Engineered crops key to solving world hunger, says Bill Gates
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bill Gates has called for greater investment in engineered crops that can adapt to climate change and resist agricultural pests, in an effort to solve
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bill Gates has called for greater investment in engineered crops that can adapt to climate change and resist agricultural pests, in an effort to solve
Reading Time: 3 minutes The UK’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss has been urged to get the “science part of Brexit done” as the UK is “losing talent” by
Reading Time: 2 minutes When most of us think of farming, we tend to picture wide-open fields of swaying wheat, or neat rows of tomatoes and lettuce unfurling under
Reading Time: 7 minutes Heralded as the next step in food production, this practice is gaining ground in the US. But are they really a greener alternative to traditional
Reading Time: 6 minutes Experiments suggest that it might become possible to nourish plants without photosynthesis—a tool that could one day help feed a crowded planet. Science fiction stories
Reading Time: 2 minutes Natural organisms found in soil and their use as novel fungicides, is being explored in a new project to help farmers overcome potato late blight.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Cover crops on a Yorkshire farm have become the first in the world to generate arable carbon credits – in a new initiative that could
Reading Time: 4 minutes From commonsense sustainable practices to idiocentric genome-specific personalisations, to robotic kitchens, to cellular agriculture, food systems in the future will make you jump out of
Reading Time: 4 minutes How can you grow plants with sound? Indoor farming specialists at LettUs Grow have developed a method of growing plants using ultrasonics and water instead
Reading Time: 3 minutes From European plastic bans to consumers pushing for what they perceive to be more sustainable packaging, produce companies are finding ways to maintain or improve
Reading Time: 11 minutes On a dull morning in April, with chilly drizzle falling from a grey sky, it is possible to think of more promising places to grow
Reading Time: 2 minutes Berry Gardens, the UK’s largest supplier of berries and cherries, and Jones Food Company, owner of Europe’s largest indoor vertical farm, have agreed terms to
Reading Time: 2 minutes An innovative bee delivery system that builds up the natural immunity of plants to various fungal diseases, including Botrytis, a global threat to fresh fruit and
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trade is a two-way street and the UK agricultural sector will benefit from increased trade with Brazil, according to a Brazilian official. In February, a
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Derbyshire firm which makes technology to improve indoor crop yields has received £500,000 to develop a new type of lighting and sensor system. Light
Reading Time: 2 minutes The availability of net land and water for agriculture is quickly decreasing, resulting in massive losses in agricultural productivity. What’s more, the rising concentrations of herbicides,
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sixteen UK universities have come together to agree research and innovation priorities for agriculture. The aim is to help farmers meet net-zero and environment targets,
Reading Time: 2 minutes Technology is set to revolutionise farming, increase productivity and help move UK agriculture towards its goal of being carbon neutral by 2040 but a new survey
Reading Time: 2 minutes Research carried out with farmers in the driving seat is crucial to finding practical answers to the urgent problems facing agriculture, such as climate change,
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agritech firm Light Science Technologies (LST) has announced a new addition to its rapidly expanding team of scientists, as the business experiences an accelerated period
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