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Ancient DNA Reveals How Farming Spread and Nearly Broke a Civilization

Ancient DNA reveals how family bonds helped Andean communities survive climate crisis, disease, and the pressures of early farming. A recent study published in Nature reconstructs...

Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz

About 15,000 years ago, southeastern Manitoba sat beneath tens of meters of frigid water. Lake Agassiz —which once encompassed present-day Lake Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg, and Lake o...

Animal Bones Uncover Neolithic Farming at Dispilio Settlement in Greece

Thousands of animal bones recovered from Dispilio, a Neolithic lakeside settlement in Greece, show how ancient farmers raised cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats more than 5,000 years a...

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दुनिया का पहला किसान कौन था? उसने कौनसी फसल बोई थी, किस देश से था उसका ताल्लुक

Ancient farming communities to be focus of upcoming Burren festival

How thousands of years of farming formed the Burren landscape and how careful farming actively protects those monuments during modern land improvements is the focus of an upcoming...

Amish Farming Methods Every Prepper Should Know

When the grid goes down, the Amish will not notice. That is not a figure of speech. These communities have spent three centuries building agricultural systems that function entirel...

Land Use Practices of Neolithic Monument Builders Evaluated

POZNAŃ, POLAND—According to a Science in Poland report, analysis of charcoal and pollen in ancient […] The post Land Use Practices of Neolithic Monument Builders Evaluated appeared...

Ancient Maya knowledge helps Guatemalan farmers cut agrochemical use

In the mountain villages of Guatemala’s Western Highlands, farmers are combining ancient Maya knowledge with modern sustainable farming techniques to protect their crops from pests...

How to Repair Underground Farm Pipes Without Disrupting Your Crops

Underground irrigation and drainage systems are essential to modern farming because they support healthy soil conditions for crop growth. Over time, these buried pipes can develop...

Smart Farming Is Not the Future. It Is Already Here

ROME, June 30 (IPS) - Farmers today are producing food under pressures that would have been unimaginable to previous generations. Input costs are rising and supply chains are unre...

The age of the super farmer: How technology is enabling the average farmer

Agriculture is an industry that has been at the mercy of the elements since time immemorial. Before the Industrial Revolution, agrarian societies could be wiped out by bad harvests...

Early Herders in East Africa Continued to Collect Wild Foods

VANCOUVER, CANADA—Analysis of isotope levels in teeth from more than 100 people who lived between […] The post Early Herders in East Africa Continued to Collect Wild Foods appeared...

Ancient DNA reveals how women helped transform prehistoric Europe

New DNA evidence shows that Europe’s hunter-gatherers and early farmers interacted far more closely than previously thought, with women likely playing a crucial role in spreading f...

5,500-year-old Canaanite blade factory discovered in Israel reveals surprisingly advanced society

Smithsonian says early humans used stone tools to cut, pound, and access new foods, including meat…

Smithsonian says early humans used stone tools to cut, pound, and access new foods, including meat...

Beeswax Traces Reveal Early Beekeeping in Ancient Greece

New evidence of beekeeping and beeswax use in ancient Greece is emerging from pottery pulled out of a remote cave on the Greek island of Kythera. A recent study found chemical trac...

The Afghan women farmers keeping their village alive

The fields of Eshtiwi show only the first faint signs of growth in June, with small green sprouts emerging around the village.Habiba, who spoke to AFP while busy weeding, is proud...

Why Farms Should Prioritize Tillage and Planting Equipment Upkeep

In the agricultural sector, success is measured in the narrowest of margins. Both smallholder and large-scale operators can thrive by optimizing the brief planting window, which re...

Ancient Things We Found That Were Ahead of Their Time

One of the Oldest Agricultural Innovations Needs New Actions

ROME, May 19 (IPS) - For thousands of years, humans have kept bees. Beekeeping is a key agricultural activity, yet its full potential remains largely unrealized. Beekeeping produc...

Primed Plants are Prime Plants

From ancient Roman seed-soaking recipes to modern nanopriming, seed priming could help crops germinate faster and survive drought, heat and salinity in a changing climate.

China's thriving smart agriculture goes global

JINAN, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Intelligent technologies are being applied to farmland in Shouguang, an eastern Chinese city known as a major vegetable production base, showcasing the la...

China Focus: China's thriving smart agriculture goes global

JINAN, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Intelligent technologies are being applied to farmland in Shouguang, an eastern Chinese city known as a major vegetable production base, showcasing the la...