WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The advent of agriculture roughly 11,500 years ago in the Middle East was a milestone for humankind - a revolution in diet and lifestyle that moved beyond the way ...

Autumn is the season when agriculture takes center stage. Every part of our state is resplendent with color in a living advertisement of how agriculture shapes Colorado’s landscapes. From the wheat, ...

A new analysis from 2,655 farms on five continents suggests that moving away from industrial, monoculture farming could benefit both the planet and people. Rotating crops, conserving soil nutrients ...

The American Chemical Society Committee on Environment and Sustainability invited committee member Heidi Irrig, senior regulatory trade manager at Syngenta Crop Protection, to author this Comment for ...

One in 11 people worldwide went hungry last year, while one in three struggled to afford a healthy diet. These numbers underscore the fact that governments not only have little shot at achieving a ...

An aging agricultural workforce bodes ill for our ability to feed the world. To entice young people to work in food systems, policymakers should demonstrate the industry’s breadth, while providing ...

According to a McKinsey report, implementing data integration, and connectivity in agriculture could add $500 billion in ...

Globally, the organic market is about $145 billion, covering 99 million hectares. Bangladesh already exports some organic products, such as tea, to countries like Germany, Japan, the USA, and the UK ...

South Sudan stands at a defining moment in its history. As the world’s youngest nation, its independence in 2011 brought a ...

Rotating crops, conserving soil nutrients and deploying other strategies to “diversify” agriculture all at the same time can yield major benefits for the environment and people alike—including ...