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Evidence shows protecting name of products associated with specific area brings community benefits.
The basic payments scheme that sustains 90% of farmers will be gone by 2028, but the reductions are biting already.
A technology arms war is escalating as high-tech thieves attempt to steal expensive equipment from farmers.
New ABARES research examines the climate change challenge facing Australian farmers
A new report calls for a greener and fairer food system in England.
At the centre of the persisting violence in the north-central region of Nigeria is bad governance.
Egg production standards are about more than just a happy compromise. Hens are sentient, intelligent beings. Like us, they deserve a good life.
Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire’s best option is to control and restrict supply instead of simply adding a price premium.
If problems in such schemes are not addressed, the credibility of soil carbon trading will be undermined. Ultimately the climate - and the planet - will be the loser.
Autonomous robots hold great promise for the agricultural sector, but it’s vital that the public gets a say in their creation.
International trade policy is back in British politicians’ hands.
The collapse of local government in small towns is beginning to affect investment in farming, and the ability of agribusinesses to operate.
A changing climate threatens the balance that communities in drylands have created.
Realities on the ground tell a different story from the claim that a Green Revolution ensures food security and increased income for smallholder farmers in Ghana.
Renewables form an ever-greater share of the electricity mix. But elsewhere in the energy sector – in transport, industry and buildings – emissions reduction is very slow.
Many flood-ravaged homes have not been repaired, while others are infested with mould. Farmers are dealing with financial stress and the memories of livestock killed in traumatic circumstances.
There are many hard lessons learned from the pandemic; one is that our food system needs a serious reboot. Luckily, we need only look to nature’s cycles for clues on how to fix it.
We now know that Bokoni Phase I was built as early as the 15th century – before the arrival of European colonisation or trade.
The two countries both stand to benefit from closer economic ties.
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor in Food Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Regional and Rural Futures, Deakin University
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Professor, Dept of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Adjunct Professor in Animal Welfare, Curtin University
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John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University
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Emeritus Professor of Agroecology and Food Politics, Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Notre Dame
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CGIAR
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Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne