The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically exposed the economic vulnerability of U.S. businesses, primarily because they are so interconnected: when one region experiences a labor shortage or supply interruption, adverse effects ...
Economics & Business
Feb 10, 2021
0
0
Growing perennial grasses on abandoned cropland has the potential to counteract some of the negative impacts of climate change by switching to more biofuels, according to an NTNU research group.
Environment
Jan 19, 2021
11
40
Soil erosion is a major challenge in agricultural production. It affects soil quality and carries nutrient sediments that pollute waterways. While soil erosion is a naturally occurring process, agricultural activities such ...
Environment
Jan 13, 2021
0
11
Coronavirus infections have barely touched many of the remote islands of the Pacific, but the pandemic's fallout has been enormous, disrupting the supply chain that brings crucial food imports and sending prices soaring as ...
Economics & Business
Dec 28, 2020
1
8
With a little time and effort, rangeland managers can have a dramatic impact on the resilience of California's riparian areas, which are important to the state's human, environmental and economic well-being. Rangeland ecologists ...
Ecology
Nov 19, 2020
0
4
Between 1992 and 2015, the world's most biologically diverse places lost an area more than three times the size of Sweden when the land was converted to other uses, mainly agriculture, or gobbled up by urban sprawl.
Ecology
Oct 29, 2020
0
7
Since lockdown, public interest in growing fruit and vegetables at home has soared. Seed packets are flying off shelves and allotment waiting lists are swelling, with one council receiving a 300% increase in applications. ...
Environment
Aug 26, 2020
0
32
European agriculture as well as the wider economy face substantial demographic changes in the upcoming decades. The baby boomer generation will retire within the next 10 to 15 years and the cohorts of the young generations, ...
Economics & Business
Jul 9, 2020
0
2
When it comes to nifty farm gadgets and technology, there are many neat tools. Tractor guidance is definitely one of them, thanks to how it helps farmers better use their resources.
Environment
Jun 29, 2020
0
4
Most of us understand the critical importance of monitoring the spread of diseases. And it is as important for plant diseases as it is for humans.
Ecology
Jun 11, 2020
0
2
