Agriculture

The biological and physical changes happening on Earth due to climate change will transform food production, researchers say.

Simulated "Martian gardens" are helping NASA scientists learn which plants astronauts will be able to grow in future missions to the Red Planet.

Cereals are not just for breakfast — and with grain yields falling, expect to feel the impact.

A new gene in a strain of Escherichia coli (E. coli) not only protects the bacteria against last-defense antibiotics, but is easily shared among microbial species.

The ongoing civil war in Syria has led to the first-ever withdrawal from the Svalbard "doomsday" Global Seed Vault.

Two new maps available for free download considerably improve estimates of land dedicated to agriculture, and provide the first global overview of field sizes.

Fairly and efficiently distributing food is a large and complicated problem and a team of engineers set out to make it work better.