Eight hours or more is best for developing sweet, ripe fruits. You see, the warmth of the sun powers sugar production and ripening. Tomatoes are especially sensitive to this, with noticeable flavor ...

Dining on the moon or Mars might seem like a fantasy reserved for science fiction, but researchers are investigating how it could become a reality. Their efforts to recycle plant and human waste into ...

The Amazon Rainforest generates its own weather. Each day, the forest’s 390 billion trees release approximately 20 billion metric tons of water vapor into the atmosphere through evapotranspiration, ...

Farmers in selected regions of the country currently experiencing rainfall can begin planting as pre-season showers mark the onset of the long rains in several regions  According to the Kenya ...

A new study puts a price tag on forest-generated rainfall, making the economic case for protecting tropical forests as deforestation rises.

What happens when major food-growing regions face drought at the same time? New research suggests that natural ocean cycles ...

By 2050, the world’s population will reach around 10 billion, and feeding everyone will be a major challenge. Drylands cover ...

The $400 million was to be distributed through a financial institution that implements specific agricultural programs ...

Two projects are receiving support from the USDA 2025 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Two interdisciplinary research teams at University of California, Santa Cruz, will develop agricultural ...

An international research team has generated the first haplotype-resolved genome assemblies of Munage, one of China’s oldest ...

Vertical farming has boomed and busted within a decade. We explore why many pioneers failed, why 80 Acres Farms survived, and ...

Agriculture is at a critical crossroads as climate change, resource degradation, and rising food demand challenge the ...