Food Security

Developing novel solutions to achieve food security

Researchers say that global malnutrition could be eradicated by farming foods including spirulina, chlorella, larvae of insects, mycoprotein, and macro-algae

Tepary bean genome may lead to sustainable alternatives for legume crops affected by changing climate

This most damaging soybean pathogen was first found in the US in 1954 and most recent estimates show that it results in $1.5 billion in annual yield losses

Researchers say plants' internal clock should be exploited in agriculture—a process they describe as "chronoculture"—to contribute to global food security

A combined treatment of irradiation and essential oil vapors could effectively eliminate insects, bacteria, and mold in stored grains, study shows

Hotter and more humid weather could make much of East Africa unsuitable for certain livestock production

Even though yam is a staple crop for West Africa, there has been limited research to improve the genetic diversity or productivity

Grant will allow startup to conduct research and development work on multispectral photomorphogenesis in rotary aeroponic cultivation chambers

Research shows that a naturally occurring peptide found in HLB-tolerant citrus relatives causes deadly bacterium to leak and die