Roberto Martínez, CEO of PepsiCo Foods Mexico, is capitalizing on digital tools to better understand the needs of new consumers. And he’s not forgetting about the power of empathy.

Amid alarming scarcity, some companies are going beyond incremental improvements to change how water is used and managed.

For agribusinesses, implementing new technologies requires focusing on four critical capabilities.

Linamar is evolving from an automotive supplier into fields such as agricultural equipment and infrastructure. As CEO Linda Hasenfratz tells us, it’s all part of the 100-year plan.

The future of agriculture could be small farms, closer to consumers, that use technology to grow food more efficiently.

Investment in agricultural R&D is essential to feeding the world’s growing population.

As a tightening in farm labor shows, employers must choose from a handful of undesirable options to stay in business.

The persistence of shortages in a range of industries indicates the market is far from efficient.

The world’s largest innovators are shifting the focus of their R&D investments from products to programming. See also “How Non-Tech Companies Are Joining the Software Revolution — in Pictures."

Like manufacturing, American agriculture has near-record output, but employs far fewer people than it did decades ago.

A collective intellectual effort offers self-help for a nation struggling to adapt to a new global climate.

The gulf between the interests of small entrepreneurs and global corporations is enormous.

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In addition to productivity and tech improvements, systemic changes will be necessary if growth is to be sustained in China.

Physicist William Cooke discusses the potential for algal biofuels to become the next big alternative energy source.

Why global companies need to rethink their operating models.

Even as the world’s population reaches 7 billion, the rate of growth is slowing and workforces are aging. Companies and countries can prosper by preparing for the changes to come.

Historian Elin Whitney-Smith looks at previous periods of disruption to understand what companies (and people) are going through today.

Gregory Unruh, author of Earth, Inc.: Using Nature’s Rules to Build Sustainable Profits, introduces a passage about the price of critical resources from The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do, by Eduardo Porter.

As growing numbers of women enter the economic mainstream, they will have a profound effect on global business.

Noble Group CEO Richard Elman discusses risk, opportunity, and his growth strategy for the commodities business.

How John Deere bucked industrial trends to become an international growth star.

Myths abound regarding the pros and cons of biofuels. Here is a scorecard to separate truth from fiction.

N.R. Narayana Murthy, chief mentor and cofounder of Infosys Technologies, sees a bright future for developing countries — if they can use their success to address the problems of poverty.