Compared with the EU, regulations on antibiotic use in livestock are less stringent in the USA. If consumers prefer non-antibiotic or minimal antibiotic-use meat, labeling different levels of antibiotic use in the USA could have the potential to mitigate the development of antibiotic-resistant...

The potential of agricultural soil carbon sequestration in reducing greenhouse gases and mitigating the impacts of climate change is widely recognized. However, there is limited knowledge of farmers’ preferences and willingness to accept carbon payments to switch to carbon-sequestering...

Under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) the African Union proposes 6 percent annual growth in agricultural production, of which more than half is to come from productivity growth. However, the recent rate at which new varieties (including hybrids) are being...