Europe has lost roughly a quarter of its bird population since 1980, and the sharpest losses have hit species that depend on farmland. A continent-wide analysis spanning 28 countries, more than 20,000 ...

Since the 1970s, the U.S. has lost billions of birds. We now know that those losses aren't just growing—they are accelerating ...

New research in Science is showing how the rise of modern agriculture has turned a North American native plant, common waterhemp, into a problematic agricultural weed. An international team led by ...

Intensive agriculture developed during the second half of the 20 th century and is still widely used today. Yet more and more voices are being heard for a return to more traditional techniques, even ...

Partnerships and investments in marginal farming will be crucial in determining the sustainability of the future of Indian agriculture ...

URBANA, Ill. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture recently announced a $2.4 million grant through its Agriculture and Food Research Initiative to fund an ...

Intensive farming promises high yields, but the hidden cost is devastating landscapes. This video explores the damage and ...

Industrial agriculture depends on monoculture—growing single crops that can be easily planted, fertilized, treated with pesticides, and harvested—especially on large-scale, mechanized farms. In spite ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 7, 2023) Two decades after the introduction of genetically engineered, herbicide-resistant crops and the consequential exponential growth in weed killers, Brazil is seeing ...