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UrduA team from the RIPE project has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming showing 30% increases in tuber mass under heatwave conditions. This adaptation may provide greater food security for families dependent on potatoes, as these are often the same areas where the changing climate has already affected multiple crop seasons. Their work was recently published in Global Change Biology
Tag: global food security
New research unveils strategies to boost maize crop efficiency through optimized light and nitrogen distribution
A research team has identified effective strategies for significantly enhancing maize productivity by optimizing the distribution of leaf area and nitrogen within crop canopies.
Alternative proteins: essential for restoring nature in the US and beyond
A new study from the Good Food Institute (GFI), a long-standing World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) partner and alternative protein research and advocacy organization, indicates that a shift toward alternative proteins in the US protein supply would enable a significant amount of land to be repurposed for agroecological and regenerative farming and ranching as well as for habitat restoration and conservation.
Climate-smart cows could deliver 10-20x more milk in Global South
A team of animal scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is set to deliver a potential game changer for subsistence farmers in Tanzania: cows that produce up to 20 times the milk of indigenous breeds.
Plant-based food alternatives could support a shift to global sustainability
Replacing 50% of meat and milk products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 can reduce agriculture and land use related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 31% and halt the degradation of forest and natural land, according to new research.