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Synthetic fertilizers have dramatically increased food production
worldwide. But the unintended costs to the environment and human health
have been substantial.
Tagged: Environmental Research, farming, Environment & Sustainability, Humanities & Sciences
Rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the
tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without
adaptation, leave half of the world's population facing serious food
shortages, according to a study published in the Jan. 9 edition of the
journal Science.
Tagged: climate change, farming, food, International Initiative, poverty, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Earth Sciences
Global warming will likely put enormous strain on California's water
supply and energy systems and have a devastating impact on certain
crops, say Stanford researchers.
Tagged: California, climate change, farming, Environment & Sustainability, Humanities & Sciences
A remote area of southwest India provides evidence that farming can support species conservation, according to a new study.
Tagged: conservation, farming, India, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Humanities & Sciences
Roughly 75% of people living in poverty worldwide are in rural areas
where they often lack access to the electricity that could be used to
improve farm yields. Stanford researchers are working on a program to
bring solar-powered drip irrigation to Benin and assess its
effectiveness.
Tagged: Africa, farming, International Initiative, poverty, solar, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Earth Sciences
Many of the world's poorest regions could face severe crop losses in the next two decades because of climate change, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford Program on Food Security and the Environment (FSE). Their findings were published in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal Science.
Tagged: Africa, Asia, climate change, farming, poverty, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues
Over a span of two decades, warming temperatures caused annual losses
of roughly $5 billion for major food crops, according to a study
published in the online journal Environmental Research Letters.
Tagged: climate change, farming, food, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Humanities & Sciences
Could hundreds of millions of acres of abandoned agricultural land help ease the energy crunch without worsening the world food shortage or contributing to global warming?
Tagged: biofuels, farming, food, Environment & Sustainability, International Issues, Humanities & Sciences