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Extreme Weather from Climate Change will Affect World's Wheat Production

A recent study involving Kansas State University researchers finds that in the coming decades at least one-quarter of the world's wheat production will be lost to extreme weather from climate change if no adaptive measures are taken.

23 Feb 2015

Major Transformations of Global Agriculture Systems Needed to Address Impacts of Climate Change

Climate change impacts will require major but very uncertain transformations of global agriculture systems by mid-century, according to new research from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.

19 Dec 2014

Increase in Greenhouse Gases will have an Important Impact on Future Climate in Africa

New research demonstrates for the first time that an increase in greenhouse gas concentrations thousands of years ago was a key factor in causing substantially more rainfall in two major regions of Africa. The finding provides new evidence that the current increase in greenhouse gases will have an important impact on Africa’s future climate.

5 Dec 2014

Pegasus Agritech Implements Soilless Farming Technology to Address Food and Water Scarcity Issues

The Hydroponic farming leader of MENA region, Pegasus Agritech has implemented the technology of soilless farming, to meet the food and water scarcity issues of the world today. The water situation in the Middle East is precarious.

28 Nov 2014

Potential Hydrological Effects of Climate Change on Lake Michigan Basin

Climate change could lengthen the growing season, make soil drier and decrease winter snowpack in the Lake Michigan Basin by the turn of the century, among other hydrological effects.

25 Nov 2014

AGROLCA-Manager Software Will Help Improve Sustainability of Agri-Food Sector

The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development Neiker-Tecnalia, the public body that reports to the Sub-Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Policy of the Government of the Basque Autonomous Community (region), in coordination with the consulting firms HAZI Fundazioa (rural, shoreline and food development) and IK Ingeniería (ecodesign and environmental innovation in products and services), has developed software for horticultural, grape and wine-growing, and sugar beet production that allows the life-cycle of the products and their carbon and water footprint, among other things, to be analysed.

20 Nov 2014

Climate Change May Expand Cropland in Northern High Latitudes and Reduce in Tropical Regions

Climate change may expand suitable cropland, particularly in the Northern high latitudes, but tropical regions may becoming decreasingly suitable, according to a study published September 17, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Florian Zabel from Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany and colleagues.

18 Sep 2014

Crop Wild Relative ‘Hotspots’ Identified in the 'Fertile Crescent'

Wild species related to our crops which are crucial as potential future food resources have been identified by University of Birmingham scientists, however, a significant proportion are found in conflict zones in the Middle East, where their conservation is increasingly comprised.

9 Sep 2014

China’s Rich Flora Could be Crucial for Future Food Security

With climate change threatening global food supplies, new research claims the rich flora of China could be crucial to underpin food security in the future.

9 Sep 2014

ASU Archaeologists Study Relationship Between Climate Change and Food Security

What role does pre-existing vulnerability play for people who experience a climate shock? Does it amplify the effect of the climate shock, or is the effect negligible?

18 Feb 2014