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Life Sciences - Agronomy & Food Science - 07.08.2024
Brewing up a home-grown coffee variety
The long-awaited genome sequencing of Arabica coffee could be the solution to producing a high-quality variety of Australian coffee, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 04.08.2024
Criollo Cattle: Could an old breed be the beef industry’s answer to climate change?
As the threat of rising temperatures puts the world's food supplies at risk new UCD research on a rare breed of 'heat-resistant' cattle that thrive in warmer climates could point towards a more sustainable beef industry. Criollo cattle have been in Latin America for hundreds of years, having originally been brought to the New World from Spain on the second voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1493.

Health - Agronomy & Food Science - 01.08.2024
Healthier nutrition in hospital possible thanks to modified menus
Healthier nutrition in hospital possible thanks to modified menus
Food in hospitals often does not enjoy a good reputation. The proportion of meat on the plate in particular is too high and often does not meet the recommendations of the German Nutrition Society (DGE), which advocates a more plant-based diet in hospitals.

Agronomy & Food Science - Innovation - 23.07.2024
Celebrating 75 years of the Crop Centre’s pioneering agriculture research

Agronomy & Food Science - Health - 23.07.2024
RVC joins new transdisciplinary network to address antimicrobial resistance

Agronomy & Food Science - 19.07.2024
Conference: The Political Potential of Food and Food Supply for Social Changes
Conference: The Political Potential of Food and Food Supply for Social Changes

Agronomy & Food Science - Environment - 19.07.2024
Meat Consumption Falls After Veggie Month
Meat Consumption Falls After Veggie Month
Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Kassel have evaluated an initiative run by Studierendenwerk Bonn in a canteen What effect does a vegan/vegetarian month have on a canteen? For this experiment, the Studierendenwerk Bonn sought scientific support from researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Kassel.

Innovation - Agronomy & Food Science - 16.07.2024
Fresh funding to help food security startup Ceragen bloom
Fresh funding to help food security startup Ceragen bloom

Agronomy & Food Science - Environment - 16.07.2024
Turning Agricultural Trash to Treasure

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 16.07.2024
Rewetting peatlands
Rewetting peatlands: Sensor technology and underground radio communication to protect climate and health In order to achieve the climate protection targets in Germany, it is not only necessary to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector, industry and transportation.

Agronomy & Food Science - Chemistry - 10.07.2024
’Forever chemicals’ in our food?

Agronomy & Food Science - Politics - 10.07.2024
Waging a war for land and soil
Waging a war for land and soil

Agronomy & Food Science - Health - 10.07.2024
Behind Michigan’s abundant agricultural economy are farmworkers facing poor living conditions
Study: Precarious Work and Housing for Michigan Farmworkers During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond For many seasonal and migrant farmworkers who plant, harvest and process produce for stores, stands

Agronomy & Food Science - Computer Science - 08.07.2024
Food for thought: leveraging artificial intelligence for the agriculture of the future
As the world population is projected to reach over 8 billion people in 2030, one of the major societal challenges faced across the globe will be sufficient, safe, and sustainable food.

Agronomy & Food Science - Environment - 05.07.2024
Agroecology: A paradigm shift in the US food system
Faced with an ecological crisis, public health emergencies and socioeconomic inequities, agroecology emerges as a transdisciplinary beacon of hope Study: Momentum for agroecology in the USA, Nature F

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 28.06.2024
A new trajectory: Climate change rapidly impacting Canadian agriculture
A new trajectory: Climate change rapidly impacting Canadian agriculture
New techniques and technologies needed to manage shifts in growing seasons, crop yields, weather and pests The planet is getting warmer and climate change - not surprisingly - impacts the way we feed the world.

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 27.06.2024
A Global Epicentre: An Exploration of London's Student Life
A Global Epicentre: An Exploration of London’s Student Life

Agronomy & Food Science - Environment - 26.06.2024
Managing water in agriculture sustainably
Managing water in agriculture sustainably

Agronomy & Food Science - Life Sciences - 19.06.2024
£1.2M grant to tackle resistance to sheep scab treatments

Agronomy & Food Science - 19.06.2024
Ticking the boxes to defeat a deadly parasite
Ticking the boxes to defeat a deadly parasite

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 13.06.2024
Q&A: Finding varieties of corn that are adapted to future climates
Corn is one of the planet's most important crops. It not only provides sweet kernels to flavor many dishes, but it's also used in oils, as a sweetener syrup, and as a feed crop for livestock. Corn has been bred to maximize its yield on farms around the world. But what will happen under climate change? Research led by the University of Washington combined climate projections with plant models to determine what combination of traits might be best adapted to future climates.

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 29.05.2024
How UCalgary’s Simpson Centre is connecting funding, research, and policy to ensure Canadian agricultural sustainability

Innovation - Agronomy & Food Science - 28.05.2024
Circular economy against food waste: 'CEFoodCycle' award presented
Circular economy against food waste: ’CEFoodCycle’ award presented

Agronomy & Food Science - Environment - 28.05.2024
Improved refrigeration could save nearly half of the 1.3 billion tons of food wasted each year globally
Study: The impact of refrigeration on food losses and associated greenhouse gas emissions throughout the supply chain (DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad4c7b) About a third of the food produced globall

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 27.05.2024
UV conference analyses the threat of high salt concentration in soils

Agronomy & Food Science - Health - 24.05.2024
Agri-food industry tried to influence revamp of Canada’s Food Guide
Canada's food industry used a variety of lobbying strategies between 2016 and 2019 to oppose changes to Canada's Food Guide.

Health - Agronomy & Food Science - 22.05.2024
International VEGANScreener project assesses the nutritional quality of vegans
International VEGANScreener project assesses the nutritional quality of vegans
An international research group led by MedUni Vienna has developed VEGANScreener, a new tool with 29 questions on the dietary quality of vegans in Europe.

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 16.05.2024
Reducing food waste and promoting sustainable agriculture in Africa with sustainable off-grid cooling

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 15.05.2024
Every week is harvest season in Western-designed hybrid farm
Every week is harvest season in Western-designed hybrid farm

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 07.05.2024
Launch of GrapeBreed4IPM, a European project for sustainable solutions in viticulture
Launch of GrapeBreed4IPM, a European project for sustainable solutions in viticulture

Agronomy & Food Science - Environment - 02.05.2024
AI to Make Crop Production More Sustainable
AI to Make Crop Production More Sustainable
University of Bonn researchers publish agenda for the smart digitalization of agriculture Drones monitoring fields for weeds and robots targeting and treating crop diseases may sound like science fiction but is actually happening already, at least on some experimental farms. Researchers from the PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bonn are working on driving forward the smart digitalization of agriculture and have now published a list of the research questions that will need to be tackled as a priority in the future.

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 30.04.2024
Low-intensity grazing is locally better for biodiversity but challenging for land users
Low-intensity grazing is locally better for biodiversity but challenging for land users
A team of researchers led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig University (UL), and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has investigated the mo

Life Sciences - Agronomy & Food Science - 25.04.2024
Radboud University and Maastricht University fund research into crop biotechnology and engineering

Agronomy & Food Science - Health - 24.04.2024
Plum perfect: a natural alternative to preserve meat
A native bushfood has proven to be a promising natural alternative to synthetic chemicals used to preserve meat, according to University of Queensland research. Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation PhD scholar Michel Beya said the Kakadu plum's high antioxidant and antimicrobial properties make it the perfect candidate for a plant-based preservative to extend the shelf life of meat.

Agronomy & Food Science - 24.04.2024
UQ leads efforts to improve Australia-China agricultural engagement

Agronomy & Food Science - Environment - 23.04.2024
Looking into the future of livestock production
Looking into the future of livestock production

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 22.04.2024
Leveraging data to shrink EPFL's food-related carbon footprint
Leveraging data to shrink EPFL's food-related carbon footprint
As part of the MegaBites project, researchers will carefully analyze data on food production and consumption on the EPFL campus, with the goal of cutting the School's food-related carbon emissions.

Agronomy & Food Science - Innovation - 09.04.2024
Simpson Centre at UCalgary launches program to increase adoption of digital technologies in Alberta agriculture

Agronomy & Food Science - 08.04.2024
Iris Apfel: A fashion dandy who proved age is simply a number, darling

Agronomy & Food Science - Environment - 03.04.2024
Where the wild bees are-and aren't-impacts food supply
Where the wild bees are-and aren’t-impacts food supply
Honey bees-plump, fuzzy and famed for their honey-making-capture the popular imagination. Yet, wild bees are equally vital for pollination and, by some measures, outshine honey bees as pollinators.

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 26.03.2024
LACCAVE: a ten-year research partnership to adapt viticulture to climate change
LACCAVE: a ten-year research partnership to adapt viticulture to climate change

Agronomy & Food Science - 21.03.2024
Phosphorus Absorption Improved and Zinc Content Increased
Phosphorus Absorption Improved and Zinc Content Increased
A new variety of rice that is adapted to life in low-phosphorus soils, that contains an exceptionally large amount of zinc and that was developed specifically for the conditions in Madagascar where it is grown, has recently been certified in the country.

Agronomy & Food Science - Environment - 18.03.2024
Pesticide-free as a new pathway for agriculture
Pesticide-free as a new pathway for agriculture
We can transition to pesticide-free agriculture without converting to organic farming. Robert Finger outlines the advantages and challenges involved.

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 14.03.2024
Sustainable farming practices vital for Ontario's environmental health
Sustainable farming practices vital for Ontario’s environmental health
Farmers need support to adopt farm forests, windbreaks and riparian buffers as environmental best management practices Ontario's agricultural sector plays a significant role in the province's economy.

Research Management - Agronomy & Food Science - 12.03.2024
The University of Valencia, among the top 50 positions in the world in seven subjects out of five rankings
The University of Valencia, among the top 50 positions in the world in seven subjects out of five rankings

Agronomy & Food Science - Economics - 12.03.2024
A thirst for adventure
A thirst for adventure

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 12.03.2024
Reducing pesticide use while increasing effectiveness
Reducing pesticide use while increasing effectiveness
In field tests, MIT spinoff AgZen demonstrated that its feedback-optimized spraying system could halve the pesticide needs of farms and improve crop yields.

Agronomy & Food Science - Environment - 06.03.2024
High-tech fries thanks to statistics
High-tech fries thanks to statistics
Puck Mulders defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on March 6th. She often stood between the potato plants in her boots and now these experiments serve as the basis for sustainable fry project 'Frietje Precies' .

Agronomy & Food Science - 01.03.2024
Behind the scenes with Haley Yiu
We interviewed the cast and crew of Another Life to offer a sneak peek into the characters, the writing process and more.

Environment - Agronomy & Food Science - 21.02.2024
Decoding - Agricultural drought: understanding and adapting
Climate change and risks Agriculture is one of the sectors to be directly hit by the increased frequency of droughts.