An important element of a forthcoming clean energy tax credit is advancing as the Biden administration runs against the clock. A key part of the Biden administration’s plan to connect biofuel policy ...

Climate change and food and nutrition insecurity pose two of the greatest development challenges of our time. Yet a more sustainable food system can not only heal the planet, but ensure food security ...

Farmers in Pakistan's provinces of Punjab and Sindh are embracing new techniques delivered by WWF and IKEA mobile training, leading to significant cuts in agriculture's carbon footprint and fostering ...

Climate-smart agriculture encompasses a suite of practices designed to enhance productivity, strengthen adaptation to climate variability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions within smallholder farming ...

Major disasters and extreme weather events, including drought, floods and wildfires, cost American farmers $21 billion last year alone. Climate change is wreaking havoc on farmland across the country, ...

When I was a boy growing up in KwaBhaca in the Eastern Cape, springtime didn’t arrive with a date on a calendar. The land told you. Suddenly, there were daisies across the hills. Yellow, orange and ...

To achieve sustainable rice production and food security in the region, farmers in six Asian countries have used nuclear derived climate-smart agricultural practices and significantly increased their ...

Black Gulf Coast farmers like Iowa, Louisiana’s Hilery Gobert are growing crops using farming techniques that keep climate change and their local ecosystems in mind. Gobert and others are practicing ...

Scientists in Kenya are using nuclear science to help farmers modernize their planting practices amid changing climate patterns. “Kenya, like many African countries, is struggling to grow the crops it ...

An Alcorn State University student examines cherry tomatoes on Start 2 Finish Farm in Marks, Mississippi, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Farmers and students from Alcorn State University and other ...

A study using multiple agronomic models to examine two long-term agricultural research stations in North America shows that so-called climate-smart agricultural practices—like no-till treatments, ...

In response to growing threats of drought, extreme temperatures and other climate-related natural disasters, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has established several funding programs to support ...