Intelligent trade policies can help limit the threats, including food security, that come with an uneven distribution of water resources across the globe.
Younger farmers are more willing to take up the opportunities presented by outside investment, a new study shows.
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Australia’s Great Northern Savannas are the largest and most intact ecosystem of their kind on Earth. But they still face pressure from grazing, mining and agricultural expansion.
Ever since British settlement, water rights in Australia’s north have favoured landowners over traditional owners, effectively locking Aboriginal people out of agricultural development.
Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has been pushing for tighter restrictions on foreign investment in agricultural land.
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Britain’s new environment secretary has a tough job on her hands.
Proving the supply chain of the multi-billion dollar tuna industry is fertile testing ground for blockchain technology.
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