agriculture

Nitrogen expert Dr Mark Sutton outlines the key recommendations from the new European Nitrogen Assessment

Report calls for new policies to curb nitrogen emissions from agriculture, transport, waste water and consumers

Study suggests short rotation crops could be grown sustainably for bioenergy on unused agricultural land

Farmers' union says new ways of calculating emissions needed to better monitor progress towards cutting carbon from agricultural sector

Plans to turn the All Blacks green branded "unambitious" by opposition

Defra study says feeding animals maize silage, naked oats and higher sugar grasses can cut the amount of methane they produce

Study aims to improve understanding of how digestates could be used by the agricultural sector to cut costs and boost yields

Janez Potočnik says EU farming subsidies must drive greener practices for policy to remain legitimate

Agroecology could move developed nations away from oil-dependent industrial farming, cut food prices, and increase harvests