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When two of the world's most widely trusted crop simulation engines were asked the same question about feeding sub-Saharan Africa,...

Every autumn, as the rice harvest ends across northern India, a thick, acrid pall of smoke settles over the Indo-Gangetic...

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Every year, the world's rice mills strip away enormous tonnages of husk, a silica- and carbon-rich agricultural residue that is...

When floodwater swallows a rice paddy or a maize field, the crop does not die of drowning in any ordinary...

A lettuce seed does not care how much iron you put in front of it. It cares which iron. That...

An ethanol extract of green sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca) can simultaneously tint, fortify, and enrich sugar-based confections, but only within...

Tea and coffee are among the most beloved beverages on the planet, poured into billions of cups every single day....