Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Wisconsin are helping dairy farmers weigh the merits of protein supplements available for their cattle. When it comes to protein supplements, dairy producers have two options: soybean meal and canola meal. Canola meal is a relatively new option—production increased rapidly in the 1990s as a cold-tolerant crop, but it was initially raised primarily for its seed oil.

A new research conducted by University's Oxford Martin Future of Food Programme and published by The Lancet states that climate change could kill more than 500,000 adults worldwide in 2050 due to changes in diet from reduced crop productivity.

FAO 8 March 2016, Rome - Leaders of international organizations based in Rome today gathered to highlight the achievements and the real prospects for achieving gender equality.  The speakers all agreed accelerating the empowerment of women everywhere is fundamental to achieving a zero hunger world and reaching the world's new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Scientists from the Citrus Research and Education Center at the University of Florida have genetically modified a lime containing some similar genetic factors that are expressed in grape skin and blood orange pulp. These modified Mexican limes have a protein that induces anthocyanin biosynthesis, causing the limes to develop a range of colors in the pulp from dark purple to fuchsia.

A research team from Carnegie Institution for Science, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Wyoming has identified a key protein that provides insight on photosynthesis back in the early days of life on Earth.

Scientists from Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands (Wageningen UR) have developed the first ever method for accurately and simultaneously measuring the photosynthesis of nearly 1,500 plants. The method uses an image analysis robot called the Phenovator, designed by Wageningen UR. Aside from photosynthesis

The 2007-08 rice price spike seems to have taken place ages ago considering the calmness in the rice market in the past few years despite El Niño and other weather-related scares. Rice prices in the international market have stabilized in the past few months after a steady decline prior to mid-2014 (Fig. 1, below). There has been some support for rice prices in the past few months because of weather scares such as drought in India, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, but this has not been enough to turn things around.

Filipino farmer leaders participated in a two-day study visit to Bt brinjal (eggplant) farms in Bangladesh last February 23 to 26, 2016. Discussions on biotechnology regulations in Bangladesh, research and development of Bt brinjal, and farmer experiences on planting Bt brinjal were conducted with officials from the Bangladesh government and scientists from the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI). The activities included field visits to Bt brinjal planting sites, interactions with Bt brinjal farmers as well as Bt brinjal tasting. The activities were held in two villages in Bogra, Bangladesh.

What happens if genetically modified (GM) crops were banned from US farm fields? A Purdue University study conducted by Wally Tyner, James and Lois Ackerman Professor of Agricultural Economics; Farzad Taheripour, research associate professor of agricultural economics; and Harry Mahaffey, agricultural economics graduate student, presented the significant crop yield loss and other economic effects of banning GM crops in the US.

A team of scientists from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Spain, through the Ibero-American Programme for Science and Technology for Development (CYTED) has decoded the genome of the Mesoamerican common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).