An international team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has tracked changes in more than 114,000 rivers in High-mountain Asia over a 15-year period. The paper, published in AGU Advances, reported that nearly 10% of these rivers saw an increase in flow, with an increasing proportion of that water coming from glacial ice melt compared to precipitation.  

A team of researchers led by CABI have identified 9,071 pest species previously unreported in Uganda which pose potential concern in terms of possible threats to the livelihoods of smallholder farmers as well as food security in the country.

The study, published in Frontiers in Agronomy, used the CABI Horizon Scanning Tool to gather the data from which a subset of 1,517 pest species – such as Fusarium f.sp. cubence Tropical Race 4 (FoC TR4) on banana – for rapid risk assessment.

Recently, Associate Professor Wushuang Zhang et al. from Southwest University, China Agricultural University, and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences systematically reviewed the practices and achievements of green technology innovations in major food crops from 2000 to 2022. They aimed to answer the question: how can China’s agriculture achieve a balance between “high yield” and “high efficiency” amid increasing resource constraints? The related paper has been published in Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (DOI: 10.15302/J-FASE-2025633).

Recently, Professor Lin Ma et al. from Nanjing University, China Agricultural University, and Hebei Agricultural University proposed a new agricultural system research method that combines “top-down” and “bottom-up” approaches, providing a viable pathway to address this dilemma. The related paper has been published in Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (DOI: 10.15302/J-FASE-2025628).

Recently, Professor Wenfeng Cong et al. from China Agricultural University proposed a solution called “green technology”, validated through over 12,000 field comparison trials conducted via a nationwide collaborative network. This research not only addresses the aforementioned challenges but also introduces a novel agricultural research paradigm—the “12345” model. This model emphasizes starting from actual production needs and resolving the dual contradictions between high yield and environmental protection, as well as economic growth and ecological preservation, through multidisciplinary collaboration and participation from multiple stakeholders. The relevant paper has been published in Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (DOI: 10.15302/J-FASE-2025630).