A new El Niño phase is likely to begin within weeks, putting agriculture on alert around the world. New analyses by experts at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) allow for detailed mapping of where El Nino-linked drought is most likely to impact crops and pasturelands.

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a vital food security crop and industrial feedstock worldwide. Although the excessive use of chemical fertilizers threatens soil health and sustainable agriculture, organic amendments provide an environmentally friendly alternative. In this study, organic fertilizer (chicken manure) was set as treatment and chemical fertilizer as control.

Dietary deficiencies in essential micronutrients and other phytonutrients represent a global health and economic burden, contributing to “hidden hunger” and chronic diseases. While genome editing has been employed to improve individual nutritional traits in crops, multibiofortification through simultaneous modification of multiple distinct metabolic pathways is more challenging. Here, we designed a multiplex CRISPR-Cas strategy to edit five key genes in tomato: