Integrated rice farming systems, which combine rice cultivation with the simultaneous rearing of aquatic animals, have garnered significant attention as a sustainable agricultural approach. These ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 2: Zero Hunger. This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research articles on farming system approaches that enhance climate ...

In the last five years, Indigenous agriculture has received attention in academia as an alternative model, though on a smaller scale, to modern farming systems. Research has shown that some ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will – has been the main form of livestock production. It has been a source ...

Developing a new vision for food and farming systems will come under the microscope when Welsh dairy producer, Patrick Holden presents at an event organized by the Global Justice Now group in ...

What if the future of farming didn’t involve sprawling fields or endless rows of crops under the open sky? What if the solution to feeding a growing global population lay not in expanding farmland but ...

Chennai: The ICAR–Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) has developed an indigenous ‘super-intensive, precision and natural shrimp farming system' that can produce higher, disease-free ...

Planting trees on dairy farms helps cattle cool down and eat protein-rich leaves. Courtesy Alassan Assani Seidou In the drylands of Benin, west Africa, livestock farming is under growing pressure.

Again and again I hear proponents of a new and better farming system explain how it will improve agriculture, the environment and the climate, and at the same time increase profits in farming. Today, ...

Zabo farming in Nagaland shows how communities harvest rainwater, prevent soil erosion, and grow crops sustainably using a ...

The word farm was once equated with images of sun-kissed green fields in rural areas. That’s quickly changing. Not only are farms moving closer to urban areas, but they’re also getting creative in how ...