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Crop yields, livestock productivity, and food nutritional content ar e all negatively impacted by climate change. Breeding resilient crops and livestock is crucial to address...

AA International has developed methodologies (Pictorial Evaluation Tools or “PETs”) that improve the quality and speed of assessments of crop yield at harvest time; the body condition of livestock...

Highlights Large-scale land-based mitigation (~600 Mha) in pathways in line with the Paris agreement could conflict with food security. Mitigation in 2050 might change food...

Animal pollination services provide multiple benefits to humanity as they contribute to 35% of global food production and directly account for up to 40% of the dietary nutrient supply to humanity...

Main Messages The world is hotter today than it has been for 12,000 years; the last seven years have been the hottest on record. On every...

The EU has a historical deficit of plant protein and is heavily reliant on imports (from the US and Latin America) to sustain domestic livestock production. Using an economic model...

Ethiopia has experienced impressive agricultural growth and poverty reduction, stemming in part from substantial public investments in agriculture. Yet, the agriculture sector now faces increasing...

All species have an environmental niche, and despite technological advances, humans are unlikely to be an exception. Here, we demonstrate that for millennia, human populations have...