Crop variety mixtures can provide many benefits, including pathogen suppression and
increased yield and yield stability. However, these benefits do not necessarily occur in all …

The potential for operations research (OR) with farmer-supplied data coupled with machine
learning (ML) to improve crop management is explored through a series of case studies from …

Crop diseases cause significant food and economic losses. We examined the joint,
probabilistic, long-term, bio-economic impact of five major fungal pathogens of wheat on …

The history of agricultural trade stretches back more than ten millennia, but it became more
inter‐continental from the 17th century and much denser in the 19th century following the …

Biocultural diversity is the ever-evolving and irreplaceable sum total of all living organisms
inhabiting the Earth. It plays a significant role in sustainable productivity and ecosystem …

Crop diversification is increasingly recognized as a strategy to stabilize national food
production, yet the benefits of this approach may vary across nations due to the scale …

R&D is slow magic. It takes many years before research investments begin to affect
productivity, but then they can affect productivity for a long time. Many economists get this …

Modern agriculture, especially monocultures, is increasingly blamed by proponents of
agroecology for loss of biodiversity in agroecosystems through loss of natural vegetation …

Plant factories, being more weather independent, can potentially contribute to global food
security under climate change scenarios, but their profitability and environmental …

Background and goals This study empirically summarizes the extent of the similarities and
concentrations in the mix of winegrape cultivars across countries. It also seeks to determine …