By 1845, one-third of U.K. residents lived in Ireland and nearly all of them relied on a single potato strain—a disaster ...
Bill Gates visits India to see AI tools used by farmers in Odisha, improving crop management and productivity.
Unpredictable Crop Yields Extreme weather events, like frost, drought, and heavy rainfall, are becoming more common and have ...
Discover how Goss's wilt disease is affecting South African maize crops, its impact on international trade, and essential ...
Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease. To assess a ...
Famine can stem from natural causes such as droughts, floods, earthquakes and plant disease. It can also stem from man-made causes such as wars, civil disturbances and deliberate crop destruction.
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors drought, crop production, food prices and other indicators in order to forecast food insecurity in more than 30 countries. Funded by ...
Irish ate more pork than beef, but English demands and low prices in the U.S. played a role in creating the annual holiday ...
The international Healthy Crops consortium has developed an innovative strategy to combat the disease bacterial blight (for short: BB) in rice using genome editing technology. If approved for use ...