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Public investment in food production would accelerate technologies and techniques that can reduce the agriculture system’s huge carbon footprint.

The United States is proud of its long and fruitful agricultural trade relationship with Pakistan.  This relationship has grown stronger as we have taken advantage of scientific advancements in biology and farming.   This includes genetically engineered (GE) crops.

Frédéric Prochazka, enseignant à l’Université Jean-Monnet de Saint-Étienne depuis 1999, rêve comme beaucoup d’un plastique vertueux pour l’environnement. Mais, contrairement à beaucoup, il a les moyens de ses ambitions. Au sein du laboratoire d’ingénierie des matériaux polymères, il mène depuis le début des années 2000 des recherches pour fabriquer un plastique hydrosoluble et biosourcé. 

From reduced space and water consumption, there are many ways in which vertical farming can benefit our environment.

Blockchain-enabled insurance could take the uncertainty out of climate insurance.

The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems warns technologies such as cultured meat, plant-based substitutes, and fish farming will have little to do with reducing damage to the climate, but instead keep business as usual for big corporations.

Tech companies are raising hundreds of millions of dollars, including backing from agriculture heavyweights like Bayer AG, in developing farm products that use living things like microbes and seaweed to nourish crops and lessen the need for synthetic fertiliser.

Some analysts say they cannot determine if plant-based foods are more sustainable than meat because the companies are not transparent about their emissions.

Growing vegetables and fish together in a confined space, and without fertilizers and pesticides. Is this the future of food production?

As more Net Zero pledges pop up, we’ll see increasing pressure on, and opportunity for, farmers to be able to make the green switch.

Climate impact is becoming ever more important. And in California where increased temperatures, declining water supply, and more frequent wildfires persist, it’s a visceral issue. Californian rice business Sun Valley Rice tackles the challenge of maintaining production while protecting the environment.

What are Singapore’s ‘robo-plants’ and are they the future of sustainable agriculture?

With rising temperatures and worsening drought, scientists are dreaming up ways to ensure farming and agriculture can be better for the environment and more efficient. And they’re making their dreams come true — with genetics.

The existential problem of global warming and the urge to decarbonize the largest emitting industries, including agriculture, has shone the light on the need to evolve the methods that we use to understand the impact that agriculture has on the environment.

Plant breeding, informed by genetic analysis, could be critical to the future of one of the world’s oldest crops.

Une étude montre que les rendements du maïs ont augmenté au fil des années avec la même vitesse quel que soit le climat. Mais elle estime aussi qu’avec le changement climatique, il faudrait inclure des caractères d’adaptation à ces conditions dans les programmes de sélection.

Researchers explore the potential of using water from salmon, shellfish, herring and oat milk production for growing sugar kelp and sea lettuce in tanks.

Our world needs to find ways to grow more produce on less available land, using less water, and in a more climate-friendly way.

The environmental debate over meatless meat, explained.

Beanless brews can cut deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions dramatically – but what will happen to workers in traditional coffee-growing regions?

After generations of cultivating coffee as a crop, irresponsible farming practices such as poor water management and dependency on harmful fertilizers

Smart climate farming practices are gaining prominence on policymakers’ agenda to compensate for the impact modern farming has had on soil health and climate change.

Scientists say a new species of bean that can grow in warmer conditions could help future-proof agriculture against climate change.