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Bigger penalties for pirating plants could help encourage growers to develop new varieties.
There needs to be more awareness of the benefits of insects as food, and support for farming and markets.
Turkey has become easier to produce over the years, making it easier on American wallets – with some environmental benefits as well.
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.
Not all droughts are the same and South Africa needs to have a targeted approach to each type.
Private game farming isn’t being managed in a socially or environmentally sustainable way.
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.
The EU continues to enter into fresh agreements with countries, despite evidence of serious population declines in the species of interest.
The Canadian Prairies are vanishing more quickly than the Amazon rainforest as they are converted for agriculture and industrial uses.
Much of the UK’s farmland is unproductive. It could be put to better use storing carbon, offering recreation and providing wildlife habitat.
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.
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.
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.
Efforts to increase trade within the continent are being undermined from the start
Take a look at the first high-resolution map of the US food supply chain.
But better diets and less food waste would reduce reliance on imported organic food
Government leadership is needed to manage the aquifer as a system for all, including environmental services, rather than for the powerful few.
Investing in farming methods that improve lands and water, and in rural infrastructure and markets, could bring new prosperity to agricultural communities.
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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
