As global water resources become more strained, the insights gained from traditional agricultural systems could pave the way for the development of innovative, low-water-use agricultural practices to ...

Zou Bo, a member of China's post-95 generation, left a stable job in the city to pursue a different dream. Seeing the vast potential of modern agriculture, he returned to his hometown five years ago ...

Patna: Under its ‘campus for community’ initiative, the Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) organised a day-long educational tour-cum-training programme for rural youth and women farmers at its ...

Humans 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 ...

The word farm was once equated with images of sun-kissed green fields in rural areas. That’s quickly changing. Not only are farms moving closer to urban areas, but they’re also getting creative in how ...

Young farmers are combining traditional agriculture with mobile apps to build livelihoods in the absence of formal jobs.

MANILA, Philippines — Farmers in the Philippines’ ube capital are being taught science-based techniques to boost purple yam production as global demand for the crop continues to grow. Bohol is the ...

AMES, Iowa — Public interest in the environment is increasing and the news is full of stories about food safety. Those developments have led many to push for a return to small organic farms. Such ...

Midwest soil is eroding at an alarming rate according to new, first-of-its-kind research. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts found that the rate of soil erosion in the Midwestern US is 10 ...

Discover the fascinating history of irrigation, from ancient civilizations using canals and buckets to modern American farming systems that ..

Discover how early American farmers planted corn using cross-check rows and how Charles Deere's two-row planter revolutionized corn planting ...

Farmers in the Kehelpannala area of Hemmathagama, within the Mawanella Divisional Secretariat, continue to use traditional ...