.... However, the modest results of earlier generations of biotechnology—such as genetically modified (GM) crops—raise questions about the sustainability of new technological interventions. This special feature examines lessons learned from previous generations of GM crops and other agricultural technologies...

... to both procedural and distributive forms of justice. While the long-term results of these recent developments remain to be seen, they demonstrate an evolving commitment among diverse State and non-State entities to understand and address systemic inequality in agricultural land access and tenure...

...K. Aysha Peterson; Madeleine Fairbairn; Flora Lu Agricultural extension has long been the subject of scholarly critiques for its hierarchical approach to knowledge transfer and its complicity in promoting agricultural intensification and farm sector consolidation. Here, however, we suggest...

...Rimal Abeed; Cathy Clerbaux; Lieven Clarisse; Martin Van Damme; Pierre-François Coheur; Sarah Safieddine The agricultural sector in Syria was heavily affected by the civil war that started in 2011. We investigate the war’s impact on the country’s atmospheric ammonia (NH 3 ) from 2008 to 2019, using...

...Amadou Sidibé; Laura Schmitt Olabisi; Hawa Doumbia; Kadiatou Touré; Cris Auguste Niamba Digitization in agriculture is gaining momentum in developing countries. Digital technology aims to improve linkages along the agriculture value chain, thereby enabling farming communities and systems to recover...

...Theresa Selfa; Sonja Lindberg; Carmen Bain Biotechnologies in agriculture and food are increasingly governed by both state and nonstate actors. In this article, we explore emerging tensions and contestations in the United States over how gene-editing technologies in agriculture and food should...

...Rachel E. Schattman; Luke Trinity; Eric M. Clark; Scott C. Merrill There are many examples of nonmonetary awards which can serve as proxies for social recognition of good agricultural stewardship and conservation behavior. However, the degree to which these awards motivate implementation...

...Patrick F. Baur Leafy greens cause a growing proportion of foodborne illness outbreaks despite heavy investment in surveillance technologies designed to control pathogenic hazards in agriculture. To understand how the governing regime maintains authority despite continual lapses in control, I...

...Jack A. Heinemann; Deborah J. Paull; Sophie Walker; Brigitta Kurenbach Biotechnology describes a range of human activities in medicine, agriculture, and environmental management. One biotechnology in particular, gene technology, continues to evolve both in capacity and potential to benefit and harm...

... concerned with the diversion of human urine from the waste stream for its re-use in agriculture. The study took place in two regions of the U.S., New England and the Upper Midwest (most specifically Vermont and Michigan) and suggests the importance of ethnographic perspectives in a participatory action...

...Liz Carlisle; Maywa Montenegro de Wit; Marcia S. DeLonge; Adam Calo; Christy Getz; Joanna Ory; Katherine Munden-Dixon; Ryan Galt; Brett Melone; Reggie Knox; Alastair Iles; Daniel Press; Anne R. Kapuscinski; Ernesto Méndez Sustainable agriculture is among the most urgently needed work in the United...

... are a particular problem in this regard. Agricultural practices changed dramatically following World War II. Methods for the production of nitrogen for manufacturing explosives were adapted for use as fertilizer in agriculture. Further, chemicals used to combat insect vectors for disease during World War II were...

...Rachel E. Schattman; David Conner; V. Ernesto Méndez; Anne R. Kapuscinski; Ricardo J. Salvador Little research has been conducted on how agricultural producers in the northeastern United States conceptualize climate-related risk and how these farmers address risk through on-farm management...

... the different modes of insect pest evolution structure a set of relevant questions and approaches for ecological pest management. By acknowledging how agricultural history and geography shape the ecology and evolution of insect pests, we may collectively develop a better capacity to identify where and how...