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China lifts trade bans on Australian beef with 'immediate effect'
May 29, 2024 (AFP)
"The details of this are still emerging but we found out last night that China has lifted, with immediate effect, the ban that it had on five different Australi...
Simple food swaps could cut greenhouse gas emissions by a quarter
May 29, 2024 (SPX)
Making bigger changes - like swapping a frozen meat lasagne for the vegetarian option - could push the reduction to as much as 71%. To make this happen will req...
Rainy spring weather plagues Bordeaux vines with mildew
May 29, 2024 (AFP)
Damp and warm weather favour the fungus that causes the grape disease, while the unseasonable rain washes away the pesticides used in organic operations. "I've ...
Brazil farmer who lost everything to floods recalls water's fury
May 24, 2024 (AFP)
Kunz, 60, has been farming for the past 42 years in the town of Travesseiro, one of hundreds devastated by weeks of cataclysmic flooding that killed more than 1...
Finland's wizards making food out of thin air
May 23, 2024 (AFP)
Livestock farming is one of the main culprits in greenhouse gas emissions, the primary cause of global warming. Cellular agriculture, where food or nutrients ar...
Planet and BASF Digital Farming Expand Partnership for Enhanced Farming Solutions
May 23, 2024 (SPX)
Planet operates the world's largest constellation of Earth observation satellites, offering near-daily data on environmental and industrial changes. As demand f...
Fear brews in Turkey's landslide-plagued tea hills
May 22, 2024 (AFP)
Last August he was almost swept away by a mudslide when a tea garden above his home in the village of Abdullahhoca began to slide down the mountain during a dow...
Demise of rangelands 'severely underestimated': report
May 21, 2024 (AFP)
But the expansive plains, tundra and savanna they inhabit are in much greater peril than previously thought, researchers said Tuesday in a major reassessment of...
Mosaic grasslands found most effective in Switzerland
May 20, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers at ETH Zurich and Agroscope investigated which farming practices best promote these services. Their study, published in Nature Communications, exami...
Changing climate influences London's Chelsea Flower Show
May 20, 2024 (AFP)
The annual exhibition of horticultural excellence and innovation opens to the public in west London on Tuesday, with more than 150,000 visitors expected. King C...
China investigates agriculture minister for corruption
May 18, 2024 (AFP)
Tang Renjian, the head of China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, is "suspected of serious violations of discipline and law", state broadcaster CCTV ...
Turkey's 'mad honey' aphrodisiac that can knock you flat
May 16, 2024 (AFP)
But beekeeper Bayram Demirciler is adamant the honey his bees make high in the mountains above the Black Sea "has never caused any problems". In good years his ...
'Sowing peace'? Colombia program for war criminals stokes debate
May 15, 2024 (AFP)
Like dozens of other alleged war criminals in the South American country, 61-year-old Torres is participating in an alternative sentencing program that some vic...
Cambodia's famed Kampot pepper withers in scorching heatwave
May 13, 2024 (AFP)
Known for its intense floral flavour, Kampot pepper is prized by top chefs around the world and sells for up to $200 per kilo. Nurtured for generations in two p...
Urgent call to democratize knowledge for global food system overhaul
May 11, 2024 (SPX)
Mendez points out the human impact of this shift, "Until now we have privileged western scientific knowledge, and this article urgently calls for us to include ...
Polish farmers protest 'harmful' EU environmental rules
May 10, 2024 (AFP)
The "Down with the Green Deal" protest drew several thousands of farmers in yellow vests to downtown Warsaw, where they waved Polish flags and union banners, ha...
Brazil floods strike blow to powerful agriculture sector
May 10, 2024 (AFP)
The inundated state of Rio Grande do Sul is one of the biggest soy-producing regions in Brazil, as well as its main rice-growing area, and both crops are expect...
US study links ultra-processed food to higher risk of early death
May 10, 2024 (SPX)
According to the study, "not all ultra-processed food products should be universally restricted," but the findings support the idea of reducing consumption of c...
New Climate-Adaptive Crop Lab at University of Essex Targets Future Food Security
May 09, 2024 (SPX)
This flagship facility, featuring state-of-the-art vertical farming and environmental simulation technology, enables researchers to experiment with and manipula...
Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed Vault
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
Their vocation is to safeguard as many seeds as possible so that one day the world can benefit from their genetic characteristics. Their work is all in the name...
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