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With so many bread options it’s a hard choice. Here’s which bread you should choose and why.
Avoiding gluten may actually be doing more harm than good.
Africa’s orphan crops are under-researched and underutilised. They can be a vital tool in combating food and nutrition insecurity on the continent.
New research shows Australian farmers are adapting to climate change, offsetting at least part of a climate change-induced decline.
Rising carbon dioxide may be a boon for crop yields, but at the expense of nutritional content and quality.
Australia’s wheat harvest has stalled over the past 26 years, and worsening weather is to blame.
Most people eat about a kilo of wheat a week but for others it can cause painful health concerns. So why not isolate the parts of wheat that cause problems, and remove them from future crops.
New research questions whether claims of a ‘national sex revolution’ in China are actually nothing of the sort.
A wheat-infecting pathogen is on the march in the UK - but new genetic techniques will enable faster, clearer diagnosis.
A nationwide outbreak of foot and mouth disease; an invasion of a devastating wheat disease; our honeybees completely wiped out. These are just three possible disastrous scenarios facing Australia; they’re…
Improving wheat is a major challenge for agricultural scientists. The world’s population continues to grow – and so does its appetite. Sanjaya Rajaram, winner of the 2014 World Food Prize, used an innovative…
If you’ve stepped outside at lunchtime in Sydney over the past few days, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was more like early summer than the beginning of winter. On each of the past 23 days, the temperature…
Carbon dioxide emissions could decrease the nutritional value of crops, further threatening future food security. Researchers…
Should Australia aim to become Asia’s “food bowl”? How can we help farmers earn more for what they produce? And how can Australia best contribute to global food security? Those are some of the crucial…
Long a favoured model for Australian farmers operating in a risky and precarious industry, cooperatives seem increasingly anachronistic as greater numbers move toward demutualisation. This is a mistake…
University of Sydney scientists have found a resistance to the fungal disease stem rust Ug99, which has been harming international…
Rusts are a type of fungal disease that affect many plants, including wheat and some fruits. In Australia, rusts are a particular concern to wheat and barley farmers, with whole seasons’ crop sometimes…
Changing climate, drought and urban expansion threaten the yield of Australia’s wheat. But changes in cropping methods could address reduced water and lead to a jump in yield not seen since the late 1980s…
Australia’s status as a major wheat exporter means we have a special role in helping the rest of the world eat. But with a changing climate, and so much of the world’s wheat being used as animal feeds…
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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PhD student in Plant Biology, University of Sheffield
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Director: Research Support and Management, Nelson Mandela University
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PhD, Political Economy, Macquarie University
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Farming Systems, CSIRO
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Lecturer, University of Essex
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Cropping Systems Modeller, CSIRO
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Dean and Professor, College of Agriculture & Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan
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Science Director, Biosecurity Flagship, CSIRO
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CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO
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Lecturer in Dietetics, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Colorado State University