Aquaculture farmers often use antibiotics this can result in antibiotic-resistance in seafood.
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The presence of antibiotics in the environment poses a threat to global public health, food safety and human existence.
Not all blueberries are the same. A variety called Ridley 1111 is at the centre of an important lawsuit for intellectual property and plants.
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Bigger penalties for pirating plants could help encourage growers to develop new varieties.
The development of an industry in edible insects such as these mopane caterpillars has been slow.
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There needs to be more awareness of the benefits of insects as food, and support for farming and markets.
Turkey is cheaper than ever before.
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Turkey has become easier to produce over the years, making it easier on American wallets – with some environmental benefits as well.
Synthetic biology can help agriculture adapt to a changing world.
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Synthetic biology lets us explore places where evolution has never gone, to help meet humanity’s food needs in a future shaped by climate change.
There are different types of drought and how they affect different sectors of society varies.
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Not all droughts are the same and South Africa needs to have a targeted approach to each type.
Game farms in South Africa often supply the canned hunting sector.
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Private game farming isn’t being managed in a socially or environmentally sustainable way.
The impact of climate change on agriculture will affect food supplies.
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The impact of climate change on agriculture and food production is clear: the sector will suffer. Here’s what needs to be done.
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To break the cycle of poverty and malnutrition, the government needs to ensure that children have access to sufficient healthy food.
Fishing boats in Senegal.
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The EU continues to enter into fresh agreements with countries, despite evidence of serious population declines in the species of interest.
Yellow-headed Blackbird in flight over cattails in a prairie marshland in Alberta.
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The Canadian Prairies are vanishing more quickly than the Amazon rainforest as they are converted for agriculture and industrial uses.
The Yorkshire Dales, England.
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Much of the UK’s farmland is unproductive. It could be put to better use storing carbon, offering recreation and providing wildlife habitat.
It’s harvest time.
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American farmers have suffered the most as a result of China’s retaliatory tariffs yet surveys show they still back the president and his trade war.
Soybean farmers in Brazil sued Monsanto for a royalty collection system that they say violates their planting rights. A soybean harvest in Mato Grosso, Brazil, March 27, 2012.
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Farmers worldwide say Monsanto’s policy of charging for every use of its genetically modified seeds violates their planting rights. But judges in these patent law cases aren’t so sure.
Eastern-yellow robin. Some 60 per cent of the native birds of south-east mainland Australia have lost more than half of their natural habitat.
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Aside from their intrinsic value, common bird species might be one of the only ways we connect with nature in our everyday lives. But these opportunities are under threat.
The border closure has affected goods from other West African countries.
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Efforts to increase trade within the continent are being undermined from the start
Where has your produce been?
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Take a look at the first high-resolution map of the US food supply chain.
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But better diets and less food waste would reduce reliance on imported organic food
Diani Beach, Kenya.
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Government leadership is needed to manage the aquifer as a system for all, including environmental services, rather than for the powerful few.
Strips of native prairie grasses planted on Larry and Margaret Stone’s Iowa farm protect soil, water and wildlife.
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Investing in farming methods that improve lands and water, and in rural infrastructure and markets, could bring new prosperity to agricultural communities.