Category Recent Researches

PSYCHOLOGY, BEHAVIORAL ECONOMISTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Behavioral economists study how people make decisions. Their findings are not only relevant to economics but also to climate policy.  Recently there has been increasing interest in behavioral economics and the contribution from research by psychologists. The following draws particularly…

Research for small farmers in Pakistan

A Charles Sturt University (CSU) student has set his sights on filling an annual forage production gap for smallholder Pakistani farmers by equipping them to successfully grow improved seed for quality forage production.   Mr Muhammad Shoaib Tufail is doing…

New research shows plants talking

Farmers know well the issues that can arise with their crops. One of the biggies is insects eating plants. What’s interesting, though, is that recently more studies are being done on how plants communicate with and to the environment around…