Agricultural and Forestry Science

Meeting biofuel production targets could change agricultural landscape

An alternative, according to a study in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology, would be to convert 60 percent of existing rangeland to biofuels.W….

Urban agriculture: Growing food in our cities

In issue 25 of Urban Agriculture Magazine – RUAF 10 years, IDRC program officer and urban agriculture (UA) specialist Luc Mougeot traces the achievements of…

More grapes, less wrath: Hybrid antimicrobial protein protects grapevines from pathogen

Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), University of California at Davis (UCD), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research…

Cutting-edge science creating solutions for African agriculture

Dealing with hunger and famine ¨C let alone broader food security issues ¨C is paramount and needs a global effort. Overcoming these challenges in the longer…

Livestock science will benefit sub-Saharan Africa

Panelists addressed the hopes and challenges of modernizing livestock production in Sub-Saharan Africa during the American Association for the Advancement of…

Integrated pest management recommendations for the southern pine beetle

Under favorable environmental and host conditions, it is an aggressive, primary bark beetle capable of killing large acreages of pines. Its principal range…

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