Increasing welfare through healthy eating habits (Part 2)
Part 2 – Behavioral Change Technique applied to food decision-making Peter, on the advice of Kate and Hugo, decides to watch a documentary about the body effects of excessive consumption […]
Food Production
Increasing welfare through healthy eating habits
Part one – The effect of loss-aversion in the hesitancy of changing food habits Peter is an 18-year-old boy in his first year of university. From an early age, he […]
Will we drink coffee in 2050?
Coffee is one of the most famous plants in the world: it takes 3-4 years before it produces berries, which will then be harvested, cleaned, and roasted. Every day almost […]
Extreme temperatures keep affecting wheat production in Europe
Yet another year, climate change shows its effect more vividly on European summer. Extreme temperatures have devastated corn fields in North Europe, while a combination of droughts and high intensity […]
The evolution of agriculture: how we lost productivity, efficiency and stability of our fields
Nowadays, the agricultural sector is ruled by the industrial approach: fields are factories guided by the rule of business. Nature does not play the main role anymore. We expanded our […]
Agrisource : an Open-Innovation Platform for Climate-Smart Agriculture
With 10% of the world facing food and water scarcity, any viable solution to meet the challenge of global food production must extend beyond field-level problems and encompass a wider, […]