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Stack of beef burgers on a grill. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo

Reducing ‘overconsumption’ of meat and dairy could cut one-sixth of food emissions

A global shift towards a diet that reduces “overconsumption” in meat and dairy products could cut 17% of global food emissions annually, new rese... Read More

Food and farming | Sep 5. 2024.
Woman on a withered maize field.

Guest post: Using El Niño forecasts to give early warning of crop failures

Extreme weather is one of the primary drivers of crop failures around the world. Crop failures – the total or near-total loss of a farm or regio... Read More

Food and farming | Aug 28. 2024.
Olive oil shelves at a supermarket.

Five charts: How climate change is driving up food prices around the world 

Global food prices have seen huge fluctuations in recent years, soaring to record highs in 2022 before dropping in 2023 and rising again slowly this ... Read More

Food and farming | Aug 23. 2024.
A herd of Danish cows grazing on a pasture.

Q&A: How Denmark plans to tax agriculture emissions to meet climate goals

Denmark is on its way to introducing a world-first tax on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in 2030.  Central to the proposals – an... Read More

EU policy | Jul 9. 2024.
Flooded fields in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in December 2023.

Q&A: The state of the UK’s ‘food security’ in a fast-warming world

Promises to improve the UK’s food security feature in the election manifestos that have been published ahead of the vote on 4 July. The Conserva... Read More

Food and farming | Jun 28. 2024.
A fruit seller sleeps in his fruit shop in Kolkata, India.

Experts: What is causing food prices to spike around the world?

Spiking food prices have made headlines around the world this year, from eggs in the US to vegetables in India. The UN Food and Agriculture Organi... Read More

Food and farming | Jun 19. 2024.
A tractor-drawn applicator applies nitrogen granule fertiliser to a field of corn.

Agriculture ‘major driver’ of rise in nitrous oxide emissions over past 40 years

Nitrogen fertilisers, manure and other agricultural sources drove almost three-quarters of human-caused nitrous oxide emissions in recent years. T... Read More

Food and farming | Jun 11. 2024.
People throw the rotted watermelon in the Buriganga River, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Image ID: FX9939

Better refrigeration could avoid almost 2bn tonnes of CO2 per year from food loss

More consistent refrigeration of foods as they move from one part of the supply chain to another could cut almost 2bn tonnes of greenhouse gas emissi... Read More

Food and farming | Jun 5. 2024.
Herbicide being applied to a field of genetically modified cotton in Arkansas, US.

Q&A: The evolving debate about using genetically modified crops in a warming world

Crops that have been “altered” by scientists in a laboratory can be found growing on millions of hectares of farmland around the world. &nbs... Read More

Food and farming | May 22. 2024.
Aerial view of a forest in France.

EU spending up to €48bn on nature-harming activities each year, report says

The EU could be investing tens of billions of euros each year into activities that damage biodiversity, according to a new report from WWF.   ... Read More

Food and farming | May 13. 2024.
A herd of cows, Netherlands.

Q&A: The impact of farmer protests on the EU’s upcoming parliamentary elections

The agriculture sector holds a lot of power within the European Union, receiving around one-third of the bloc’s total budget. But, amid rising p... Read More

Food and farming | Mar 19. 2024.
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