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Advancements in data analytics can prevent food wastage and save farmers from significant losses along the fresh produce value chain.
A new generation of ranchers is exploring sustainable ways to raise cattle, sheep and goats in California. Some are grazing herds on fire-prone lands, reducing wildfire risks and improving soils.
Why poverty line data do not capture the ability of Tanzanians to build relatively good houses.
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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.
Mathematical modelling tools may predict where tsetse flies are being driven to extinction.
The solids from wastewater plants are usually dumped into landfills because they are contaminated with heavy metals. Now there is a way to remove the metals so the waste can be used as fertilizer.
George Monbiot’s documentary could delight and frustrate cultured meat lovers in equal measure.
Plastic packaging isn’t always the enemy and don’t be fooled by organic labels.
Overhunting of megafauna such as mammoths may have force us to take up farming, ultimately leading to modern society
We’re not powerless to change the future of food. Nature and technology can combine to nourish both the earth and its inhabitants.
2019 was a big year for dire warnings about the state of the planet, but crises can spur solutions.
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.
For crop farmers, the risk of low profit years has doubled.
Areas of the UK may lose their topsoil in little over a century according to new research.
The Indonesian government has been distributing funds for village development. In 2019, the money can also be used for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Smallholder farming might not be able to generate enough value on its own, but farmers still need support.
Industry lobbyists call it the ‘Great Food Transition’ and say it’s about saving the planet. But is this the whole story?
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Professorial Fellow, Fenner School for the Environment and Society, Australian National University
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