A new report presented in New York on 8 April reveals that current United Nations projections on infant mortality rates are ...

With current estimates placing 43% of the world's 8.2 billion people in rural areas, the new findings have far-reaching consequences. Official population estimates published by the UN and the ...

A new way of estimating rural populations has found that we may be undercounting people who live in these areas, potentially ...

Agronomists question statistical methods used to predict yield potential and 'yield gaps' for major crops. In some cases, yield potential is overestimated, while in others it can be underestimated. It ...

A study published in the journal Nature Communications reveals that the global population, particularly in rural areas, may ...

Because of low birth rates, the world’s population is on the way to declining for the first time in human history.

Most estimates place Earth’s human population at around 8.2 billion, but Josias Láng-Ritter—a postdoctoral researcher at ...

A study by Aalto University reveals that rural populations might be significantly undercounted. Researchers found potential underestimations ranging f ...