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PepsiCo has announced a partnership with Soil Capital to scale regenerative agriculture practices in the UK, France and Belgium.

PepsiCo and Soil Capital partner on regenerative agriculture initiative

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PepsiCo has announced a partnership with Soil Capital to scale regenerative agriculture practices in the UK, France and Belgium. The…

Factory farming contributes the most to global food waste, ahead of households, foodservice or retail, a new report by Compassion in World Farming to coincide with World Food Day (16 October) has claimed.

Factory farming the ‘world’s biggest producer of food waste’, study finds

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Factory farming contributes the most to global food waste, ahead of households, foodservice or retail, a new report by Compassion…

A new artificial intelligence tool that enables growers to select the best vegetable seed varieties and optimise their commercial crop portfolio has been launched by Syngenta Vegetable Seeds and Heritable Agriculture.

AI tool to select best vegetable seed varieties for growers launched

10 months ago8 months ago3 mins

A new artificial intelligence tool that enables growers to select the best vegetable seed varieties and optimise their commercial crop…

Landsat imagery available on EOSDA LandViewer puts satellite records in usable form: decades-long archives, quick comparisons, and analytical tools highlighting trends without months of data work.

Using satellites to track and solve environmental problems

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Op-ed by Maksym Sushchuk, EOS Data Analytics. Long-lasting environmental problems need well-informed and repeatable action, not more alarm. Consistent satellite…

Ireland's 'no additional warming’ approach to agricultural methane risks undermining global climate goals, researchers at University College Cork (UCC) have said in a new report.

Ireland’s agricultural methane strategy risks undermining global climate goals: UCC

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Ireland‘s ‘no additional warming’ approach to agricultural methane risks undermining global climate goals, researchers at University College Cork (UCC) have…

hydroponic lettuce growing in a vertical farm, created with generative ai

Sustainability of vertical farming evaluated in new study

10 months ago8 months ago4 mins

Is vertical farming really a sustainable alternative to field-grown crops? That’s the subject of a new study led by the…

A new study by researchers at the University of Oxford, working alongside Duurzame Zuivelketen (DZK), has outlined how the agriculture sector can 'better contribute to global biodiversity targets without causing unintended harms'.

UN platform publishes policy brief on animal welfare and antimicrobial resistance

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The UN Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform (MSPP) for tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has published a policy brief that calls for stronger…