Behind an airtight door, inside a warehouse 10 minutes walk from Bristol city centre, shelves of vibrant chives sprout enthusiastically towards a sky of multicoloured LEDs. The air they are…
As the planet warms, these five drought-tolerant and highly nutritious crops offer hope for greater resiliency
Over the course of human history, scientists believe that humans have cultivated more…
Perhaps the most important of all environmental issues is land use. Every hectare of land we use for extractive industries is a hectare that can’t support wild forests, savannahs, wetlands, natural…
Ireland has committed to a 25% cut in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by 2030 after a bitter political battle between farmers, business groups and environmentalists.
The coalition…
As climatic hazards take their toll on the arid rural areas of The Gambia, 34 solar irrigation systems will contribute to the resilience of 6 600 local farmers. This is an initiative of the UN Food…
Dubbed "Earth Overshoot Day," Thursday marks a tipping point when people have used up "all that ecosystems can regenerate in one year," according to the Global Footprint Network and WWF.
Mankind…
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is providing a $5.07 million grant to support the resilience of smallholder farmers in northern Uganda. The funds will be managed by the…
In less than a month, Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW 2022) will open in Santo Domingo, marking a return to in-person climate weeks in the region.
Climate Week sessions will…
Challenges abound as industrial agriculture is threatened by access to key resources from water to healthy soils.
As a devastating and historic drought from Illinois to Texas to California grinds…
Among the commitments made at the Africities summit held from 17 to 21 May 2022 in the Kenyan city of Kisumu, the leaders of local authorities and economic players agreed to promote green mobility,…
While agriculture accounts for at least 25% of gross domestic product (GDP) and 75% of exports in Ivory Coast, this sector is also one of the main drivers of deforestation in this West African…
Norwegian winemaker Bjørn Bergum talks to his grapevines.
"You have to have a connection with them. When I woke up this morning, there was 3cm of snow. I was saying to them: 'Don't be afraid - it…
The call comes in the wake of supply disruptions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Millers in Kenya have warned that the country could run out of options if the wheat import ban from India…
IFC support for the commodity trader Robust International could help optimise agriculture value chains
The International Financial Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank has…
Kashmiri farmers lose half their harvest to early snows for third year, with fears for future of the region’s orchards
The homegrown apple is in danger of becoming a rarity in India, as farmers have…
Farmers are now encouraged to apply for grants from the Government to purchase new equipment and infrastructure to help improve efficiency and help us build back greener.
The Farming Investment Fund…
45 governments pledge urgent action and investment to protect nature and shift to more sustainable ways of farming
95 high profile companies from a range of sectors commit to being ‘Nature…
Efforts to impose industrial agriculture on African countries threaten the sustainability of African food production.
Organisers of this year’s African Green Revolution Forum claim the annual…
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