journal of the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA).

Journal: Weed Technology