Contemporary consumption patterns are intensifying the municipal solid waste (MSW) crisis across the Global South. In urban India, encompassing both major metropolitan areas and more than 4,000 statutory towns, MSW has emerged as a major environmental and development challenge, shaped by long-standing systemic inefficiencies in waste management. In this article, we present a data-driven analysis of post-independence trends in...

Key message ABM-BOx is a mission-critical transformation engine, built to fast-track genetic gains, boost climate resilience, and modernize outdated breeding programs into agile, data-driven, demand-responsive innovation platforms setting a global benchmark. Abstract Rice plays a central role in global food security as climate threats continue to rise. Fast-tracking genetic gains and developing climate-resilient, market-prefer...