The global production of six major food and animal feed crops (corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, cassava, and millet) has dramatically increased and far outpaced world population growth between 1961 and ...

Malthus and Ehrlich transparently did not understand that increasing per capita incomes reduces population growth rates. Nor, perhaps especially in Ehrlich’s case, did they comprehend the capacity of ...

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Efficient water usage in agriculture is crucial for sustaining a growing human population. A better understanding of the systems that support agriculture, farmers and farmlands allows for food ...

A new study offers a more precise picture of exactly where and how warming will affect our ability to grow food. Global food security could be notably impacted by a marked decline in crop diversity if ...

Rising global temperatures are set to devastate food crops across the world, with particularly alarming impacts projected for the United States, where production of key crops could plummet 50% by the ...