While the world routinely grows more than enough calories, healthy diets remain out of reach for billions. The World Bank ...

The main ingredients of breakfast cereals are usually barley, corn, oats, rice, wheat or some combination of these grains. Likewise, most commercial flour and meal is obtained from these five crop ...

An estimated 2.4 million Kenyans are facing food insecurity this year. One cause is poor rains, which have affected all of north-east Africa and are probably at least partially the result of climate ...

Cary Fowler was enjoying a comfortable retirement at his country home in New York. The food activist, who's in his 70s, already has shelves full of prestigious awards honoring his efforts to preserve ...

The meeting reviewed the overall situation of key cash crops, with a special focus on the challenges facing cotton production ...

Renewable diesel is revving up interest from both agriculture and the oil industry, and now oil and agriculture companies are teaming up to find additional crop sources to fuel the growing demand.

A new study offers a more precise picture of exactly where and how warming will affect our ability to grow food. Global food security could be notably impacted by a marked decline in crop diversity if ...

LAHORE: An important meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Essential and Cash Crops was held recently under the chairmanship of ...

Newly appointed Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority(AFFA) Director General Alfred Busolo (left). NAIROBI: Despite the suffering of thousands of farmers, the man at the helm of a State ...

Climate change is silently sapping the nutrients from our food. A pioneering study finds that rising CO2 and higher temperatures are not only reshaping how crops grow but are also degrading their ...

Forever chemicals are showing up in food crops. Research has shown that PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, from contaminated soil can end up in roots, leaves, and fruits people eat — ...