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Satellite image of the Nile Delta
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Tracking Heavy Metal Accumulation in the Nile Delta

by Benjamin Sulman 22 March 202321 March 2023

Sediment measurements show that flow alterations and discharges are driving increasing concentrations of multiple heavy metals in the Nile Delta, threatening ecosystems, agriculture, and human health.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Suivie de l’accumulation des métaux lourds dans le Delta du Nil

by Benjamin Sulman 22 March 202321 March 2023

Les analyses de sédiments montrent que la réutilisation de l’eau non traitée et la construction de barrages entraînent l’augmentation des concentrations de métaux lourds dans le Delta du Nil, menaçant gravement les écosystèmes, l’agriculture et la santé humaine.

A woman in a blue dress sits outside and records her production and consumption in an agroecological log in Brazil.
Posted inNews

How Climate Change Is Affecting Women in the Amazon

by Meghie Rodrigues 16 November 202216 November 2022

Droughts and floods have radically altered family farming, but women leaders are finding solutions for themselves and their communities.

A farmer walks behind two cattle pulling a wooden plough through rocky soil.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Food Deficits in Africa Will Grow in a Warmer World

by Aaron Sidder 5 October 20225 October 2022

Under the combined stress of growing populations and current warming trends, many African nations will face increasing shortfalls in food production in the coming decades.

A person holding soil lets it fall from one hand to the other with a blurred background.
Posted inNews

Traditional Fertilizers Beat Out Industrial Chemicals in Soil Health Test

by Andrew Chapman 29 March 202229 March 2022

New research in western India found that fertilizer based on Traditional Ecological Knowledge made soil more fertile in a head-to-head test with industrial fertilizers.

A farmer carries forage for his mule in southwestern Ethiopia.
Posted inNews

To Understand Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa, Consider Both Climate and Conflict

by Rachel Fritts 17 September 202121 March 2022

Warfare exacerbates the impacts of drought to produce food insecurity crises that last long after the drought has passed, new research documents.

A reenactor works on a Viking farm at a living history museum in Sweden.
Posted inNews

Food Security Lessons from the Vikings

by James Dacey 29 June 202115 March 2023

Scandinavian societies of the first millennium adapted their farming practices to volcano-driven climate changes.

Un agricultor se agacha sobre suelo seco y agrietado en su granja en Punjab.
Posted inNews

La región agrícola más importante de la India se está desertificando

by G. Singh 28 January 202114 March 2023

El cultivo de arroz consume más agua de la que el Punjab puede recargar. Si continúan las tasas de riego actuales, el estado vaciará sus reservas de agua subterránea dentro de 20 años.

A youth farmer in Los Angeles County gives a tour of an urban farm
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Urban Agriculture Combats Food Insecurity, Builds Community

by DJ McCauley 25 January 202121 February 2023

Innovations in urban agriculture—from creative reuse of stormwater to soil rehabilitation—can help fight food insecurity and prevent further food issues.

Research ecologist Steven Mirsky evaluates a cereal rye cover crop.
Posted inNews

Cover Crops, Sensors, and Food Security

by DJ McCauley 25 January 20214 November 2022

Forward-Thinking Ideas for the USDA’s Agriculture Innovation Agenda

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