Scientists agree that changes in land use such as deforestation, not just emissions of greenhouse gases, can play a significant role altering the world's climate systems. Now, a new study reveals how ...

Globalization, migration, climate change and war—nation states are currently under huge pressure on many fronts. Understanding the forces that initially drove the emergence of states across the world ...

New research in Science is showing how the rise of modern agriculture has turned a North American native plant, common waterhemp, into a problematic agricultural weed. An international team led by ...

Pollinators in the tropics are less likely to thrive in intensive croplands, finds a new study suggesting bees and butterflies are at risk of major losses. Pollinators in the tropics are less likely ...

A comprehensive systems analysis reveals that Pakistan's agricultural sector is on an unsustainable trajectory. Current input-intensive practices cannot meet future food security needs without ...

According to Encyclopedia Britanica [1], intensive agriculture is, in agricultural economics, a system of cultivation that uses a large amount of labor and capital in relation to the surface area of ...

By turning instinct and experience into actionable intelligence, precision agriculture empowers farmers to make confident, ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 19, 2017) Soils on organic farms sequester more carbon for a longer period of time when compared to the soil on conventional chemical-intensive farms, according to a ...

https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2013.63.1.10 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/bio.2013.63.1.10 Copy URL Fertilizer-intensive agriculture has been integral to ...

Our food system is in big trouble. It’s in big trouble because the global agritech/agribusiness sector is poisoning it, us and the environment with its pesticides, herbicides, GMOs and various other ...

Intensive farming promises high yields, but the hidden cost is devastating landscapes. This video explores the damage and reveals smarter, sustainable solutions. The difference could change everything ...

Pollinators in the tropics are less likely to thrive in intensive croplands, finds a new study led by UCL researchers suggesting bees and butterflies are at risk of major losses. Across the globe, ...