Agriculture does not exist in a vacuum: Public policy, markets and social expectations can all disrupt the rebound effect. Jevons reminds us that efficiency changes behavior, but it does not dictate ...

The global agricultural system is not only obsolete and failing to feed the world’s population, but centuries of intensive farming have caused extensive damage to fragile ecosystems. Regenerative ...

Agriculture is more than waving fields of wheat; our ability to grow food from existing natural resources –and without decimating those resources –is key to sustainably feeding the world. In this ...

Dr. Prashant Prabhakar Deshpande has post-graduated in Economics with a Gold Medal in 1976 and was awarded a Ph.D in Social Sciences from Nagpur University in 2007. Crop loss caused by unpredictable ...