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The future of agri-tech and where we are now
The future of agri-tech and where we are now

Tony Dalwood, chief executive of asset manager Gresham House, considers the investment opportunities in agri-technologies such as vertical farming

  • Supply chain
  • 15 June 2020
Danone cultivates multinational effort to restore biodiversity
Danone cultivates multinational effort to restore biodiversity

What's at stake: the future of farming

  • Biodiversity
  • 04 October 2019
'Insectageddon' and the agri-chemical industry
'Insectageddon' and the agri-chemical industry

Molly Scott Cato predicts pressure on the agri-chemical industry will only intensify, as awareness of biodiversity impacts grows

  • Biodiversity
  • 18 February 2019
Cargill beefs up pledge to end cocoa deforestation
Cargill beefs up pledge to end cocoa deforestation

New Protect Our Planet strategy sets out plan for eliminating deforestation from agri-business giant's cocoa supply chain

  • Supply chain
  • 17 December 2018
Vertical farming: The potential climate benefits may stack up, but is it a distraction?
Vertical farming: The potential climate benefits may stack up, but is it a distraction?

The world's largest vertical farm is to be built in Dubai backed by $40m investment, but is this the future for agriculture or a distraction from more pressing climate problems?

  • Technology
  • 04 July 2018
Government aims to sow 'tech revolution in agriculture' with £90m funding boost
Government aims to sow 'tech revolution in agriculture' with £90m funding boost

Business Secretary Greg Clark announces backing for UK agri-food innovation in robotics, AI and data science to boost farming supply chain resilience and productivity

  • Supply chain
  • 22 February 2018
BusinessGreen Insight Report: Tackling livestock emissions
BusinessGreen Insight Report: Tackling livestock emissions

New report explores the exciting new market for feeds capable of slashing agricultural emissions

  • Technology
  • 21 June 2017
Market for methane-cutting livestock feed heats up, BusinessGreen report finds
Market for methane-cutting livestock feed heats up, BusinessGreen report finds

BusinessGreen Insight Report investigates developing market for farm animal feed additives that can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

  • Supply chain
  • 21 June 2017
Innovation on a plate: What the green economy can learn from Silicon Valley's 'future food' fixation
Innovation on a plate: What the green economy can learn from Silicon Valley's 'future food' fixation

BusinessGreen unpacks some of the ingredients that go into a winning start-up strategy

  • Technology
  • 19 June 2017
EU greenlights Dow-DuPont mega-merger raising food security fears
EU greenlights Dow-DuPont mega-merger raising food security fears

Green groups say $130bn merger signals lack of choice for farmers who need more seed diversity to adapt to changing climate

  • Management
  • 28 March 2017
Five ways agri-businesses can boost the triple bottom line through sustainability
Five ways agri-businesses can boost the triple bottom line through sustainability

Johan Rockström is director at the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Izabella Koziell, is program director at the Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) Research Program

  • Management
  • 20 March 2017
PepsiCo's Martyn Seal: 'It's not in our interest to have unsustainable supply chains'
PepsiCo's Martyn Seal: 'It's not in our interest to have unsustainable supply chains'

Sustainability Director for PepsiCo Europe Martyn Seal reveals the drinks giant is targeting nose-to-tail emissions reduction throughout its supply chain and mulling a 100 per cent renewables strategy

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 22 December 2016
Major food brands join challenge to slash supply chain water use
Major food brands join challenge to slash supply chain water use

Diageo, General Mills and Kellogg among the major corporates to join new Ceres-WWF AgWater Challenge

  • Supply chain
  • 28 October 2016
Monsanto: 'The only way to sequester carbon is through plants'
Monsanto: 'The only way to sequester carbon is through plants'

Monsanto's Mark Edge tells BusinessGreen how the controversial seed giant is working to curb the environmental impact of agricultural practices

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 21 October 2016
ETI: Energy crops offering farmers income and productivity boost
ETI: Energy crops offering farmers income and productivity boost

Study suggests energy crops deliver increased profitability with minimal impact on food production

  • Biomass
  • 12 October 2016
Agri firms launch global alliance to boost green farming
Agri firms launch global alliance to boost green farming

Industry-led Global Agri-Business Alliance aims to tackle food security, supply chain issues and sustainable agriculture

  • Supply chain
  • 16 September 2016
Monsanto's Climate Corporation to expand smart farming platform
Monsanto's Climate Corporation to expand smart farming platform

Agriculture giant's high-tech farming subsidiary touts digital data tool as the 'Amazon.com of agriculture'

  • Supply chain
  • 19 August 2016
A switch to ecological farming will benefit health and environment - report
A switch to ecological farming will benefit health and environment - report

The world needs to move away from industrial agriculture to avoid ecological, social and human health crises, say scientists

  • Management
  • 03 June 2016
Farming is 'single biggest cause' of worst air pollution in Europe
Farming is 'single biggest cause' of worst air pollution in Europe

Nitrogen compounds from fertilisers and animal waste drifting over industrial regions is combining to form fine particulate pollution, report finds

  • Risk
  • 18 May 2016
COP21 needs to tackle the cow in the room

As COP21 turns its attention to agriculture, Molly Scott Cato argues much more needs to be done to support sustainable practices

  • Supply chain
  • 03 December 2015
Soil crisis escalates as third of arable land lost in 40 years, but could sewage hold the answer?
Soil crisis escalates as third of arable land lost in 40 years, but could sewage hold the answer?

Major new study argues a return to using sewage as fertiliser may help tackle potentially catastrophic loss of soil nutrients

  • Supply chain
  • 02 December 2015
Bernard Matthews vows to become the UK's greenest farmer
Bernard Matthews vows to become the UK's greenest farmer

Iconic company outlines investment plan to be energy independent by next year and carbon neutral by the end of the decade

  • Management
  • 17 April 2015
Boeing aims to quit fossil fuel habit with tobacco-based jet fuel
Boeing aims to quit fossil fuel habit with tobacco-based jet fuel

Pilot project with South African Airways involving nicotine-free tobacco plant can lower emissions and preserve agrucultural jobs, company says

  • Biofuel
  • 08 April 2015
End to tax relief for anaerobic digestion puts £130m potential investment at risk
End to tax relief for anaerobic digestion puts £130m potential investment at risk

Industry hits out at Chancellor's plans to exclude technology from investment tax breaks, warning emerging sector will be hit hard

  • Taxation
  • 15 December 2014
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