Agriculture and Natural Resources at the National Academies

08/13/2021

Land Grant Universities and Colleges have historically played important roles in research, education, and the distribution of information and practices to support America's highly productive agriculture community.

Nominate an expert for the new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine study on Enhancing Coordination Between Land Grant Universities and Colleges:

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08/10/2021

Nominate an expert to serve on The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources. We are seeking expertise in animal nutrition, applied genomics, digital agriculture, ecological restoration, environmental economics, forest management, One Health, and more! https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6426587/Call-for-Nominations-Board-on-Agriculture-and-Natural-Resources

08/04/2021

Nominate Experts to serve on a new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee to Review the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action Research Task Force “White Paper on Building a Scientific Roadmap to a Carbon Negative Agricultural System” https://nationalacademies.org/our-work/review-of-the-us-farmers-ranchers-alliance-research-task-force-white-paper-on-building-a-scientific-roadmap-to-a-carbon-negative-agricultural-system

06/24/2021

Join The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine June 29 at 12pm ET to hear from experts on the future of automation and artificial intelligence on U.S. agriculture and possible impacts on farmers, farm workers, and food production.

Register: https://nationalacademies.org/event/06-29-2021/labor-and-automation-effects-on-social-sustainability-and-resilience-in-us-agriculture

06/07/2021

Join the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources for a webinar exploring the implications of groundwater scarcity on the food supply and to consider what role The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine might play in averting a future food production crisis, tomorrow June 8 at 3pm ET https://nationalacademies.org/event/06-08-2021/groundwater-scarcity-implications-for-us-agricultural-production-and-global-food-security

06/01/2021

Two of the world’s great agricultural challenges require bold new approaches and could share a solution. Nitrogen (N) pollution, affecting water, air, and the climate, presents one massive challenge. Ninety percent of increased reactive N originates as synthetic fertilizer applied to agricultural ...

06/01/2021

The Sudanese Kordofan melon, which has nonbitter whitish pulp, may be the closest relative to and a precursor of domesticated watermelons. In PNAS: http://ow.ly/SgF050EUR9U

06/01/2021

Ancient human transportation and cultivation of native plants may influence modern plant diversity: http://ow.ly/azjA50EUTdC Ars Technica PNAS article: http://ow.ly/UaT950EUTdD

06/01/2021

Download a PDF of "Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030" by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...

05/03/2021

Just announced! Provisional committee appointed for new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine study on Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels in the US: https://nationalacademies.org/our-work/current-methods-for-life-cycle-analyses-of-low-carbon-transportation-fuels-in-the-united-states

04/21/2021

Road dust, sea spray, and agricultural soil dust could be the main drivers of atmospheric microplastic pollution in the western United States: http://ow.ly/hRcQ50EtpRl WIRED PNAS article: http://ow.ly/5bUD50EtpRk