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Rooibos tea is the first African product to receive EU protected designation. What does this mean for the region where it's grown?
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From the Arctic to the Amazon, the traditional food gathering techniques of indigenous communities are under threat from accelerating climate change and economic pressures...
Fabio Teixeira 25 Jun 2021
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The world is at a crossroads, as humanity tries to mitigate climate change and halt biodiversity loss, while still securing a supply of food for everyone...
Ruben Valbuena and Thomas Lovejoy 11 Jun 2021
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Worsening soil pollution and waste proliferation threaten the future of global food production, human health and the environment, and require an urgent global response...
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FAO Food Price Index posts fastest monthly increase to reach highest value since September 2011...
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Brito will step down after 15 years as CEO and 32 years at the company...
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The production of major types of citrus fruits, except that of lemons and limes, grew in 2020 thanks to good weather conditions in most producing regions...
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FAO Food Price Index posts 11th consecutive monthly increase, new forecasts point to growth in world wheat and maize output...
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The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has further destabilized global food chains supplies. Technological innovations like blockchain can help address these challenges...
Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, Carling Bieg, Evan Fraser and Sarah Marquis 16 Apr 2021
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Heineken has stated a new ambition to decarbonise its production by 2030 and its full value chain by 2040...
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According to a new report published by IndexBox, coffee yield figures remained robust in 2020 and coffee bean exports increased, despite the disruption to supply chains caused by the coronavirus restrictions...
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Vegetable oils drive FAO's Food Price Index higher in March while cereal quotations dip...
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Easter is the biggest chocolate-buying time of the year. But who's really paying for the cost of that chocolate?
John Dumay and James Guthrie 6 Apr 2021
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Aquaculture is a growing source of healthy protein for millions of people around the world, but there are big differences between farming fish on land and at sea.
Ben Belton, Dave Little and Wenbo Zhang 30 Mar 2021
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According to a new study, biomass plantations for energy production need sustainable water management in order to avoid a substantial increase in water scarcity.
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Chanel is backing a new climate adaptation fund that aims to raise $100m by 2025 to invest in projects to promote sustainable agriculture, protect forests and support small-scale farmers in developing countries...
Michael Taylor 11 Jun 2021
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Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, is the winner of the 2021 World Food Prize for her work identifying small fish as valuable nutrition sources for developing countries...
Ben Belton 26 May 2021
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Planting trees can sometimes be a carbon-offset box-ticking exercise, but reforestation is a long-term commitment that supports communities, promotes biodiversity and tackles the climate emergency...
Tristram Hales, Benoit Goossens and Mike Bruford 21 May 2021
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In the past year, waves of the desert locusts have swept across East Africa, Yemen and southwest Asia in massive swarms which have contained up to 80 million in a single square kilometre...
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Farmers can help slow climate change by mixing native grasses into croplands, restoring wetlands and raising perennial crops. These strategies also conserve soil and water and build new markets...
