How Gene Editing is Bearing Fruit
As crops with novel properties appear in farmers’ fields and the first gene-edited foods appear on supermarket shelves, how much do we know about the technology and where will it take our food?
Diseases Without Frontiers
Since man began raising crops, pathogens have seized every opportunity to get ahead. Researchers...
Sowing Resilience Through Roots of Peace
Roots of Peace revives local farming and promotes sustainable livelihoods in former war-torn lands....
Amplifying Agriculture
In an increasingly urban world, agriculture is often misunderstood. Julie Borlaug believes we all...
The World Beneath Our Feet
The incredible carbon storing capability of the world beneath our feet - and how big data hopes to shed light on protecting it.
The Trait That Could Transform Wheat Farming
The discovery of a grass that makes its own antibiotics may have wide-reaching implications...
Feeding Tomorrow Requires Unity Today
As climate changes take place, farmers are on the front line. Climate research scientist...
The Soil Rush
Civilizations have farmed the soil since antiquity. Now that soil could help solve one...
Creating Wheat Superheroes
A decade ago, a public-private partnership was formed to try to increase the yield...
Lasting Genes
Gene editing is set to give food a longer shelf and fridge life, helping...
Four Transformational Technologies
Farming is in the midst of a technical revolution, where data intelligence augments conventional wisdom.
Farming Families Face up to Succession
Will the increasing use of technology in agriculture motivate younger generations of digital natives...
Missing Piece of the Puzzle
Soil biology is the least understood of the trilogy of properties that influence soil...
Rice Breeding Takes a Giant Leap
A breakthrough in rice cloning could revolutionize plant breeding, bringing down hybrid seed production...
Virtual Doppelganger for Iowa
A digital twin of Iowa’s Corn Belt promises to make crop forecasts more accurate...
Microbes: A Global Perspective
Microbes are an intrinsic part of soil, plant and human health, as well as fundamental to the health of the planet. Professor Tom Crowther explains...
Keeping Favorite Foods on the Menu
Food and farms have adapted since the dawn of time in response to water...
A Plan To Reduce Food Waste At Scale
Jonathan Schmidt argues that future food security is as much about wasting less as...
Four Transformational Technologies
Farming is in the midst of a technical revolution, where data intelligence augments conventional...
Modernizing Crop Insurance
Experts believe the US crop insurance system could do with an update to reflect...
A Living Entity to be Respected
World Food Prize (2020) laureate, Professor Rattan Lal, shares his thoughts on how soil...
The Case for Empowering Women Farmers
Empowering women strengthens food security for all. Danielle Nierenberg, President of Food Tank, explains why.
Three Farmers, Three Continents
Changes in rainfall patterns are anticipated to be the biggest threat to three very different scale farming operations in the United States, India, and Africa.
A Living Entity to be Respected
World Food Prize (2020) laureate, Professor Rattan Lal, shares his thoughts on how soil...
The Countdown is on…
Farmers need to get ready to apply new tracking measures in 2026, designed to...
Unsung Hero of Sustainable Agriculture
Sorghum is the fifth most produced cereal crop in the world, is highly nutritious...
The World Beneath Our Feet
The incredible carbon storing capability of the world beneath our feet - and how...
Harnessing Change
A message from Ambassador Terry Branstad, President of the World Food Prize Foundation.