Food and Agricultural Sciences

Our food and agricultural sciences hub covers a range of research papers and news stories on the many processes involved in food cultivation and production. Subtopics include how animals and crops can influence the sustainability of farms and how to address food security and supply. From having suitable soil to climate change impacting our food products, we look at all of these aspects in our collated pages.

Global Market Report 2022: Agricultural Science

In this article, we discuss the applications and recent developments of agricultural science. We also assess the global market and predict how the sector will evolve in the future.

Overview

If you’re looking for the answers to questions such as ‘what is food science?’ and ‘what is agricultural science?’, you’ll find them here. This section provides two key articles on food and agricultural science and a changeable, exciting topic. Scientists write these posts to provide agricultural education and further information on food systems, agricultural productivity and similar matters.

Applications of Spectroscopy in Agriculture

How do Food Sensitivity Assays Work?

How, When, and Why to Add Lime to Your Soil

Feature Articles

Our featured articles include a wide variety of topics under the food and agricultural sciences category. For example, what are the risks food chains face? What is vertical farming or how to develop sustainable foods? Our writers discuss food waste, antibiotic resistance in agriculture, using gene editing for plant health, and other fascinating matters relating to the development of food and the food industry.

Sustainable Soil Management and the Role of Spectroscopy

Synthetic Food: An Overview

How are Food Microbes Saving Lives?

Why Are Supply Chains Taking a Digital Approach to Food Waste?

Detecting and Identifying Flavonoids

A Guide to Increasing Water Efficiency in Farming

Daily Life of a Food Scientist

Investigating the Relationship Between Food Allergies and Eczema

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Insight into the Challenges of the Seafood Industry

COVID-19 and Food Safety

What Role does Agriculture Play within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

Using Plants to Detect Explosives

Poultry Farming: An Overview

Under the Sea: Importance of Underwater Robots and Drones in Sea Farming

Could CRISPR Change the Future of our Food?

Can a Microbe Convert Greenhouse Gases to Commodity Products?

Bacteriophages as Biosensors for Food and Water Safety

Insight into Soil Health

What is the Bioeconomy?

Investigating the Vulnerability of the Food Industry to Cyberattacks

Insights into Food Fraud

Determining Nitrogen Levels in Soil

Could Eating Insects be the Future of Food?

How is Pollution Changing the Chemistry of the Ocean?

What is Aquaculture?

Insight into the Biggest Challenges Faced by the Aquaculture Industry

Improving Crop Yields using Genetics

Deforestation and its Drawbacks

The Implications of Evolution in Agriculture

What Causes Soil Erosion?

Hot Melt Extrusion in the Pharmaceutical and Food Industries

What are the Risks In the Food Chain?

Bioremediation: An Overview

Arsenic in Rice; Should you be Concerned?

Role of Bioinformatics in Agriculture

Implementing Big Data to Boost the Agricultural Sector

What is Food Safety?

Seed Storing- Protecting the Future of Food

The Link Between Food Waste and Sustainability

Precision Agriculture: Challenges and Future Outlook

ATR-FTIR in the Food and Beverage Industry

How to Live a Greener Life

Effect of Human Activity on Plant Biodiversity

Chemistry of Food Additives and Preservatives

Soil to Oil: The Agricultural Science Behind High-Quality Hemp Extracts

Benefits of Vertical Agriculture and Hydroponics

Revolutionizing Agriculture: How Agrigenomics Is Shaping the Future of Farming

Investigating the Impact of Disasters on Food and Agriculture

Utilizing Water Management to Overcome Extreme Weather

Analyzing the Growing Threat of Soil Extinction

Investigating a Wines Character using Chromatography

How Have Consumer Habits Changed Since COVID-19?

'Land Sparing' vs. 'Land Sharing' Agriculture

Smart Farming: The Sustainable Future for Food

How Diverse are Cropping Systems?

What are the Health Benefits of Organic Food?

How can we Improve the Shelf-Life of Seafood?

What is Bioenergy?

Investigating the Role of Aerial Imaging in Agriculture

How are Drones Changing the Future of Agriculture?

How Important are Sensors to Agriculture?

How are Microbes used to Restore Degraded Soil?

Impacts of Climate Change on Soil Health

What is Regenerative Agriculture?

What is Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA)?

Bio farming - A Holistic Approach to Ensure Environmental Sustainability

How Does Manure Effect the Growth of Plants?

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

Investigating the Intersection between Agriculture and Biotechnology

Insight into Food Waste

Protecting the Genetic Diversity of Food

Food Science and Biotechnology

The Future of Seaweed Farming

Noise Pollution and its Effects on Coral Reefs

What is Tillage?

What is Agro-Terrorism?

Pushing Towards the SDGs in Everyday Science

Indigenous Technology and Climate Change

Importance of Healthy Ecosystems for Global Health

How Will Climate Change Affect the Taste of Beer?

How is Pulse Farming Beneficial to the Environment?

Plant Pathology

A Guide to Plant Hormones

Why is Wildlife Conservation Crucial to a Sustainable Future?

How are Crops Gaining Resistance?

What does the Future of Food Look Like?

Investigating Caffeine Levels in Drinks

Role of Analytical Chemistry in Agriculture

Importance of Nematology in Agriculture

Are Wildfires Good for Biodiversity?

What are Herbicides?

How do Microbes Give Cheese its Flavor?

What are Cover Crops and Why are They Useful?

Excess Fertilizer Use and Soil Health

Feeding the Future; Ensuring Food Security for All

Protein and Bloating

Food Preservation Methods

How can we End Hunger?

Organic vs Inorganic Farming

Microbes in Raw Fish

Women in Agriculture

Importance of Biodiversity in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

How does the Keto Diet Affect the Immune System?

What is Organic Farming?

The Impacts of a Growing Population on Agriculture

Does Migration Affect Agriculture Production?

How has COVID-19 Affected Food Security?

Effect of pH on Plant Growth

The Application of Computational Modeling in Contemporary Fisheries

Precision Agriculture: Challenges and Future Outlook

What is Quality Control in Food Science?

Antibiotic Resistance in Agriculture

From Rain to Sun; How Weather Monitoring Helps Agriculture

The Science Behind Hunger

How could Gene Editing solve Food Allergies?

Investigating the Intersection Between Forest Health and Human Health

What is Food Science?

What Are Prebiotics?

What is Soil Pollution?

What is Humus, and Why is it Important?

Will Meat Alternatives Disrupt the Food Industry?

Pesticides in Agriculture

Adapting and Developing Aquaculture Practices in an Era of Climate Change

How to Reduce your Food Waste

Fish Hatcheries- Benefits and Drawbacks

Importance of Biotechnology in Agriculture

Restoring the Ocean's Ecosystem Using Aquaculture

Wellbeing in an Era of Global Change: The Implications of Ocean Acidification on Food Production and How it Links to Human Wellbeing

Environmental Problems caused by Polymers

Illegal Fishing and Its Impacts on Conservation and Fisheries

Using GC-MS to Analyze the Flavors in Fruit

What has COP26 taught us about Sustainable Agriculture?

Threats in the Food Chain

Farm Biosecurity

Solving the Biodiversity Crisis

What is Agricultural Science?

Everything You Need to Know About Vertical Farming

Integrated Approaches to Reduce Food Waste and Loss

Science of Spicy Foods

Effects of Drought on Farming

Food for Thought; How the Food we Eat Affects the Brain

Implications of Genetically Modified Organisms for Fisheries

Importance of Healthy Ecosystems for Global Health

How Does Biochar Affect the Environment?

How is Climate Change Affecting Food Security?

Insight into Genetically Modified Food

Life After COVID: Building Back Greener and Better

A Guide to Improving Crop Production in Dry Climates

How to Make the Best Jam According to Science

Application of Proteomics in Agriculture

Reducing Pesticide Use in Agriculture

Formulating Pesticides for Sustainable Agriculture

Effect of Light on Wheat Plants

The Aquatic Toxicity of the Pulp Paper Industry

Environmental Metabolomics

Effects of Filtered Coffee on Plasma Metabolites

Spectroscopy's Role in Geochemistry

How can Green Chemistry Help Solve the Global Threat of Food Security?

Investigating the Role of Field Mapping in Agriculture

Food Packaging Applications for Equilibrium Modified Atmosphere Packaging

Investigating the Importance of Groundwater

The Impact of COVID-19 on Agriculture

Use of Genetics in Agriculture

How Do Agricultural Management Techniques Affect Soil Quality?

Speed Breeding: A Promising Tool for Growing World Population

Why is Rosewood so Expensive?

Is Genetics the Key to the Evolution of Aquaculture?

What is Urban Agriculture?

Using Biochemistry to Improve Crop Cultivation

How can Genetically Modified Seeds Improve Food Security?

Boosting Plant Health Using Gene Editing

Does Your Diet Affect Your DNA?

Soil Erosion- How Does it Affect Agriculture?

What is 'Blue Food'?

Revolutionizing the Field of Soil Science

The Domestication of Crops and Animals throughout Agricultural History

Water Stress on Cotton Plants

Insight into Global Food Inequalities

How did Antibiotics in Food Transform Agriculture?

The Future of Sustainable Agriculture

What is Cellular Aquaculture?

Less Fishing to Fish More – Strategies to Replenish Fishery Stocks

Cultured Meat During the Climate Crisis

Effect of Food on the Gut Microbiome

Effects of Climate Change on Crop Yields

Food Science and Artificial Intelligence

How can we Feed the Planet Without Affecting the Climate?

Are Genetically Modified (GM) Crops Saving the World?

What is Food Microbiology?

What is Controlled Environment Agriculture?

Insight into the World of Agricultural Robotics

A Guide to Growing Crops in Cold Climates

Beef Jerky and Mania

Microbes in Raw Meat

Automation in Agriculture

How Important is Communication to the Agricultural Industry?

Everything you need to know about Palm Oil

How Vulnerable is the Agricultural Industry to Climate Change?

Mangroves: A Key to Restoring the Oceans

What are the Most Common Adulterated Foods?

What is 'Closed Loop' Agriculture?

The Nutritional Benefits of Pulses

Using DNA to Fight Crop Diseases

Advanced Techniques in Soil and Geology Analysis

Genetic Barcoding in Seafood: Ensuring Authenticity and Traceability in Aquaculture

How can Soil Increase Food Production?

Investigating the Role of the Internet of Things (IoT) in Farming

The Ocean to Humanity: Connection, Sustenance, Support

Secret Sugar; Finding Hidden Sugars in the Food You Eat

Using Digital Solutions to Improve Farm Efficiency

What is Intercropping?

How do Crops Get Lost to Pests?

How is the Flower Industry Impacting the Planet?

Latest Food and Agricultural Sciences News and Research

Whether it’s a discovery regarding pesticides or a novel code in genome editing, this section will include all of the latest news from food and agricultural science. These news pieces will be collected from around the world to bring you a range of discoveries and interesting facts on how we cultivate food and more.

Microplastics Reshape Soil Microbial Genes and Ecosystem Functions

Microplastics are now widely recognized as pollutants in oceans and waterways, but a growing body of research suggests they may pose equally serious risks on land.

24 Feb 2026

Precision Gene Editing Redefines Fruit Color in Polyploid Strawberry

Strawberry fruit color is primarily determined by anthocyanins, pigments synthesized through a tightly regulated metabolic pathway.

24 Feb 2026

Two-Step Fermentation Eliminates Unpleasant Plant Protein Odors

Off-putting smells can make even the healthiest of foods unpalatable.

16 Feb 2026

Complete Flax Genome Assembly Advances Fatty Acid Research

Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is one of the richest plant sources of alpha-linolenic acid, an essential omega-3 fatty acid linked to human health benefits ranging from cardiovascular protection to metabolic regulation.

13 Feb 2026

Plant Scientists Tackle Major Threat to UK Wheat

A fungus known as yellow rust can destroy wheat, reducing harvests and driving up prices, which in turn can affect the price of staple foods like bread and pasta.

13 Feb 2026

Study Reveals Planet-Wide Network of Interconnected Microbiomes

In a new study published in Cell, scientists in the Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg reveal that microbes living in similar habitats are more alike than those simply inhabiting the same geographical region.

10 Feb 2026

Genome Shock Breaks Reproductive Barriers in Plant Hybrids

In the plant world, when two different species mate, their offspring often don't survive. The reason lies in their DNA: incompatible genes often mix in their offspring, triggering a fatal breakdown known as hybrid lethality that acts as a reproductive barrier to keep species separate.

4 Feb 2026

Selective Mitophagy Enables Invasive Growth of Anthracnose Pathogen

Anthracnose is one of the most damaging fungal diseases affecting woody oil crops and many other plants, causing severe yield losses worldwide.

4 Feb 2026

Sugar Molecules Point to a New Weapon Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Australian researchers have developed a powerful new way to target deadly, drug-resistant bacteria by designing antibodies that recognize a sugar found only on bacterial cells – an advance that could underpin a new generation of immunotherapies for multidrug resistant hospital-acquired infections.

4 Feb 2026

Melbourne Scientists Use AI to Tame CRISPR

Last year a ten-month old baby in the US was the first person in the world to have their rare genetic disease effectively cured through the use of CRISPR gene editing technology.

27 Jan 2026

Novel Epigenetic Regulator Enhances Downy Mildew Resistance in Brassica rapa

Downy mildew is a major constraint on Brassica crop production worldwide, especially during early developmental stages when plants are highly vulnerable to infection.

27 Jan 2026

Bioinformatic Framework Reconstructs Evolutionary History of Complex Polyploid Genomes

Whole-genome duplication has repeatedly reshaped plant genomes and driven evolutionary innovation, ecological adaptation, and crop diversification.

24 Jan 2026

Global floating algae are rapidly expanding across Earth’s oceans

Recent AI-driven satellite studies show a significant increase in floating algae, highlighting shifts in ocean ecosystems and implications for climate change.

22 Jan 2026

Yeast-Based Platform Achieves Animal-Free High Quality Chondroitin Sulfate

By systematically redesigning multiple metabolic modules inside Komagataella phaffii, the researchers achieved both high product yield and high sulfation quality, two goals that have long been difficult to reach at the same time.

21 Jan 2026

Engineering Escherichia coli for Sustainable Biosynthesis of Lauryl Glucoside

By reconstructing a non-natural metabolic route in Escherichia coli, the researchers demonstrated that simple sugars can be biologically converted into lauryl glucoside through the coordinated production of its fatty alcohol precursor and a final glycosylation step.

21 Jan 2026

Rigid Protein Molecular Rulers Enable Precise Control of Antibody Conformation

By extending a naturally rigid bacterial protein by 50% while preserving geometry and stability, the study introduces protein-based "molecular rulers" that could probe antibody shape, limit unwanted motion, and support safer, more effective antibody drug design.

21 Jan 2026

Synthetic RNA Platform Converts Viral Replication Into Detectable Cellular Signals

The technology, called the Viral-Engineered RNA-based Activation System (VERAS), hijacks the virus's own replication machinery to switch on reporter or therapeutic genes precisely in infected cells.

9 Jan 2026

Deep Learning–Based Codon Optimization Framework Boosts Protein Expression in E. coli

By combining Transformer-based sequence modeling with a novel conditional probability strategy, the approach overcomes long-standing trade-offs between maximizing expression metrics and maintaining translational features critical for proper protein folding.

9 Jan 2026

Ancient WUS Genes and Expression Thresholds Shape Shoot Regeneration

Unlike animals, plants generate most organs after embryogenesis through stem cell–driven meristems, enabling lifelong growth and regeneration.

9 Jan 2026

Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering Drive Microbial L-Tryptophan Biomanufacturing

This review synthesizes progress in pathway optimization, regulatory rewiring, and microbial cell factory design that has driven L-Trp titers to industrially relevant levels while enabling the biosynthesis of downstream products ranging from neurotransmitters and plant hormones to dyes and complex alkaloids.

8 Jan 2026

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