Year-round tomatoes and asparagus depend on heated glasshouses, abundant sunlight and long-distance transport – all of which come with costs.
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Papua New Guinea’s frost disaster suggests heat and drought aren’t the only symptoms of a changing climate.
There is no single pathway from small-scale farming to improved livelihoods.
There’s not much diesel fuel lying around, and lots of people want to buy what is available, as well as what little is produced each day. It’s all a matter of supply and demand.
Conflicts, energy shocks, climate change and El Niño are combining to squeeze food prices upwards. Five familiar foods illustrate what’s going on.
Growers across the country are grappling with surging fuel prices and inconsistent rainfall.
The country, and the world, have been losing diesel refining capacity for many years and can’t just ramp up production to fill the shortages.
For farmers breaking away from conventional agriculture, the Kentucky farmer-poet was a powerful example of someone who combined faith with a commitment to the environment.
This year’s El Niño is likely to be the strongest on record. That would boost some fruit supplies – but it could also push up wheat, sugar and beef prices.
Renowned wine regions from Australia to South Africa are battling increasingly fierce fire seasons.
The alleged theft of thousands of sheep in Queensland shows how difficult it can be to detect and prevent farm crime.
Berry’s belief that humans have a responsibility to care for God’s creation traces back to the Book of Genesis. So does an opposing argument for environmental exploitation.
It threatens to compound the worst effects of climate change.
Trade within the Southern African Development Community is an issue holding back agriculture.
Canada is a major US supplier of fertilizer ingredients that could get pulled into Trump’s trade war. Farms can go without fertilizer for a while, but not long.
Migrant workers are vital to Spain’s vast agriculture sector, but they are often hidden from view.
South Africa must focus not just on food production but on preserving what is produced through improved cold chain infrastructure.
New research interviewing women involved with the federal government’s Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme shows why it needs urgent reform to stop worker exploitation.
The existing plans and commitments to reduce water use don’t add up to even half of the savings that are needed to keep the river flowing.
Compost, manure and food waste can be turned into biofertilisers made from natural materials.
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Adjunct Professor in Animal Welfare, Curtin University
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Managing Director, Triple Helix Consulting; Honorary Professor, ANU Fenner School for the Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Soil Scientist, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University
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Professor & Director, Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of the Bureau for Economic Research, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL