A group of agricultural and soil scientists has serious concerns about the way credits are awarded for soil carbon sequestration in Australia.
Our grocery stores are increasingly filled with ultra-processed foods, which have little to no nutritional value and a huge environmental impact.
(Nathalia Rosa)
A new assessment of the population status of Europe’s birds reveals that the number of species that are of conservation concern is increasing.
In Canada and around the world, biosolids are widely used to improve agricultural farmland soil. Biosolids being sprayed on an agricultural field.
(Branaavan Sivarajah)
We need to pay close attention to the potential impacts that high levels of microplastics might have on environments and find ways to reduce microplastic levels in Canada’s wastewater stream.
Chick peas intercropped with flax on a farm in Stanford, Mont.
USDA NRCS Montana
Conventional agriculture offers farmers few choices about which crops to grow or how to raise them. A new approach uses computing to construct better strategies with lower environmental impacts.
Agriculture is one of the most dangerous industries in the US, with workers exposed to vehicles, chemicals and heavy equipment. Women working on farms face another risk: sexual assault.
Without strict regulation, farmers misuse pesticides. Kola Sulaimon/AFP/
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Jane Ezirigwe, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Nigeria’s agricultural products are banned by many western countries because of toxic pesticides. Good regulation can address the problem.
In 2022, government launched one million rice paddies, stacked in 15 pyramids, but the country’s food crisis has persisted.
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Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Professorial Fellow, Fenner School for the Environment and Society, Australian National University