Research Post June 11, 2020 Study suggests that climate smart agriculture can boost yields, reduce hunger and emissions globally Alex De Pinto Nicola Cenacchi A new paper is the first to quantify the potential global impact of using CSA in food-crop production.

Initial and ongoing assessments by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provide strong indications that the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts are driving up hunger in countries that were already experiencing high levels of food insecurity prior to the disease’s outbreak. “The COVID-19 pandemic poses a clear […]

Jun 3, 2020 In the News United States of America Post-COVID-19 pandemic: What’s it mean for agriculture? (The Westerner) Trade Food Systems The Westerner published an article on the possibility of a COVID-19 virus and epidemic happening to crops. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber states that we wouldn’t be thinking about a crop plague but for COVID-19. The impact on the […]

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A major drawback to solar energy that it does not work in the shade. Enter the shadow-effect energy generator. The device sounds like a futuristic gadget from Star Trek, but is in fact an invention of researchers at the National University of Singapore. The radical new invention takes advantage of […]