Farmers have been waging war against pests since humans first started planting crops. More recently, advances in pesticides curbed many of the crop losses that farmers experiencing, which has helped planet's population to grow 8 billion people. However, some come with a cost; they inadvertently kill pollinator species agriculture industry relies upon fertilize their Not only do unintentional vi...

Some people look younger than their age, others older. Have you ever wondered why? Can we help our bodies age more slowly? Although there seems to be no way reverse the process of aging, may able slow it down. Improving diets help! Humans are born with an internal biological clock within cells, which reflects aging state body. This is called epigenetic clock, and can changed by what eat. In thi...

How does agricultural insurance affect the modernization of farming in low income countries? We focus on institutional contexts without formal contract enforcement, where smallholders cannot access modern inputs via markets. Instead, farmers can engage relational contracting with traders to sell their crop and gain (as an advance in-kind payment). Although conventional theory assumes that “crow...