By adopting simple practices like Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) and Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD), farmers have embraced a ...

Empty downtowns and rural food deserts welcome small indoor farms to revive urban areas and solve food insecurity.

The number and diversity of insects is declining worldwide. Some studies suggest that their biomass has almost halved since ...

In comparison to chemical-intensive farming, ROAg increases soil organic content by 22 percent, soil total nitrogen by 28 percent, and soil microbial biomass carbon by 133 percent, according to the ...

The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function; for example, not plowing as often or using more grass-clover mixtures as cover crops. These are the conclusions of a ...

Soil health hinges more on how agricultural land is managed than whether the farming system is organic or conventional, according to a new study showing that farms with more intensive management have ...

Surprisingly, it applies to both conventional and organic farming. The less intensively ... not to cultivate the soil too intensively. For example: ploughing less. Inverting the soil during ...

The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function. Such as not ploughing as often or using more ...

the rapid intensification of agriculture is coming at a heavy environmental cost. The aggressive expansion of farmland, increased use of chemical fertilisers, and water-intensive practices like paddy ...