Smallholder rice farmers in Ghana should be supported by the government to access finance needed to adopt modern technologies for greater productivity.
Zimbabwe’s 2021 bumper harvest is a welcome development but, it’s important to know what’s behind this success and what challenges remain.
Methane is the world’s second most abundant greenhouse gas, and it’s many times more potent than carbon dioxide.
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Small and medium-scale farmers and agri-businesses in Southern and Eastern Africa, which are at the heart of inclusive food value chains, are not receiving fair prices for their produce.
The hidden costs of industrial food production include immense health and environmental impacts. These include millions of deaths, climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.
A farmer walks through a rice paddy in India’s northeastern state of Assam.
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Xiaoming Xu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign e Atul Jain, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A new study provides a detailed way to calculate the climate impact of food production, which could lead to more sustainable farming policies and methods.
Creating a set of classification and grading rules for each agricultural product has proved cumbersome and added to costs of production.
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To rebuild lost credibility, the South African government can start by listening to social partners and the business sector and implementing less financially costly policies
A typical limestone karst landscape in China.
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Soil degradation is a huge challenge for farmers around the world. But new research is showing how farmers can balance crop yields with protecting the environment.
Cape Honeybee gathering pollen from a rock rose flower - South Africa.
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Tlou Masehela, South African National Biodiversity Institute
Honeybees are crucial for pollinating crops and plants. They need good forage resources to do this and these resources are under threat in South Africa.
Adopting more environmentally conscious farm models would safeguard our agricultural exports, cut emissions and help protect nature.
In north Ethiopia, farmers commonly use an ox-drawn single-tined plough called mahrasha.
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Globally, experts are beginning to recognise that focusing on one aspect of food overlooks the trade-offs or sacrifices people make.
Organic vegetables at the Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens, Goleta, Calif.
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Four out of five Americans regularly buy some kind of organic food. An expert on the industry says more federal support could greatly expand organic farming and its environmental benefits.
Managing Director, Triple Helix Consulting; Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Professorial Fellow, ANU Fenner School for the Environment and Society, Australian National University