'The fact is, there are strategies that take advantage of what we already know about using resources more efficiently that have the proven potential to…
Agriculture
The latest salvo in the battle over Africa's seed systems has been fired, writes Stephen Greenberg, with the Gates Foundation and USAID playing puppet-masters to…
Sometimes technological advances come about to answer the wrong question. But what happens when you ask the right question but technology is the wrong tool?…
Flower strips sown into farmers' fields not only attract bees but increase their numbers, new University of Sussex research has shown. A two-year study of…
The unprecedented drought gripping California has deepened for the fourth consecutive year, having already set new records for the lowest annual precipitation levels on record.…
Imagine a wonderful world, a planet on which there was no threat of climate breakdown, no loss of freshwater, no antibiotic resistance, no obesity crisis,…
A new study suggests the world's forests are more fragmented than ever before. Analysis by researchers at North Carolina State University showed that if one…
Interview with Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Director, International Strategies at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) about how trade deals rubber stamped via Fast Track…
An extensive study of global habitat fragmentation - the division of habitats into smaller and more isolated patches - points to major trouble for a…
Eco-conscious shoppers now have an alternative to organic food that has been certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as Certified Naturally Grown (CNG). The equally pesticide-free method of farming…
Nearly one in 10 European wild bee species is facing the threat of extinction, according to the first assessment of the continent's bee populations, published Thursday. As…
Seeds represent the foundation of life. We depend on them for food, for medicine and for our very survival. In many ways, you can trace…