Soil carbon can play a role in tackling climate change.
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Carbon in soil can help with tackling climate change. Maintaining soil quality by supporting farmers through economic incentives and technical approaches is important.
Edwards’s pheasants (Lophura edwardsi ) are a wild relative of domesticated chickens.
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Biodiversity is in crisis. Nowhere is this more serious than among the wild species which our livestock and crops descend from.
Cows are the most common cause of death.
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The industry relies on traditional family knowledge so it has been resistant to a culture of health and safety.
Workers spray pesticides on strawberry fields. Most of the studies that examine the effects of pesticides are funded by the chemical’s producer.
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Most studies on the use of pesticides are funded by those that produce the chemicals but only independent research can inform us about the best agricultural practices.
Prime Minister Andrew Fisher meets farmers in Murgon, Queensland, in 1913.
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In the early 20th century, voters in rural Australia began to organise politically for the first time – and proved crucial to the ousting of the reformist Labor government in 1913.
Global synchronization of food production negatively impacts food security.
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Governments need to think about global ways agricultural policies may affect the stability of the food system as a whole, beyond locally focused efforts to increase resilience in production.
Labor plans to create a national strategy on animal welfare.
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Labor hopes their six-point plan could turn around Australia’s poor international reputation on animal welfare.
Developing countries present an opportunity for agroecological innovations to help small-scale farmers.
Young people view agriculture more positively than often assumed.
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Agriculture is well placed to provide employment for millions across the African continent.
In sub-Saharan Africa, upgrading water infrastructure requires substantial investment and a sustainable model.
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Decision making on water infrastructure in peri-urban areas is challenging. But lessons have been learnt from a water project in Mozambique.
A John Deere tractor makes its way through floodwaters in Fargo, North Dakota.
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Recent extreme rains and weather in the Midwest are causing a multitude of problems in the topsoil that much of the nation’s food supply relies on.
All sorts of data is collected on Australian farms, such as stock numbers and crop details.
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Farming data collected by governments, agribusinesses and banks is regulated in a piecemeal fashion, and ends up beyond the reach of farmers.
It’s difficult for farmers to pass on the additional costs from a carbon tax.
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The bulk of Canada’s agricultural production is in the Prairie provinces.
Growing produce in cities is one way of boosting food production.
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The global population will top 9.5 billion by 2050 – but cities could play a major role in making sure everyone has enough to eat.
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Feeding pigs seaweed could make them, us and the planet healthier without contributing to antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
An ashy mining bee (Andrena cineraria ) – one of the species believed to be on the increase.
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Amid the insect extinction crisis, some species are actually increasing. Here’s why that’s not necessarily a good thing.
Villagers till their fields in South Africa’s North West Province. Access to land for small holder farmers remains unresolved.
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Land reform programme has done very little to improve access to land for black South Africans.
A man offers his services at a traffic intersection in Cape Town. Almost 55% of South African youth are unemployed.
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A national minimum wage could benefit young people who have jobs and stimulate those who have given up trying to find work. But those without work need additional help.
Farmer-led irrigation comes in many different shapes and forms.
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The green revolution: small-scale, informal irrigation is expanding in Zimbabwe and small scale farmers are leading the way.
Torrential rains in Malawi have caused dozens of deaths.
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High poverty levels mean people lack access to land and work and they are often driven to settle in zones that are exposed to natural hazards.