Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Agriculture is facing daunting challenges. Not only are farmers expected to produce ...
Agricultural production systems simulation encompasses the use of computational models to represent the complex interactions among crops, soils, climate, management and markets. Such models range in ...
Caribbean agriculture ministers are calling for a fundamental overhaul of how the region trades and finances agriculture.
U.S. farmers are under pressure to satisfy multiple demands, such as to produce more crops, pollute less, fulfill consumer preferences, pay fair wages, and make a living—all with increasingly scarce ...
The continuous advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) promises to transform nearly every sector of the economy. Agriculture is no exception. Each aspect of the agricultural supply chain—from the ...
New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Virginia Tech suggests that technologies such as controlled environment agriculture and agrivoltaics may become part of the future of ...
Technical efficiency in agriculture refers to the extent to which farms convert inputs—such as land, labour, machinery, water and agrochemicals—into outputs, notably crops or livestock products, ...
A globalized food system has its obvious benefits staring at us from the grocery store shelves: fresh red strawberries no matter the season and flash-frozen seafood available thousands of miles from ...
Over the past six decades, public and private investments in the agricultural sciences and critical technology advances have enabled innovative entrepreneurs and farmers in the United States and ...
With a vision to modernize the digital infrastructure required to support fresh produce demand worldwide, PLANT AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS (PLANT-AS) announced its expansion to West Texas in June 2023. The ...
From 2009 to 2019, controlled environment agriculture (CEA), also referred to as "protected agriculture" or "protected culture," saw significant growth in both the number of operations and production ...
In West Texas, Florida-based Plant Agricultural Systems (PLANT-AS) is moving forward with investments in Amarillo and Lubbock. PLANT-AS delivers both the physical and digital infrastructure to support ...
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