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A farmer weeds her field in Morogoro, Tanzania.
Posted inScience Updates

Sowing Seeds of Food Security in Africa

by C. Nakalembe, C. Justice, H. Kerner, C. Justice and I. Becker-Reshef 25 January 202110 March 2023

An innovative program focused on collaboration and capacity building is looking to improve outcomes for smallholder farmers, reduce hunger, and alleviate food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa.

Green shoots rise from dry, cracked soil.
Posted inFeatures

Climate Change Uproots Global Agriculture

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 January 202130 September 2022

Climate change is shifting where ideal growing conditions exist and is leaving farmers behind. How can we secure our future food supply and support the people who grow it?

The Sun sets over a rice field in Cambodia.
Posted inNews

Will Rising Temperatures Make Rice Too Toxic?

by N. Ogasa 9 December 202028 February 2023

Greenhouse experiments reveal how higher temperatures act to elevate arsenic levels in rice and may help focus efforts to solve a crisis threatening food systems around the world.

A farmer crouches on dried, cracked soil on his farm in Punjab
Posted inNews

India’s Food Bowl Heads Toward Desertification

by G. Singh 30 July 20202 September 2022

Water-guzzling rice consumes more water than Punjab can recharge. If current irrigation rates continue, the state will empty its groundwater reserves within 20 years.

A swarm of locusts descends on the lush vegetation of Samburu National Reserve in Kenya
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Hackathon Participants Solve Global Problems—from Home

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 12 June 202031 October 2022

More than 200 participants from 38 countries joined the virtual INSPIRE Hackathon to solve problems in food security, transportation, and more.

Sustainable marine aquaculture
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Seafood Farming: A Key to Future Global Food Security

by P. A. Sandifer 3 October 201928 September 2021

Integration of sustainable marine and freshwater aquaculture with terrestrial agriculture will be necessary for meeting Earth’s future food requirements.

Row of cattle feeding
Posted inNews

Climate Change Pressures Land and Food Resources, Report Warns

by Randy Showstack 8 August 201919 August 2022

There is a window of time to act now before threats increase further and solutions become less effective, a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states.

Posted inAGU News

David A. Seekell Receives 2016 Science for Solutions Award

by AGU 17 January 201720 April 2023

David A. Seekell received the 2016 Science for Solutions Award at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony, held on 14 December 2016 in San Francisco, Calif. The award is for "significant contributions in the application and use of the Earth and space sciences to solve societal problems."

Posted inScience Updates

Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security Worldwide

by C. Rosenzweig, J. Antle and J. Elliott 9 March 201620 October 2021

AgMIP Workshop on Coordinated Global and Regional Integrated Assessments of Climate Change and Food Security; Aspen, Colorado, 13–18 September 2015

Posted inScience Updates

Precipitation Data Key to Food Security and Public Health

by D. B. Kirschbaum and K. G. Patel 9 February 20167 November 2022

2015 Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission Applications Workshop; Hyattsville, Maryland, 9–10 June 2015

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