Climate Change: The Silent Driver Of Food Costs
Climate change isn’t just melting glaciers. It’s hiking up your grocery bill. Extreme weather events, from droughts to floods, disrupt global food production. This, in...
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Heatwave Threatens Food Security As Global Breadbaskets Sizzle
Extreme weather throws a wrench into global crop production, with dryness in key regions like the Black Sea and scorching temperatures elsewhere threatening food security....
Wheat Yield Under Agrivoltaic Systems: Mixed Results
A new Italian study investigated how overhead solar panels (agrivoltaics) impact the quality of wheat grown beneath them. The research, conducted by a team from...
Europe Sees A Sharp Decline In Cereal Production
In 2022, the European Union (EU) harvested approximately 270.9 million tonnes of cereals, which was a decrease of 26.7 million tonnes or 9% compared to...
Wheat Crops Are Being Destroyed By Heat Waves
The temperature of the earth is gradually increasing, leading to changes in seasonal cycles and heightened occurrences of severe weather conditions like droughts and heat...
India Is Bracing For Heatwaves In 2023
After registering the warmest February since 1901, India is bracing for scorching heatwaves. Last month, the country’s average temperature was 29.5 degrees Celsius, which was...
India Is Forced To ‘Ban Wheat Export’ Due To Climate Change
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has interrupted global wheat supply, India, the world’s third largest exporter, has chosen to step in to fill the void in the...
Ozone Pollution can Damage Wheat Crop
Air pollution is not only injurious to human health, but also to plant life. Scientists from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have found that most wheat...