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Worldwide, agriculture is influenced by a complex network of interconnected processes, primarily reliant on staple crops.

In this article we will list the world’s most productive agricultural regions and the staples they produce. You can skip the details and read 5 Most Productive Agricultural Regions in the World. Worldwide, agriculture is influenced by a complex network of interconnected processes, primarily reliant on staple crops. For instance, wheat serves as a primary […]

In this article we will list the world’s most productive agricultural regions and the staples they produce. You can skip the details and read 5 Most Productive Agricultural Regions in the World. Worldwide, agriculture is influenced by a complex network of interconnected processes, primarily reliant on staple crops. For instance, wheat serves as a primary […]

There are more than 40,000 varieties of cultivated rice. If you’ve ever wondered about the differences between all the colourful rices at the supermarket, here’s a rundown.

Whiteflies - Africa's main cassava pest causes damage to crops. Maurice/FlickrThe dreaded crop-eating fall armyworm continues to spread across Africa like wildfire. This invasive insect pest, first reported in Africa in early 2016, is in more than 20 African countries including South Sudan and South Africa. It has destroyed many staple crops like maize. Damage to maize alone by this pest could total USD billion in the next 12 months. Crop losses in African countries due to insect pests are ...

Chick peas intercropped with flax on a farm in Stanford, Mont. USDA NRCS MontanaHumans have physically reconfigured half of the world’s land to grow just eight staple crops: maize (corn), soy, wheat, rice, cassava, sorghum, sweet potato and potato. They account for the vast majority of calories that people around the world consume. As global population rises, there’s pressure to expand production even further. Many experts argue that further expanding modern industrialized agricult...

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Achieving just a 1 per cent increase in China’s summer wheat harvest this year highlights how hard it is to increase grain output, while also showing that more measures must be taken.

Using CRISPR genome editing on a few common crops, a team of plant and soil scientists seeks to vastly increase and speed up carbon storage to help fight...