Agriculture

Kynetec’s Rob Fetter on supporting resilience investments with actionable data

8 months ago8 months ago10 mins

Operating in more than 80 countries and processing more than 10 billion data points annually, Kynetec is a provider of…

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Wildfarmed’s Rob Bray on building a disruptive brand from regenerative agriculture

8 months ago8 months ago8 mins

Founded in 2018 by Andy Cato, musician with Groove Armada, George Lamb, a former TV and radio personality, and Edd…

Mars, Incorporated has announced the launch of the Mars Impact Fund, a new philanthropic platform that will seek to 'accelerate meaningful and lasting impact' in the communities where the food giant operates.

Mars unveils new philanthropic platform, the Mars Impact Fund

8 months ago8 months ago4 mins

Mars, Incorporated has announced the launch of the Mars Impact Fund, a new philanthropic platform that will seek to ‘accelerate…

Art installations across Europe highlight environmental damage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

9 months ago9 months ago5 mins

Art installations have appeared in Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Portugal, and Moldova to highlight the environmental damage of Russia’s…

The global shift towards plant-based diets could reduce global agricultural labour needs by between 5% and 27% by 2030, equating to between 18 million and 106 million full-time jobs, recent research by the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI) found.

Global shift to plant-based diets could ‘reshape’ employment in farming sector

9 months ago9 months ago3 mins

The global shift towards plant-based diets could reduce global agricultural labour needs by between 5% and 27% by 2030, equating…

Diversifying cropping to grow vegetables, fruit and pulses is a proven way of boosting farming resilience and soil health, however less than two fifths of UK farmers have diversified their farms, a new study by the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) has found.

Just two fifths of UK farmers have diversified their cropping, study finds

9 months ago9 months ago4 mins

Diversifying cropping to grow vegetables, fruit and pulses is a proven way of boosting farming resilience and soil health, however…

The ongoing war in Ukraine is accelerating the loss of soil nutrients, impacting both the country's agricultural productivity as well as wider global food security

Depletion of war-torn Ukraine’s soil nutrients could impact global food security

9 months ago9 months ago4 mins

The ongoing war in Ukraine is accelerating the loss of soil nutrients, impacting both the country’s agricultural productivity as well…

A Healthier Earth and Cefetra, in partnership with the UK Agri-Tech Centre and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH), have been awarded £1.34 million in funding from DEFRA’s Farming Innovation Programme, which will fund a three-year project to develop a biogenic low-carbon fertiliser.

A Healthier Earth and Cefetra secure finding for low-carbon fertiliser development

9 months ago9 months ago3 mins

A Healthier Earth and Cefetra, in partnership with the UK Agri-Tech Centre and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology…

Earth has entered an ‘era of global water bankruptcy’

10 months ago10 months ago7 mins

The world has entered what the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) has described as an…

Despite its relative self-sufficiency, extreme weather events are increasingly putting pressure on the US agricultural system, particularly in terms of interstate trade, a study by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has suggested.

Impact of extreme weather events on US agricultural trade explored in new report

10 months ago10 months ago4 mins

Despite the sector’s relative self-sufficiency, extreme weather events are increasingly putting pressure on the US agricultural system, particularly in terms…