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We asked six experts to nominate books that might help us avert environmental catastrophe. Here’s what they said.
A ‘right to grow’ law encouraging more locally-grown food could boost health, community pride and food supply resilience.
Whether a combine harvester or a Diplodocus is the cause, compacted soils are a big problem.
Land reform had not been held back by the constitution but by capacity constraints and a lack of political will.
A new study finds that by 2030, less than one-third of the world’s major crop harvests will go directly to feed people.
Millets have been around for thousands of years – and are back in fashion.
As long as industrial policies in Nigeria are introduced only as a crisis response, import restrictions will continue to be their focus.
Our work highlights the potential of phone surveys to monitor active and large-scale conflicts.
Drained peatlands contribute five per cent of global carbon emissions. Paludiculture, or agriculture on wet peatlands, protects peatlands and allows farmers to maintain their livelihoods.
Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may be a boon for maize crops in tropical growing regions like those found in much of Africa.
Under certain conditions, climate can amplify security risks, with implications for lasting peace.
South Africa needs a more holistic approach to farming systems.
A new ‘protein roadmap’ produced by CSIRO reveals foods set to fill fridges by 2030 as health, environmental and ethical concerns push consumers away from meat.
The preparation of ancient meals in prehistoric West Africa combined vegetables, pulses, tubers and, possibly, herbs and spices.
The state controls and regulates small farmers’ environmental practices without addressing what forces them to follow these practices.
The sourcing of wheat has factored into the political and strategic decisions and security of many countries.
Ukraine and Russia account for around 12% of the global market in food calories.
Growing native grasses as cattle forage is an example of working lands conservation – balancing human use of the land with conservation goals.
A scheme devised by the Morrison government to protect biodiversity and create new income for farmers may fail in its aims.
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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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
