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Small-scale farmers are likely to be hit hard if open-air markets close due to coronavirus fears. This could have a longer-term impact on the food supply chain.
Understanding rural household aspirations and taking them seriously in development planning could offer great potential in shaping the future of rural spaces.
We need to understand colonial histories to understand climate risks.
The wool industry was paralysed for several days after hackers held to ransom the IT system that governs almost all wool sales in Australia and New Zealand. More attacks are a case of if, not when.
By using the simple technique of harvesting when the lower leaves begin to turn to yellow, yam farmers can determine the earliest possible time to harvest.
Making ammonia produces almost 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions.
Smallholder avocado farmers in Kenya face several barriers to participating in export markets.
A new study has found that European and North American bumblebee populations have shrank by a third since 1970.
We all need to eat. Experts imagine how the next agricultural revolution can feed us while fighting climate change and habitat destruction, instead of accelerating it.
Advancements in data analytics can prevent food wastage and save farmers from significant losses along the fresh produce value chain.
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To increase food production, climate challenges will need to be overcome.
Soil and water conservation projects can create fertile farmlands and change migration patterns linked to land degradation in Burkina Faso.
Sweeping changes are in store for British farming, but they’re not guaranteed to benefit struggling ecosystems.
George Monbiot’s documentary could delight and frustrate cultured meat lovers in equal measure.
Overhunting of megafauna such as mammoths may have force us to take up farming, ultimately leading to modern society
New research shows even brief hot spells can damage seed quality.
Saving seed is a way of protecting the world’s vegetable varieties, saving money, and increasingly, a political statement too.
Smallholder farming might not be able to generate enough value on its own, but farmers still need support.
Our study predicts a further 0.5°C increase in temperature by 2041 will halve the current number of farmers in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Food Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor of Agroecology and Food Politics, Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University
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CGIAR System Organization
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Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Dept of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Regional and Rural Futures, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide
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Visiting Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
