A global map of agricultural land across 168 countries has revealed that 64 percent of land used for agriculture and food crops is at risk of pesticide pollution. Almost a third of these areas are ...

All farmers on the ground know their land as well as their own wrinkled hands, but totaling up all the world's cropland is a difficult task. Yet the competition for land among developers, growers and ...

This week the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an updated version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM)—a datum used by gardeners and farmers to determine which plants are most likely ...

Move will reduce duplication and make high-quality maps more accessible to the public. A new Web portal being put together by the Agriculture Department aims to reduce duplication in the agency's ...

A new federal broadband map is on the way and is supposed to include a list of all buildings that could benefit from broadband access. But a recent change calls into question whether agricultural ...

The plight of wild honey bees is a topic we have covered time and again, as the little winged agricultural assistants continue to disappear. Some 30 percent of bee populations are dying off each year, ...

Egypt - The National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation presented a map of crops for the winter agricultural season 2023-2024.