Food for Mankind
Cactus pear as drought-tolerant crop for sustainab..
Cactus crops remove carbon from the atmosphere, provide biofuel, food and livestock feed
Among three cactus varieties researched by the University as drought-tolerant crops for biofuel, Opuntia ficus-indica produced the most fruit while using up to 80% less water than… read more
Seaweed can feed 12 million people
If just two per cent of the Ocean were to be sustainably farmed, the world could easily be fed, according to experts. In the first story of a two-part series looking at the opportunities and challenges facing Ocean farming, we… read more
Ecologically friendly agriculture doesn’t co..
Increasing diversity in crop production benefits biodiversity without compromising crop yields, according to an international study comparing 42,000 examples of diversified and simplified agricultural practices.
Diversification includes practices such as growing multiple crops in rotation, planting flower strips, reducing tillage,… read more
Climate change and biodiversity 2: finding solutio..
Different scientists are concerned about different problems: ecologists worry about the diminishing biodiversity. Rightly so: the famous biologist Paul Ehrlich of Stanford University calculated in 2017 that today 50% less animals walk, swim, fly, creep on this planet than a… read more
Think again before extolling organic farming
The motivation to fight hunger Julie Borlaug inherited from her grandfather, who got the Nobel Price for his work on agricultural renovations. And like him she is looking for answers in modernising.
Yes, an enormous challenge! Before the end of… read more
