EU-banned pesticides could not only threaten wild bees where they eat, but where they sleep too...
Philip Donkersley 1 day ago
Researchers have unearthed a 'biological switch' which could boost crop yield worldwide...
Malcolm Bennett, Bipin Pandey and Sacha Mooney 18 Jan 2021
Despite their enormous value, mangroves are being removed at an alarming rate. A new tool aims to help communities reverse mangrove loss and tap into conservation programmes and funding.
Trevor Gareth Jones 15 Jan 2021
Cultured meat made from animal cells without animal slaughter has been approved for sale for the first time...
Chris Bryant 7 Dec 2020
The agtech market is comprised of services such as agricultural sensors for crop management, GPS field mapping, and supply chain management...
If rolled out worldwide, our method could replace a quarter of all the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser used in agriculture...
Prithvi Simha, Björn Vinnerås and Jenna Senecal 10 Nov 2020
Turning the recovery from Covid-19 into an opportunity for cities to become more sustainable, resilient, and provide access to healthy foods for all...
Google and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has developed a new tool anyone, anywhere can access to obtain multidimensional maps and statistics showing key climate and environmental trends wherever they are...
Food giants muscle in on booming alternative protein market, with dedicated teams to develop and sell plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy...
The steep decline in biodiversity is worrying, especially as wild species are important for pollination and pest control...
Lenore Fahrig 13 Jul 2020
The coconut - an icon of unspoiled tropical idylls - causes more environmental harm than many people realise...
Erik Meijaard 7 Jul 2020
Diseases that devastate African communities are the focus of a brand new short animated film launched this week by The CONNECTED Virus Network, based at The Universities of Bristol and Newcastle in the United Kingdom...
Self-isolation, lockdowns, working remotely and physical distancing can get you down. Bizcommunity is the daily 'virtual commute' that brings you closer to 19 industry communities...
Bizcommunity.com 15 Apr 2020
'Bee-washing,' marketing claims that purport to help bees, can diminish the important distinction between a honey bee and native bee...
Lila Westreich 24 Feb 2020
With an estimated 40% of all insects threatened with extinction, 73 scientists from around the world decided that something needed to be done urgently to protect insect species...
"We need to ensure that Africa's future farmers not only grow crops but careers as well," argues Sylvia Ng'eno...
Sylvia Ng'eno 10 Feb 2020
Farmers are more likely to adopt and share new practices when their knowledge and experience is taken into account...
The best way of dealing with desert locust, as other locust species, is to adopt a preventive management strategy...
Cyril Piou 7 Feb 2020
A tree-killing beetle that invaded South Africa two years ago and wreaked havoc in the country's towns and cities still hasn't been declared an emergency plant pest...
Trudy Paap 6 Feb 2020
The fourth Agri-Food Tech & Innovation Summit, hosted by the Africa Agri Council is set to explore the upsurge in new thinking and the game-changing developments in agricultural practices and technology, and what is needed to scale these innovations to reach smallholder farmers and agribusinesses...
