• It’s a simple question: Will we be able to feed everyone if the population of the planet rises from about 7 billion people today to 9-10 billion in 2050? If you are a student of Thomas Malthus and buy into his Essay on the Principles of Population, then you believe this type of population increase will result in famine and poverty.

  • U.S. company Sound Agriculture launches Source, a foliar spray that unlocks existing nitrogen and phosphorus in the soil.

  • As the popularity of applying pesticides by UAVs (drones) is increasing at a pace in many countries across the globe, attention is now turning to precisely targeted applications of fertiliser along with micro- and macro nutrients.

  • Nutritionists use ideas from molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics to understand how nutrients affect the human body.