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Articles about Agricultural Productivity

Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Public Agricultural Research Is Drifting Away From Farm Productivity
RELEASE: Letter Responds to USDA Reorganization, Warns Against Diminished R&D Capacity

Washington, DC — September 29, 2025 — The Breakthrough Institute submitted a letter in response to the proposed…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Food and Agriculture

by Benjamin Goren & Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Stifling Agricultural Research in the Name of Climate Denial
Food and Agriculture

by Alex Smith
Cheap Food Is The Only Option
Energy and Climate

by Patrick Brown
No, Our Adaptation to Global Warming Is Not Largely Fictional
Energy and Climate

by George Morrison
Fact Checking “The Language of Climate Politics”
Food and Agriculture

by Vijaya Ramachandran & Alex Smith
When it Comes to Food, Is the New York Times Out to Lunch?
Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass & Alex Smith
Public Financing for Agricultural Decarbonization and Abundance
Food and Agriculture

by Vijaya Ramachandran & Alex Smith
The West Needs to Come to Grips with African Fertilizer Needs
Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto
The Case for Doubling Down on Agricultural R&D
Food and Agriculture

by Patricia Mathu & Alex Smith
Conservation Vs. the Climate
Food and Agriculture

by Alex Smith & Dan Blaustein-Rejto
The Inflation Reduction Act Neglects Agriculture Research. That's a Mistake.
Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Farming Better
by David Douglas & Linus Blomqvist
Is Precision Agriculture the Way to Peak Cropland?
Food and Agriculture

by Linus Blomqvist
Do High Agricultural Yields Spare Land for Conservation?

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