Soil health is at the heart of new government plans for farm payments with policies to increase soil organic matter and promote winter cover.
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Long before climate change was evident, California began planning a system of canals and reservoirs to carry water from the mountains to drier farms and cities. It’s no longer enough.
The paradise parrot was rediscovered by Cyril Jerrard, a Queensland grazier, in December 1921. But its return was fleeting.
The agricultural workforce is changing but a worryingly unsophisticated understanding of workforce diversity lingers in the sector – especially in terms of Indigenous involvement in agriculture.
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The global community must understand the importance of soil in order to protect it.
The probiotic decreases the presence of pathogens in the animal’s gut and can be used safely on a daily basis.
How can we improve the management of Queensland’s heritage sites? Can farming and the conservation of Aboriginal heritage co-exist?
A new study faults a well-established concept that informs land-use policies in developing countries.
Eliminating the divide between commercial agriculture (mainly white) and subsistence farming (mainly black) requires effective public policy and the right incentives.
Study shows that agriculture, one of the most important sectors, did not decline in 2020 compared to its historical trend. Service sectors were hit hard in each of the five countries.
Microplastics are polluting soil worldwide, but it’s often hard to analyse the impact. New research shows how we can assess the scale of the problem using modelling.
Barns are practical buildings, designed to safeguard farm animals and equipment. Why are so many of them painted to stand out from the landscape?
Mahmudia became a wasteland under dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu’s communist agricultural policy. But villagers fought to resurrect their home and reconnect with the wilderness.
Permaculture – a mashup of ‘permanent’ and ‘culture’ – is a way of doing agriculture that’s inspired by the resilience and biodiversity of healthy natural ecosystems.
Coal, cars, cash and trees: but what about the cows?
Nature-based solutions can help us sustainably tackle climate disasters - but to do that, they urgently need policy support.
Tea growers in Malawi and Kenya wanted site-specific climate information to help them manage and plan their farming practices to maximise yield and quality.
Yes, trees and soils can absorb and store carbon, but the carbon doesn’t stay stored forever. That’s one of the problems with how net-zero plans for the climate are being designed.
If we want to reduce carbon emissions and preserve planetary ecosystems, we need to protect our soils.
An expert on organic agriculture argues that the US is missing an economic and environmental opportunity by not working to scale up organic production.
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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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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Former Foundation Professor of Animal Welfare, University of Queensland, Curtin University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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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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Senior Analyst, University of Pretoria
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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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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
