domestication and climate

To summarise the posts over the last few weeks, I have looked at where and why domestication first happened and the debates surrounding the ...

In the last few posts I have discussed various mitigation strategies that have been put forward aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions f...

In recent years organic farming has become increasingly popular.  Not only is it perceived as being healthier, it is also believed that it...

As discussed in the previous post, the inefficient use of fertilisers in agriculture has lead to an excess of nutrients such as Nitrogen a...

Over recent years the use of fertilisers containing nitrogen has increased with demand for food.  Using these fertilisers adds nitrogen to...

Farm animals account for a large amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere from agriculture.  On average a cow releases betwee...

This post is going to look at another crop management strategy, aiming to increase soil carbon content, tillage.  Tillage is the preparati...