Articles about 'food security'

Current plans to mitigate deforestation could adversely affect rural poor.

New collaboration aims to address the growing demand for food and fuel by improving the process of photosynthesis.

A mathematical toolkit could dramatically reduce crop losses from pests and pathogens, helping to safeguard future food security.

Breakthrough could prevent future bird flu epidemics.

Researchers have discovered key plant enzymes that normally make the energy stored in wood, straw, and other non-edible parts of plants difficult to extract.

A new multidisciplinary research programme aims to develop a single vaccine that will combat four major respiratory pathogens of pigs.

Dr Zoltán Tiba’s research on why famines happen is posing questions about the root causes and possible long-term interventions.

An ambitious project that aims to increase rice yields could provide the solution to future food shortages.

Two new studies have uncovered important clues about how a prolific pathogen causes disease.

The discovery of an elusive pump component opens up new avenues to understand and combat multidrug-resistant bacteria.