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The extension of laws on unfair contract terms to cover small businesses, may help farmers take more control of the data their farms generate.
We’re going to miss the Great Barrier Reef’s water quality targets unless we help farmers better
Organic farming has many benefits. It can better people’s lives and it’s good for biodiversity and the climate.
Drought is a problem in South Africa and it affects farmers. As a result, farmers and government are working together to develop strategies.
Working the land is a vital – and fruitful – career option.
Urban farms might be trendy, but they won’t replace rural agriculture anytime soon.
Intelligent trade policies can help limit the threats, including food security, that come with an uneven distribution of water resources across the globe.
Young farmers are more open to outside investment and ownership of the family farm, than older farmers, new research shows.
Our appetite for avocados affects more than just our choice of sandwich filling.
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.
The history of how the British fell out of love with seasonal farm work.
Two new studies have linked controversial pesticides neonicotinoides to wild bee and butterfly declines.
Depends on whether or not we reintroduce ‘rewilded’ animals such as bison or wolves.
Moves to tighten land-clearing laws in Queensland and New South Wales have been met with outrage from farmers. So how can we get regulation right?
Ever since British settlement, water rights in Australia’s north have favoured landowners over traditional owners, effectively locking Aboriginal people out of agricultural development.
The Productivity Commission says existing oversight is adequate to deal with misuse of market power.
Britain’s new environment secretary has a tough job on her hands.
If blockchains can deliver on supply chain transparency it could revolutionise the food industry.
It’s been proved that prizes can boost cultural innovation. The same is certainly true for innovation in agriculture – which Africa desperately needs.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Food Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor of Agroecology and Food Politics, Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University
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CGIAR System Organization
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Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Dept of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Regional and Rural Futures, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide
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Visiting Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
