The Man-made Disaster in Sri Lanka Could Have Been Avoided
The images of agitated Sri Lankans storming into their country’s presidential residence in reaction to the mishandling of farm policy by their government left ...
Innovations: Agricultural Technology
A Solution to the Wheat Shortage: Genetically Modified Crops
The world needs more wheat. In peaceful times, Russia and Ukraine supply more than a quarter of the world’s wheat exports. The war between them has contributed ...
Sensible Ag Technology is Good for the Planet, Farms, and Consumers
We can’t save tomorrow’s world by going backwards.
The UK’s decision to engage with gene-editing technologies in crops should be a welcome, forward looking ...
CIMMYT and a Farmer
Global food prices were already increasing when the world’s wheat supply came under extra pressure, due to Russia’s war on Ukraine. We don’t know whether the fa...
The Four M’s of Precision Agriculture
M&M’s may be the world’s most popular candy. Just about everybody enjoys eating these colorful candy-coated chocolates, according to surveys.
I like M&...
A Fish Story: Technology in Aquaculture Feeds People And Protects the Environment
Let me tell you a fish story—or rather, a fish-farming story.
Unlike some fish stories, this fish-farming story is all true, and it reveals how technology can ...
When Pigs Fly and Lives are Saved
I used to worry that the foes of modern farming would end their fight against GM technology only when pigs would grow wings and take flight.
That hasn’t happen...
Laser Focused on Soil Health
For farmers, nothing is more important than the soil and its health. Our crops are only as healthy as what they grow in. I’m happy to report that the soil on ou...
The Power of Local Solutions to Address Global Challenges
World leaders are spending a lot of time together lately.
At the Group of 20 meeting in Rome last weekend, officials from the wealthiest countries talked about...
We Must Learn From Sri Lanka’s Man-Made Organic Agriculture Disaster
Sri Lanka has partially reversed a hasty decision to experiment with farming, but the country and its citizens are already paying for this bad mistake in the fo...