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AI is a revolutionary tool to increase global farming output and food productivity
With the world's population projected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, the global agricultural sector faces a defining challenge ...
5 provocative questions about how AI might shape our future
If 2025 has been the year of AI hype, 2026 might be the year of AI reckoning. Its powerful capabilities ...
Our global food system is increasingly under strain. What needs to be done?
Much has been written about the inherent complexity of global food systems. They shape outcomes for individuals, organizations, communities and ...
Knowing from where crops originated and are grown is crucial to a sustainable food future
Over a third of the world’s food is grown by small-scale farmers who are unpaid and undervalued. Knowing where food ...
AI can help accelerate the transition to regenerative farming
Slightly preceding the global momentum towards regenerative agriculture has been a focus on the digitalization of agriculture. It offers benefits ...
Industrial intelligence: ‘A paradigm shift comparable to historic innovations like the horse-drawn seed drill in agriculture’
Industries across the board are on the cusp of a revolution driven by technological changes like AI, analytics and digital ...
Viewpoint: One-third of greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. Here’s why that needs to change, and how we do it
Our global food system is in urgent need of transition. At present, one-third of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions come from food ...
How cloning, gene editing and synthetic biology can help humanity stop the anticipated sixth extinction crisis
The world has entered the sixth extinction crisis with the loss of species having a devastating impact on the biodiversity ...
Viewpoint: Biotechnology can help address climate change fluctuations and deliver sustainable food and farming, says World Economic Forum
Biotechnology holds part of the key to enabling a transformation of our economy and our food systems ...
How digital innovations can spur a Fourth Agricultural Revolution
Two billion people in the world currently suffer from malnutrition and according to some estimates, we need 60% more food ...
Gene therapy update: More than 2,000 treatments are in development worldwide as revolution spreads to low- and middle-income countries
Gene therapy is at the forefront of modern medicine. By making precise changes to the human genome, these sophisticated technologies ...
‘Human Genome Project for our diets’: Here’s how bioactive compounds could overcome a dearth of vegetables in Americans’ health
A recent paper published in Nature Food to inform the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health proposes a public challenge ...
Viewpoint: ‘Microbes and plants can be altered to increase to carbon capture’ — Biophysicist lays out pathway for net-zero emissions
The same genetic engineering tools used for climate change adaptation are now being used for carbon capture ...
World Economic Forum: How genetically engineered crops can fight climate change
Food systems account for over one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Any successful strategy for reaching the ambitious — and critical ...
Evolving smaller humans? Scientists debate whether rising temperatures will cause our species to shrink
Throughout history, species have evolved to adapt to their changing surroundings. Now, with skyrocketing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere ...
Bioeconomy: How synthetic biology can tackle manufacturing and disease challenges
The bioeconomy covers all sectors and systems that rely on biological resources (animals, plants, microorganisms, and derived biomass, including organic ...
‘Climate beneficial food’: Here’s the skinny on the emerging movement to better align agriculture with sustainable production
From complex labels to opaque sourcing and unclear carbon impact, 6 in 10 consumers say it is hard to know ...
‘Landscapes of the future’: How solar-powered LEDs could improve crop growth and cut pesticide use
GROW, which was developed with partners Wageningen University and Rabobank, is trialling its vertical ‘light recipe’ across an enormous field ...
5 foods that have shaped landscape, culture and politics throughout history
As the World Economic Forum features its Bold Actions for Food as a Force for Good virtual event from 23-24 November 2020, ...
Coronavirus outbreak fuels surging plant-based meat demand in China
Demand for plant-based protein foods is surging in Asia, suppliers say, as suspicion over possible links between wild animal meat ...
Infographic: There’s no such thing as ‘too young’ to be hospitalized by coronavirus
Getting infected by COVID-19 isn’t just a worry for the elderly. That’s one of the first findings about the virus in the ...
Low trust in government tech regulation fuels consumer doubt about GMOs, gene editing
Trust in governance is at an all-time low. Experts trace a first major decline in trust back to the 1970s, ...
Clean meat: Scientists serve up 100% real meat without cruelty, limited resources
The argument that “meat is murder” could become a thing of the past, thanks to groundbreaking technology that produces real ...
How biotechnology is revolutionizing our lives
Biotechnology is a broad range of technologies that employ living organisms or parts of them to make diverse products. For ...
Our technology-driven 4th Industrial Revolution–What questions should be asked?
We live in an age of transformative scientific powers, capable of changing the very nature of the human species and ...