A crop-borne fungus that targets wheat, named Ug99 because it was first identified in Uganda in 1999, has become one of the primary threats to global food security. Newfound virulence in the evolving stem-rust strain suggests the fungus could destroy as much as 80% of the world’s most widely grown crop: wheat. Jim Peterson, who [...]

World grain stocks have fallen below sustainable levels for several years running, with demand outpacing supply and reserve stocks dwindling. China, one of the world’s top grain exporters up until this decade, has begun importing grain to meet its own food demands. The overconsumption of water resources, like the irreversible draining of North…[Read more]