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Climate-smart agriculture refers to practices that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and/or sequester soil carbon. The color difference between the two soils is due to no-till adoption on the right, which resulted the the capture of more carbon. Photo by Vitor Rampazzo Favoretto.

Federal lawmakers focus in on climate-smart agriculture

March 14, 2022

Publications

Call for nominations

March 14, 2022

Publications update

December 23, 2021

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New books

November 8, 2021

Diversity, equity & inclusion

DEI workplace certificate

Staff complete DEI certification

March 14, 2022

Presidents messages

SOCIETY PRESIDENTS AND ASF CHAIR

Improving our climate of inclusivity

December 23, 2021

This year’s Congressional Visits Day saw 114 members, students, Certified Crop Advisers, and staff meeting online with 131 congressional offices to advocate for increased USDA research funding programs in 2022. Pictured here are Chelsea Obeidy, Julie McClure, Matthew Polizzotto, and Jack Karlin meeting with Richard Parker and Katie Lample from the office of Sen. Jeff Merkley (OR).

Year in review

November 28, 2021

Women in science

Mentorship can help spread educational privilege more equitably. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/insta_photos.

A legacy of educational privilege

November 28, 2021

Current portfolio for the National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator.

National Science Foundation’s Convergence accelerator accelerates solutions for societal challenges

November 28, 2021

Members forum

Inside the N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry. Photo courtesy of Flickr/Dag Terje Filip Endresen.

Can the world food prize be posthumous?

November 21, 2021

Call for Papers: Intercropping for Sustainable Agriculture

Call for Papers: Rice Genomics

Call for Papers: Crop Production in Mexico

Call for Papers: Phenomics of Germplasm Collection

Call for Papers: Advancement of Fate and Transport of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Vadose Zone