BU-led study used video games to test ways of balancing agriculture and conservation—and found getting more women involved in decision-making may boost productivity and the planet’s health.

Researchers have revealed for the first time how a key gene in plants allows them to use their energy more efficiently, enabling them to grow more roots and capture more water and nutrients.

Technology exists that the BC government could leverage to help small farmers connect directly with consumers and also mitigate climate change impacts, say new findings from UBC Okanagan.

Bald Eagles and dairy farmers exist in a mutually beneficial relationship in parts of northwestern Washington State. 

From 1980 to 2009, farmers faced an ever-increasing chance of having to deal with a growing season that was too hot and dry for their crops, according to a new study from an international team led by researchers at Aalto University. 

Diversification reduces risk. That’s the spirit of one key takeaway from a new study led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 

Compound drought and heatwaves cause massive damage to human lives and society, and their occurrence has been increasing in northern East Asia since the late 1990s. 

In the battle between weeds and crops, weeds are winning.

A UNIGE team has discovered the mechanisms by which  the seed decides to remain in «hibernation» or to trigger its germination depending on the outside temperature.

Livestock farming produces large quantities of greenhouse gases, especially methane, which is particularly harmful to the climate.