Yam daisies on the left, cattle on the right.
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Newcomers in Australia found and took rich pastures made by Aboriginal fire. Without fire, pastures would revert to forest or scrub.
Farming needs substantial investment in on-farm infrastructure and equipment.
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Financing is available to farmers. What’s in contention is whether what’s available helps farmers enter the industry, expand and grow.
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Australia has almost 1.8 million farm dams – and some are home to threatened frog species
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Our research has found 30,000 farm dams which could be used as energy storage. Solar by day, hydro by night.
Placing vertical solar panels on farming land allows for energy production and higher yields.
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Using agricultural land for both solar and food production presents huge opportunities for Canadian farmers, especially in Alberta.
Groundwater is vital to communities in northern Kenya during droughts.
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Better monitoring of groundwater is important for sustainable management.
New homes under construction in Rochester, Kent.
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Developers will no longer have to offset nutrient pollution from new housing projects – the UK government say this won’t degrade water quality.
Ontario’s Greenbelt is a bastion of ecosystem diversity and the loss of parts of it would cause considerable harm.
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While Canada pledges $200 million to promote biodiversity, Doug Ford removes lands from the Greenbelt. Here is why we all should care.
A flock of puffins on a cliff in Northumberland, England.
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A new assessment of the population status of Europe’s birds reveals that the number of species that are of conservation concern is increasing.
In Canada and around the world, biosolids are widely used to improve agricultural farmland soil. Biosolids being sprayed on an agricultural field.
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We need to pay close attention to the potential impacts that high levels of microplastics might have on environments and find ways to reduce microplastic levels in Canada’s wastewater stream.
Chick peas intercropped with flax on a farm in Stanford, Mont.
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Conventional agriculture offers farmers few choices about which crops to grow or how to raise them. A new approach uses computing to construct better strategies with lower environmental impacts.
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We’re having a big impact on the planet. But what marks will we leave behind in deep time?
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The lupin bean is a nutritional marvel, but its bitter taste has so far made it only a niche food.
Mexican migrant workers harvest parsley on a farm in Wellington, Colo.
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Agriculture is one of the most dangerous industries in the US, with workers exposed to vehicles, chemicals and heavy equipment. Women working on farms face another risk: sexual assault.
Without strict regulation, farmers misuse pesticides. Kola Sulaimon/AFP/
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Nigeria’s agricultural products are banned by many western countries because of toxic pesticides. Good regulation can address the problem.
In 2022, government launched one million rice paddies, stacked in 15 pyramids, but the country’s food crisis has persisted.
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Fixing Nigeria’s food inflation goes beyond declaring a state of emergency.
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We studied 55,000 people’s diets and linked them to data on environmental impacts of food.
The grain deal allowed Ukrainian corn and other products to reach ports in Lebanon and elsewhere.
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Russia’s move, which it followed by bombing the key port city of Odesa and threatening to attack any ship sailing for Ukraine, sent global food prices skyrocketing.
Agriculture is a leading employer in Africa.
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Labour, yields, and biodiversity are all elements of agriculture that need to be balanced.
The new El Niño is unlikely to significantly increase global food prices, but some parts of the world will feel the pain.