Studies conducted at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) showed experimental genetically modified (GM) wheat lines [have] the potential to significantly increase yields. These lines ‘overexpress’ three wild-type plant genes, either individually or in combination, and were developed to test whether targeting individual wheat genes could lead to improvements in yield.
In greenhouse studies conducted at …
Background: It is widely accepted that crop yields will be affected by climate change. However, the role played by climate in affecting crop yields vis-a-vis non-climatic stresses, is often unclear, limiting decision choices around efforts to promote increased production in light of multiple stresses.
Results: This study quantifies the role of …
Jean Marie Vianney Habumuremyi says he had previously looked at sweet potatoes as for only home consumption. Then he received a new variety of potatoes from a USAID project. The new orange-fleshed sweet potato variety can produce eight tonnes per hectare, four times as much as his former crop. This …
Intensive high-yield agriculture is dependent on addition of fertilizers, especially industrially produced NH4 and NO3. In some regions of the world, crop production is still constrained by too little application of fertilizers. Without the use of synthetic fertilizers, world food production could not have increased at the rate it did …
Poor early childhood development is estimated to lead to the loss of roughly a quarter of average adult earning potential. Across the African continent, the economic impact of malnutrition is estimated to be as high as $25 billion per year, with countries losing between 3 per cent and 16 per …
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