The industrialization of agriculture has led to an increasing dependence on non-locally sourced agricultural inputs. Hence, shocks in the availability of agricultural inputs can be devastating to food crop...
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Highlights: As the year draws to a close, commodity markets have quieted down from the more volatile price movements that have characterized the past two years. With the exception of rice...
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After nearing record levels following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, implied volatility of maize and soybean is now below the historical average. This reflects large global...
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This paper reviews recent research on climate-mitigating agricultural practices in agronomic cropping systems.
Site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) and deploying plant-based products (PBPs) are...
Nutrient-enriched crops are grown to have an enhanced nutritional value. Unlike other forms of fortification, in which vitamins and minerals are added to foods manually and post-harvest...
Harvested food carries a fraction of the nitrogen applied through fertilization; the remainder is typically lost into the environment, impairing planetary sustainability. Using a global agriculture model that integrates...
While international wheat, maize and vegetable oil prices registered record highs and much volatility last year, rice markets kept relatively calm in view...
After two years of fighting COVID-19, the world economy has been left in a fragile state. Today, 60 per cent of workers have lower real incomes...
An analysis of more than 1,500 field observations has identified a collection of agricultural practices that can improve the use of nitrogen fertilizers - boosting crop yields while...