Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate is a lifestyle writer based in New York City. Consider the familiar elements of the desert: red clay, prickly pear cactus, ...

Climate change has made paramount the need to identify food crops that can grow in desert, with little water. Though some types of cactuses, like the prickly pear, have been consumed in Central ...

Far from China’s traditional tropical plantations, researchers have turned to the Gobi Desert as a testing ground for a new kind of strategic crop: high-value rubber-producing trees. The effort ...