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Wheat disease could cut production by 13% per year: study
What’s happening? The fungal disease wheat blast could reduce global production of the staple crop by 13% per year by ...
Claire Pickard
February 16, 2024
This Earth Day, let’s celebrate the diversity in our food
What’s happening? The Ugandan government is fighting an outbreak of African armyworm, which can wipe out cereal crops. Uganda is a ...
Anja Pries
April 22, 2022
Air pollution is not just an urban problem
What’s happening? Consistently high levels of ozone pollution across Asia are causing estimated losses of $63bn per year in failed maize, ...
Anja Pries
January 21, 2022
Using natural compounds to fight food waste
What’s happening? Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Nanyang Technological University researchers have developed biodegradable food packaging that may ...
Fred Fullerton
January 7, 2022
Preparing farmers and workers for climate action
What’s happening? At the UN's COP26 conference in Glasgow, 80% of food on the menus has been sourced from Scotland. Plant-based ...
Fred Fullerton
November 1, 2021
England is relaxing the rules for gene-edited crops
What’s happening? The UK government plans to ease rules for gene-edited (GE) crops in England. GE allows scientists to remove ...
Anja Pries
October 8, 2021
Vertical farming is on the rise
What’s happening? Infarm is building its second UK Growing Centre, which it claims will be among Europe’s largest with more ...
Anja Pries
August 27, 2021
Your morning coffee is under threat from Brazil’s drought
What’s happening? A severe drought in Brazil, the world’s leading exporter of coffee, orange juice and sugar, has prompted concerns ...
Katie Chan
June 4, 2021
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