Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Agriculture is facing daunting challenges. Not only are farmers expected to produce ...

Agricultural production systems simulation encompasses a suite of computational models and digital tools that integrate crop physiology, soil characteristics, meteorological data, and management ...

Plant biostimulants are increasingly recognized as pivotal instruments for advancing sustainable agriculture, driven by the urgent need to enhance crop ...

Agricultural systems are complex and dynamic, and their resilience can be affected by a range of factors, including changes ...

Snowpack across much of the Western U.S. is well below historical averages, limiting runoff and tightening irrigation ...

A globalized food system has its obvious benefits staring at us from the grocery store shelves: fresh red strawberries no matter the season and flash-frozen seafood available thousands of miles from ...

Rewilding landscapes using elements of farming practice can help to restore ecosystems and produce high-welfare, high-quality food, researchers say. Rewilding landscapes using elements of farming ...

Earth possesses a finite amount of arable land, much of it degraded, and climate volatility is putting what remains under ...

The Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) has called on the government to place engineering at the centre of agricultural ...

Modern agriculture, U.S. agriculture in particular, has had an impressive history of productivity (Gardner, 2002) that has resulted in relatively affordable food, feed, and fiber for domestic purposes ...