food security
These Newly Discovered Compounds Can Delay Flowering In Plants
Delayed flowering helps leafy crops maintain their nutritional quality for longer periods.
Abandoned Croplands Can Help Address Food Scarcity
Better management of abandoned croplands can enhance food security and mitigate climate change, shows a study.
The Future Is Fermentation
Fermentation can do more than make food taste better and last longer—it may hold the key to building a more resilient, sustainable global food system.
Transforming Food Waste Into Wonder
Creative techniques that repurpose food waste into a range of valuable products are giving even fruit peels and fish scales a new lease on life.
Customizing Vaccines For Fish Health (VIDEO)
A shot or two could help keep fish diseases at bay and open floodgates to a more sustainable aquaculture practices in Asia, highlighted Dr. Jeffrey Seng.
Ozone Pollution Threatens Asia’s Food Security
Ozone pollution has been linked with about US$63 billion in annual crop production losses, slashing wheat, rice and maize yield in East Asia.
China’s Father Of Hybrid Rice, Yuan Longping, Passes At 90 (In Memoriam)
Yuan Longping's seminal work on cultivating hybrid rice varieties helped feed millions in China and around the world.
The Frontiers Of Food
The key to securing long-term food security is investing in innovative technologies like alternative proteins, said experts at IPI’s AgriFood Innovation Webinar.
The Future Of Food In Singapore
To achieve 30 percent local food production by 2030, Singapore’s most innovative minds are turning to genome editing, artificial intelligence and even microalgae-based proteins.
Enlarging Asia’s Food Basket With Gene Editing
Food security expert Professor Paul Teng talks to Asian Scientist Magazine about how gene editing technologies like CRISPR could help to address Asia’s growing demand for food.
