News tagged with production yields
Models underestimate future temperature variability; Food security at risk
Climate warming caused by greenhouse gases is very likely to increase the variability of summertime temperatures around the world by the end of this century, a University of Washington climate scientist said Friday. The findings ...
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Soybean can grow in New York, thanks to climate change
(PhysOrg.com) -- Warmer weather across northern New York could present an opportunity for farmers: soybeans.
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Researchers study potential effects of geoengineering on global food supply
Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal, oil, and gas have been increasing over the past decades, causing the Earth to get hotter and hotter. There are concerns that a continuation of these trends could have catastrophic ...
Jan 22, 2012 |
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New technology converts seaweed to renewable fuels and chemicals
A team of scientists from Bio Architecture Lab (BAL), has developed breakthrough technology that expands the feedstocks for advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals production to include seaweed (macroalgae). The team engineered ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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UN warns 25 pct of world land highly degraded
(AP) -- The United Nations has completed the first-ever global assessment of the state of the planet's land resources, finding in a report Monday that a quarter of all land is highly degraded and warning the trend must be ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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New projection shows global food demand doubling by 2050
Global food demand could double by 2050, according to a new projection by David Tilman, Regents Professor of Ecology in the University of Minnesota's College of Biological Sciences, and colleagues, including ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Biologists identify light-regulated mechanism in cyanobacteria as aid to optimizing photosynthesis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Indiana University biologists have uncovered how a control system works in producing the important light-harvesting antennae that power photosynthesis in cyanobacteria, the microorganisms ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Economic analysis reveals organic farming profitable long-term
Organic farming is known to be environmentally sustainable, but can it be economically sustainable, as well?
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Sep 01, 2011 |
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New study suggests severe deficits in UK honeybee numbers
A study published by the University of Reading's Centre for Agri Environmental Research suggests that honeybees may not be as important to pollination services in the UK than previously supposed. The research was published ...
Jul 01, 2011 |
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Global research chief sees rice boom in Africa
Subsaharan Africa could double or triple rice yields and one day even export to Asia where urban sprawl and rising sea levels threaten paddies, a global research chief said Monday.
Jun 13, 2011 |
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US farmers dodge the impacts of global warming -- at least for now
Global warming is likely already taking a toll on world wheat and corn production, according to a new study led by Stanford University researchers. But the United States, Canada and northern Mexico have largely ...
May 05, 2011 |
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New technique enables much faster production of inexpensive solar cells
Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has demonstrated that the speed at which inexpensive solar cells are produced can be increased by a factor of ten – and that this can be achieved without any detriment ...
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Early cotton planting requires irrigation
Cotton growers can produce more cotton if they plant early, but not without irrigation. That's the finding of an article published in the September-October 2010 Agronomy Journal, a publication of the American Society of Agr ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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'Business as usual' crop development won't satisfy future demand
Although global grain production must double by 2050 to address rising population and demand, new data from the University of Illinois suggests crop yields will suffer unless new approaches to adapt crop plants ...
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Rice yields researched to tackle food security issues
A pioneering project in the Philippines, which aims to develop a new, higher-yielding rice plant which could ease the threat of hunger for the poor, is being led by an academic at the University of Sheffield.
Jun 21, 2010 |
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