Sunflower Genes Could Hold the Key to Climate-Proof Crops in the World’s Driest Farmlands
A new review argues that sunflower's remarkable tolerance to combined drought, heat, salt, and pathogen stress makes it a powerful ...
Tag: semi-arid agriculture
Farmers’ Knowledge and Field Science Agree on How to Save Ethiopia’s Rangelands
A new study in northern Ethiopia shows that combining scientific field measurements with farmers' indigenous knowledge reveals how grazing exclusion ...
Rotten Papaya and Banana Turn Waste Into Powerful Seed Boosters for Maize and Beans
A Tanzanian study shows that cheap water extracts made from market-discarded overripe papaya, banana, pineapple, and lemon significantly boost germination ...
Conservation agriculture shows limited soil gains on Namibian smallholder farms
A two-year field study in Namibia's Kavango East and Zambezi regions finds that farmer-managed conservation agriculture produces only modest and ...
Maps Reveal Hidden Soil Fertility Divide Across Semi-Arid Western India
A district-wide GIS and statistical assessment of Banaskantha, Gujarat, maps sharp spatial contrasts in soil salinity, organic carbon and nutrients ...
Goat Farming in Tanzania Stays Traditional, New Survey of 450 Households Reveals
A survey of 450 households in Tanzania's semi-arid Dodoma region finds smallholder goat farming remains overwhelmingly traditional, with high vaccination ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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