Stemming the water crisis in the western US will require cities and rural areas to work together to make water use on farms – the largest source of demand – more efficient.
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Nigeria can save money spent importing citric acid by producing it from cashew waste.
As crops fail in the rising heat, men are leaving many rural areas for migrant work in cities. Women are left to tend to the farming in increasingly dangerous conditions.
Big data from social media have been revealed as biased, but we should also pay attention to agriculture firms whose play for big data is likely to have detrimental environmental and social impacts.
Finding radical new ways to feed the world is essential for our survival. A prominent environmental activist has considered the alternatives.
Climate change has forced Australia’s grape growers to band together to secure water, as well as plant new varieties and cut water use.
The deforestation of the Amazon in Brazil is at its peak, with 2022 breaking all records. Deforestation threatens human rights.
Many will be tempted to leave their land.
The influx of migrants from West Africa must be viewed as a manifestation of problems in the countries of origin.
Farmers are contending with huge spikes in fertilizer prices. The Biden administration is paying US companies to boost synthetic fertilizer production, but there are other, more sustainable options.
Industry seeks to capitalize on regenerative agriculture, but standards that focus only on carbon or other select environmental metrics will undermine its transformative potential
Policies, if implemented, would drive the agricultural sector’s growth in ways that would benefit all.
Ensuring the participation of ordinary citizens and producers in the industry is the big challenge facing African states.
A new study of dairying in Canterbury shows previous estimates vastly underestimate the impact of intensive farming. A 12-fold reduction in cow numbers could be needed to meet safe water standards.
Avian influenza virus — or bird flu — can infect domestic poultry such as chickens and turkeys, as well as wild birds. The H5N1 strain has been identified in Canada.
Up to 42,000 tonnes a year of microplastics are removed from sewage, spread on fields as fertiliser and eventually wash back into watercourses.
New research showed a type of wasp which eats its own siblings.
Scientists just grew plants in soil from the Moon, but Antarctica has long provided researchers with the perfect place to test their agricultural techniques for a future in space.
La Niña is only part of the problem. The long-term driver of increasing drought – even in areas getting more rainfall overall – is the rapidly warming climate.
The world is facing one of the century’s biggest challenges: How to nutritiously feed the growing population, address climate change and not destroy the ecosystems on which we all depend for life.
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton 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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Soil Scientist, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
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Former Foundation Professor of Animal Welfare, University of Queensland, Curtin University
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Professor & Director, Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chair professor, The University of Queensland
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Senior Analyst, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
