What is the global potential for bioenergy, and how does it stack up against demand?
Biomass · Electromagnetic Spectrum · Feedstock · Photosynthesis · Quantum Efficiency
Let Us Now Praise Famous Roots
Mother cassava, the unfailing giver.
Tomorrow Is Our Impermanent Address
What will shape food and agriculture in 2050? A look at Agrimonde, the New Alchemists, and the limits of prediction.
Agrimonde · Aquaponics · Gene Editing · Hyperspectral Imaging · John Todd · New Alchemy
The bioenergy by-product that keeps on giving.
Peasants, Farmers and Scientists
A review of Henk Mutsaers’ chronicle of tropical agricultural science and the troubled legacy of technology transfer in Africa.
Book Reviews · Development · Henk Mutsaers · Technology Transfer · Tropical Agriculture
Soil, Water and Food Production: A Tale of Two Seasons
Comparing a dry and a wet growing season at the Reidsville agronomy plots reveals just how much water availability, not tillage system, drives corn yield.
Corn Production · Evapotranspiration · Soil Water Availability · Tillage
Can precision robotics actually solve the nitrogen efficiency problem?
Haber-Bosch · Nitrogen Cycle · Non-Contact Sensors · Precision Placement · Robotics · Rowbot
A chronicle of success and failure in the search for agricultural sustainability.
Book Reviews · Clever Clover · Irrigation · Louis Bromfield · Richard Stirzaker · Water Resiliency