Potassium deficiency in soil has been revealed as a major threat to livestock and agricultural farming. So what does this mean for global food security and can the current threat be reversed? A study ...

Interdisciplinary center digs into soil health research, efforts to create a more sustainable and climate-resilient food system Experts across the University of California San Diego have come together ...

Agriculture as thebackbone of our economy is a common refrain that continues to shape thelivelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers. For generations,farming, which is largely subsistence, has ...

Soil salinization poses a threat to global agricultural production, food security and sustainable development. Affected by China's population growth and social and economic development, China's arable ...

Feeding the 8.2 billion people who inhabit the planet depends on healthy soils. Yet, soil health has been declining over the years, with more than one-third of the world’s agricultural land now ...

Food security in a changing world is one of the great conundrums of our time. The combination of expanding populations, urban sprawl and climate degradation means the land suitable for food production ...