The task of ensuring affordable access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food for all is one of the major challenges of the 21st century.
Plant scientists in Cambridge have embarked on ambitious plans to improve crop yields by solving one of the chief limitations of photosynthesis.
Understanding how plants ‘silence’ invading viruses could hold the key to releasing their hidden potential.
Fundamental research on plant development at the Sainsbury Laboratory will help in the future design of optimal crops.
Antibiotic resistant bacteria found in both humans and dairy cows.
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...
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.
