Making Agriculture More Environmentally Sound

When the global human population recently expanded to 7 billion people, there was renewed discussion of how we will manage to produce all of the items that we directly and indirectly need from agricultural crops--including food for ourselves and our livestock, fibers, fuel, and various tree-based products--while also maintaining healthy ecosystems and making land available for other purposes such as housing and recreation. It may seem like a tall order--especially given the important but unpredictable influence of continued climate change--but a new review paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment outlines how plant breeders may hold the key(s) to promoting "harmony between agriculture and the environment." read more

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