Food and Agricultural Sciences

Global Market Report: Agricultural Science

In this article, we discuss the applications and recent developments of agricultural science. We also assess the global market and predict how the sector will evolve in the future.

How Will Climate Change Affect the Taste of Beer?

Importance of Biodiversity in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

What Role does Agriculture Play within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

Everything You Need to Know About Vertical Farming

How, When, and Why to Add Lime to Your Soil

How are Drones Changing the Future of Agriculture?

What are the Risks In the Food Chain?

Impacts of Climate Change on Soil Health

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How Does Biochar Affect the Environment?

Investigating the Impact of Disasters on Food and Agriculture

How Do Agricultural Management Techniques Affect Soil Quality?

Antibiotic Resistance in Agriculture

From Rain to Sun; How Weather Monitoring Helps Agriculture

Mangroves: A Key to Restoring the Oceans

What is Regenerative Agriculture?

Pushing Towards the SDGs in Everyday Science

Insight into Genetically Modified Food

The Impact of COVID-19 on Agriculture

Using Plants to Detect Explosives

Illegal Fishing and Its Impacts on Conservation and Fisheries

Chemistry of Food Additives and Preservatives

Importance of Biotechnology in Agriculture

Role of Analytical Chemistry in Agriculture

What are Cover Crops and Why are They Useful?

Boosting Plant Health Using Gene Editing

Environmental Problems caused by Polymers

Importance of Healthy Ecosystems for Global Health

The Implications of Evolution in Agriculture

Insight into the Biggest Challenges Faced by the Aquaculture Industry

Less Fishing to Fish More – Strategies to Replenish Fishery Stocks

Role of Bioinformatics in Agriculture

How can Soil Increase Food Production?

How are Crops Gaining Resistance?

Effect of Light on Wheat Plants

Indigenous Technology and Climate Change

A Guide to Growing Crops in Cold Climates

Detecting and Identifying Flavonoids

What is Quality Control in Food Science?

Is Genetics the Key to the Evolution of Aquaculture?

Arsenic in Rice; Should you be Concerned?

Are Genetically Modified (GM) Crops Saving the World?

Applications of Spectroscopy in Agriculture

Effects of Climate Change on Crop Yields

How is the Flower Industry Impacting the Planet?

Food Science and Artificial Intelligence

A Guide to Improving Crop Production in Dry Climates

Does Migration Affect Agriculture Production?

Food Science and Biotechnology

Integrated Approaches to Reduce Food Waste and Loss

Investigating Caffeine Levels in Drinks

Investigating a Wines Character using Chromatography

How can we Improve the Shelf-Life of Seafood?

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

Effect of Human Activity on Plant Biodiversity

Deforestation and its Drawbacks

Daily Life of a Food Scientist

Soil Erosion- How Does it Affect Agriculture?

Fish Hatcheries- Benefits and Drawbacks

How does the Keto Diet Affect the Immune System?

Determining Nitrogen Levels in Soil

Effects of Filtered Coffee on Plasma Metabolites

How can we Feed the Planet Without Affecting the Climate?

How do Crops Get Lost to Pests?

Adapting and Developing Aquaculture Practices in an Era of Climate Change

How are Microbes used to Restore Degraded Soil?

How Does Manure Effect the Growth of Plants?

Benefits of Vertical Agriculture and Hydroponics

Bio farming - A Holistic Approach to Ensure Environmental Sustainability

How Diverse are Cropping Systems?

What are the Health Benefits of Organic Food?

How could Gene Editing solve Food Allergies?

Sustainable Soil Management and the Role of Spectroscopy

Life After COVID: Building Back Greener and Better

How Important are Sensors to Agriculture?

Food Packaging Applications for Equilibrium Modified Atmosphere Packaging

Will Meat Alternatives Disrupt the Food Industry?

How do Food Sensitivity Assays Work?

ATR-FTIR in the Food and Beverage Industry

Improving Crop Yields using Genetics

Everything you need to know about Palm Oil

The Application of Computational Modeling in Contemporary Fisheries

Can a Microbe Convert Greenhouse Gases to Commodity Products?

Implications of Genetically Modified Organisms for Fisheries

Reducing Pesticide Use in Agriculture

The Domestication of Crops and Animals throughout Agricultural History

Wellbeing in an Era of Global Change: The Implications of Ocean Acidification on Food Production and How it Links to Human Wellbeing

Speed Breeding: A Promising Tool for Growing World Population

Importance of Nematology in Agriculture

Effect of Food on the Gut Microbiome

A Guide to Increasing Water Efficiency in Farming

Importance of Healthy Ecosystems for Global Health

Formulating Pesticides for Sustainable Agriculture

How is Climate Change Affecting Food Security?

How has COVID-19 Affected Food Security?

The Future of Sustainable Agriculture

Feeding the Future; Ensuring Food Security for All

Cultured Meat During the Climate Crisis

Seed Storing- Protecting the Future of Food

What has COP26 taught us about Sustainable Agriculture?

Hot Melt Extrusion in the Pharmaceutical and Food Industries

Noise Pollution and its Effects on Coral Reefs

How is Pollution Changing the Chemistry of the Ocean?

Does Your Diet Affect Your DNA?

Using DNA to Fight Crop Diseases

How Vulnerable is the Agricultural Industry to Climate Change?

How is Pulse Farming Beneficial to the Environment?

The Nutritional Benefits of Pulses

Why is Wildlife Conservation Crucial to a Sustainable Future?

Solving the Biodiversity Crisis

Investigating the Importance of Groundwater

The Impacts of a Growing Population on Agriculture

Application of Proteomics in Agriculture

Use of Genetics in Agriculture

Using Biochemistry to Improve Crop Cultivation

How did Antibiotics in Food Transform Agriculture?

Could Eating Insects be the Future of Food?

Investigating the Vulnerability of the Food Industry to Cyberattacks

What does the Future of Food Look Like?

Protecting the Genetic Diversity of Food

Food for Thought; How the Food we Eat Affects the Brain

Insight into Global Food Inequalities

'Land Sparing' vs. 'Land Sharing' Agriculture

How to Make the Best Jam According to Science

Secret Sugar; Finding Hidden Sugars in the Food You Eat

How can Green Chemistry Help Solve the Global Threat of Food Security?

How can Genetically Modified Seeds Improve Food Security?

How do Microbes Give Cheese its Flavor?

Could CRISPR Change the Future of our Food?

What are the Most Common Adulterated Foods?

The Aquatic Toxicity of the Pulp Paper Industry

What is Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA)?

How Have Consumer Habits Changed Since COVID-19?

What is Humus, and Why is it Important?

The Ocean to Humanity: Connection, Sustenance, Support

How are Food Microbes Saving Lives?

The Link Between Food Waste and Sustainability

Are Wildfires Good for Biodiversity?

Excess Fertilizer Use and Soil Health

Investigating the Relationship Between Food Allergies and Eczema

Spectroscopy's Role in Geochemistry

Latest Food and Agricultural Sciences News and Research

Plants can precisely tune the chemistry of petal surface to create bee-luring signals

Cambridge researchers led by CUBG Director, Professor Beverley Glover, have shown that plants can regulate the chemistry of their petal surface to create iridescent signals visible to bees.

25 Nov 2022

Preventing warming by cutting greenhouse gas emissions can save valuable freshwater resource

Snowcapped mountains not only look majestic – They're vital to a delicate ecosystem that has existed for tens of thousands of years.

23 Nov 2022

Expanding the CRISPR-based toolbox for extensive genome engineering

Researchers from North Carolina State University describe a variety of CRISPR-Cas systems-based molecular tools to rewrite, rather than just edit, significant portions of an organism’s DNA.

23 Nov 2022

Scientists discover how plant roots adapt their shape to maximize water uptake

Researchers have discovered how plant roots adapt their shape to maximise their uptake of water, pausing branching when they lose contact with water and only resuming once they reconnect with moisture, ensuring they can survive even in the driest conditions.

19 Nov 2022

Genetically modifying plant protein to yield more vegetable oil

At the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), researchers have been successful in genetically modifying a plant protein that is accountable for oil accumulation in edible nuts and plant seeds.

From Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) 11 Nov 2022

Short-term tomato consumption alters gut bacteria toward a more favorable profile

Two weeks of eating a diet heavy in tomatoes increased the diversity of gut microbes and altered gut bacteria toward a more favorable profile in young pigs, researchers found.

9 Nov 2022

Discovery may help alleviate the increasing global problem of high soil salinity on farmland

To avoid salt in soil, plants can change their root direction and grow away from saline areas. University of Copenhagen researchers helped find out what makes this possible.

3 Nov 2022

Newly sequenced Honeycrisp apple genome could be a boon for scientists and breeders

A team of researchers has sequenced the Honeycrisp apple genome, a boon for scientists and breeders working with this popular and economically important cultivar.

27 Oct 2022

A new outlook on sow breeding using dietary nucleotides

The primary fetal organ systems’ growth and development are strongly influenced by the nutrition status of the mother. Late gestation is when fetal growth is rapidly accelerated, and the nutritional needs of sows rise dramatically as a result of the fetus’ rapid growth and the placenta’s quick expansion.

26 Oct 2022

Genome Editing Has A New Code

In this interview, we speak to Samantha Maragh, the leader of the genome editing program at NIST, about the genome editing vocabulary and what this means for researchers worldwide.

From National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 21 Oct 2022

New consortium for scaled up meat produced from cultivated cells

Competition promotes innovation, but for a nascent industry, one strategy is for competitors to band together to tackle fundamental technical obstacles, set standards, and exchange knowledge in a way that benefits the industry as a whole.

20 Oct 2022

Innovative method opens myriad new avenues for understanding the biology behind COVID-19

A highly innovative method using the latest technology has generated a comprehensive list of SARS-CoV-2 viral and human proteins that interact with each other, with one such interaction showing the virus directly influencing proteins that regulate the human immune system.

18 Oct 2022

Genomic research helps in tackling the fatal complications of fungal infections

An important genetic discovery made by a research team led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst scientist sheds new light on the application of the drug caspofungin to treat the deadly fungal infection Aspergillus fumigatus, which claims the lives of about 100,000 severely immunocompromised individuals every year.

7 Oct 2022

Genomics-informed pre-breeding strategy for wheat improvement

IPK Leibniz Institute was able to test its vast collection of old wheat varieties for their yield performance and resistance to yellow rust not only in the lab but also in field trials.

5 Oct 2022

Increasing soil carbon storage and longevity

As atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations continue to rise, there is an urgent need for new, bold solutions for carbon dioxide removal.

5 Oct 2022

Fungus can be used for biological control of banana borers and Fusarium wilt

The banana borer Cosmopolites sordidus and the disease Fusarium wilt, caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum, are among the most harmful pests that threaten the livelihoods of banana growers, who face major challenges in attempting to control them.

29 Sep 2022

Excess carbon in the atmosphere has increased wood volume of forests

Trees have long been known to buffer humans from the worst effects of climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Now new research shows just how much forests have been bulking up on that excess carbon.

28 Sep 2022

Understanding insect biology and behavior to develop better pest management tools

Spotted lanternflies send signals with their honeydew excretions, shows a new study. Scientists are researching how this damaging invasive species communicates in order to better manage the pest problem.

28 Sep 2022

Actylis Debuts, Signaling the Creation of an Integrated Global Specialty Ingredients Manufacturing and Sourcing Powerhouse

Actylis Integrates Aceto and its 10 Acquired Specialists with Broad Expertise in GMP and Non-GMP Raw Material Manufacturing and Sourcing into a Singular Global Brand

From Actylis 28 Sep 2022

Hemp byproducts can be included in lamb diets without major detrimental health effects

An Oregon State University study found that spent hemp biomass – the main byproduct of the cannabinoid (CBD) extraction process of hemp – can be included in lamb diets without any major detrimental effects to the health of the animals or their meat quality.

23 Sep 2022