VALENCIA — Sahara means “desert” in Arabic. A Sahrawi, then, is someone from the desert. That’s why the people of Western Sahara are known today as Sahrawi — both those still under Moroccan rule and ...

Those aspiring to start or expand their own small-scale farm operation can now apply for a one-year apprenticeship at the University of Nevada, Reno’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural ...

For decades, food security in the Gulf was framed as a logistical challenge. Countries with limited arable land and harsh ...

In the Thar Desert, ingeniously designed farm fields harvest water by transforming each heavy rain into interconnected basins ...

I am a university president who did his undergraduate work in the state of Iowa and who has studied agricultural regions in more than 15 countries, but on a recent trip to Yuma I saw the most ...

If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to grow food in one of the harshest climates on earth, we head into the heart of the ...

Roey Yosef in one of his greenhouses, which grow variety of organic crops in Be’er Milka, southern Negev desert in Israel. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] After a drive of over three hours from Tel Aviv ...

Native American farmers in the southwestern United States have long deployed weather-adaptive techniques to grow crops such as corn and beans in high-desert environments only occasionally visited by ...

Israeli researchers show a fungal extract can boost crop yields, improve taste, and reduce reliance on chemical fertilizers. A fungus is always thought to be a harmful organism when they exist in ...