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Depends on whether or not we reintroduce ‘rewilded’ animals such as bison or wolves.
Bees and other pollinating insects are under stress worldwide. Research in South Texas shows that simple steps like planting wildflowers near fields can help pollinators and boost farmers’ profits.
Here’s another reason to stop land clearing: it’s making Australia hotter and drier.
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 problem of climate change and crop development represents a challenge for agricultural systems across the globe.
The Productivity Commission report finds that the agricultural industry is overburdened by red tape but there’s still no clear solution for the best type of regulation.
Britain’s new environment secretary has a tough job on her hands.
Crime on the ocean is not only about illegal fishing – it ranges from drug smuggling to human trafficking and modern-day slavery as well.
It’s been proved that prizes can boost cultural innovation. The same is certainly true for innovation in agriculture – which Africa desperately needs.
Excess nutrients from farm fields cause widespread water pollution across the U.S. Bioreactors – essentially, ditches filled with wood chips – are emerging as a way to reduce nutrient pollution.
On the big national policies affecting non-metropolitan Australia, such as agriculture and trade, the major party differences are minor. That’s why the election focus turns to local projects.
It’s unclear what South Africa’s attitude will be to negotiating new deals with the UK and the EU. In the past seven years it has lost its appetite for trade deals, particularly with the developed world.
Despite numerous challenges, Rwanda has made significant agricultural strides.
Scientists are working out how to grow plants in space, ready to use them as food when we visit other planets.
There’s rarely good news in conservation - but we’ve been studying a program that actually works.
The Coalition has ramped up the race to fund the Great Barrier Reef’s protection. All three major parties have promised hundreds of millions of dollars, but where from, and what will they be spent on?
Invasive species and diseases pose a major threat to agriculture – particularly in the countries that can least afford it.
Subsidies wouldn’t disappear overnight, but help for farmers would be gradually reduced each year.
Urbanisation will require massive amounts of water to sustain the livelihoods of millions expected to move into cities. This may happen at farmers’ expense.
Top contributors
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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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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Professor & Director, Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Associate Professor, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Analyst, University of Pretoria
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Chair professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
