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Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Modern Pig Breeding
- The development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in pig farming significantly supports herd management, animal health monitoring and optimization of the rearing environment. The paper...
Satellite?Based Estimates of Irrigation Water Use Versus Modeling Reconstructions: How Much do They Differ?
17/10/2026 - AbstractKnowing water amounts destined for agricultural practices, essentially consisting of irrigation water use (IWU), is essential for water resources management. Although explicit and consistent...
Real-time, microbiome-focused decision support tool targets food waste and safety
- Combining IoT sensors, genetic analyses, AI-based prediction and blockchain traceability, a novel platform replaces reactive approaches to food safety with real-time, data-backed predictive...
Correction to “Enhancing Soil Physicochemical Properties and Fruit Production of Rosa roxburghii With Biochar?Based Fertilizer in Karst Agricultural Systems”
- ABSTRACTWhile women's participation (WP) in agriculture has received significant attention globally, its relationship with climate?smart food security remains underexplored. Particularly in the...
Canopy Management Across Asian Cotton Production Systems: A Cross?Regional Synthesis of Physiological Responses, Agronomic Practices, and Mechanization Readiness
- Graphical abstract illustrating cross?regional differences, canopy management interventions, physiological responses, and mechanization readiness across Asian cotton production systems.ABSTRACTCotton...
Divergent Spatial Patterns of Household Food Consumption in China: A Hybrid Spatial Econometrics?Machine Learning Approach
- ABSTRACTFood consumption maps link food supply, consumption as well as food nutrition, offer useful information for analyzing people's food intake and exploring food flow and consumption pattern, and...
The impact of digital technology on green economies
- IntroductionDigital agriculture is regarded as an important instrument for achieving green economies, with the potential to raise productivity while reducing environmental impacts. This study...
Artificial intelligence policy, digital industry agglomeration, and industrial land intensive use: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China
- Against the backdrop of the deep integration of the digital economy and artificial intelligence, whether and how AI policies can enhance the intensification of industrial land use is a critical issue...
Extreme temperature, digital rural development, and grain production resilience in the Yellow River Basin
- IntroductionSevere temperature extremes are an increasingly dangerous threat to the resilience of grain production and sustainable food systems, particularly in climate-sensitive river basins and...
Reducing Uncertainty in Cradle?to?Farmgate Carbon Intensity for Feedstock Using Model?Data Fusion
- We present a scalable Model–Data Fusion framework that integrates ecosystem modeling with satellite and flux observations to quantify cradle?to?farmgate carbon intensity at the field level. The...
From Prototype to Sustainable Food Production: Translational Barriers and Design Priorities for Agricultural Biosensing Systems
- ABSTRACTAgricultural biosensors could advance sustainable food production by enabling timely detection of crop stress, pathogens, nutrient imbalances, and environmental contaminants. Despite decades...
Unmanned aerial vehicle time?series phenotyping illuminates genotype?specific responses to off?target dicamba exposure in soybean
- AbstractDicamba, a synthetic auxin herbicide, is widely used for postemergence weed control. However, the high potential for volatility and spray drift raises concerns about damage to nontarget dicot...
Responsible agrivoltaics in temperate Europe: Making systems work for plants, people, and climate
- Conceptual framework illustrating the three conditions for responsible AV in temperate regions: sustained plant productivity across rotations, preservation of soil and hydrological integrity, and...
An inositol receptor Itr4 coordinates carbon catabolite regulation and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans
13/10/2026 - Nutrient sensing and utilization are critical for microbes to adapt to...
BTSR-Net: Boundary–topology guided structural refinement for high-resolution remote sensing image segmentation
16/10/2026 - Semantic segmentation of high-resolution remote sensing imagery in...
How land retirement programs affect crop production: Evidence from China's Grain for Green Program
- AbstractThis paper evaluates the impact of one of the world's largest land conservation programs—China's Grain for Green Program—on crop production, and examines whether land retirement...
Global Inequality and Potential Trade?Offs in Community Resilience to Compound Climate Extremes
29/09/2026 - AbstractThe resilience of human society to multiple climate disasters is crucial for supporting sustainable development progress and promoting human well?being in an era of climate change. Yet little...
Safety of frozen paste from blanched, whole migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283
- AbstractFollowing a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver an opinion on frozen paste from blanched, whole...
Early Detection of Drought and Overwatering Stress in Apple Seedlings Using Hyperspectral Imaging and Deep Learning
- This study presents a robust framework for early water stress diagnosis in apple seedlings using hyperspectral imaging and a dual?attention SimAM?ECA?MobileNet model. By integrating endmember...
Can rural collective economic development mitigate farmland abandonment in China? The roles of endogenous scale economies and exogenous financial incentives
- Reducing farmland abandonment is of critical importance for the scientific management of land resources, safeguarding food security, and promoting sustainable agricultural development. Existing...
Agricultural blockchain readiness environment and carbon emission intensity in maize production: evidence from provincial panel data in major maize-producing areas of China
- China’s major maize-producing regions face the joint challenge of sustaining food production and reducing agricultural emissions. Existing research on digital agriculture often uses broad...