GLOBAL
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...
GLOBAL
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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EU-banned pesticides could not only threaten wild bees where they eat, but where they sleep too...
Philip Donkersley 3 Mar 2021
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Researchers have unearthed a 'biological switch' which could boost crop yield worldwide...
Malcolm Bennett, Bipin Pandey and Sacha Mooney 18 Jan 2021
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Despite their enormous value, mangroves are being removed at an alarming rate. A new tool aims to help communities reverse mangrove loss and tap into conservation programmes and funding.
Trevor Gareth Jones 15 Jan 2021
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Cultured meat made from animal cells without animal slaughter has been approved for sale for the first time...
Chris Bryant 7 Dec 2020
GLOBAL
The agtech market is comprised of services such as agricultural sensors for crop management, GPS field mapping, and supply chain management...
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If rolled out worldwide, our method could replace a quarter of all the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser used in agriculture...
Prithvi Simha, Björn Vinnerås and Jenna Senecal 10 Nov 2020
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Turning the recovery from Covid-19 into an opportunity for cities to become more sustainable, resilient, and provide access to healthy foods for all...
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Google and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has developed a new tool anyone, anywhere can access to obtain multidimensional maps and statistics showing key climate and environmental trends wherever they are...
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Food giants muscle in on booming alternative protein market, with dedicated teams to develop and sell plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy...
GLOBAL
The steep decline in biodiversity is worrying, especially as wild species are important for pollination and pest control...
Lenore Fahrig 13 Jul 2020
GLOBAL
The coconut - an icon of unspoiled tropical idylls - causes more environmental harm than many people realise...
Erik Meijaard 7 Jul 2020
UNITED KINGDOM
Diseases that devastate African communities are the focus of a brand new short animated film launched this week by The CONNECTED Virus Network, based at The Universities of Bristol and Newcastle in the United Kingdom...
