The study found that climate change is a serious threat to food crop production. Drought was the most severe risk, ...

Extreme weather is disrupting Indian agriculture, forcing farmers to adapt through crop diversification, technology, and climate-resilient farming practices.

Climate change is no longer just a news story. It is already here, and it is disrupting everything. From weather patterns to crop yields and food production systems. Even home gardeners are not safe ...

Forecasting systems, among other technologies, are helping communities cope with increasingly extreme weather, from wildfires ...

Climate change caused drought and flooding is damaging Nigeria’s staple foods, maize, cassava, millet and yam, smallholder ...

Studies on how plants respond to drought conditions are well-known, but their recovery has been understudied.

Agriculture is at a crossroads. All over the world, weather patterns are affecting yields of key crops, pushing up prices and impacting food security. We are, in other words, in the middle of a ...

The number of hungry people in the world is growing again, in large part due to climate change that is wreaking havoc on crop production in much of the developing world, the United Nations said ...

Swarms of locusts devouring a farmer’s livelihood might sound apocalyptic, but major locust infestations are a regular ...

For years, agriculture has been practiced with one key goal: produce more food, as quickly and cheaply as possible. But ...

Coffee beans, avocados and cashews are among the global staples affected. This is an Inside Science story. Some countries that grow coffee, cashews and avocados will see the amount of land best suited ...

High temperatures had a smaller direct effect on the plants. However, prolonged heat increased pest infestations, which ...