'Protect the Peanut Plan': Mars invests $5m to enhance climate resilience of key crop

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Food giant invests in agri-science project to protect peanuts in the face of increasing threats from pests and disease

Global food giant Mars is to invest $5m in an agri-science programme over the next five years to explore how to better protect peanut crops from escalating climate and disease threats that threaten the...

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