Food production

How wild relatives of commercial wheat crops could hold key to tackling worsening climate impacts

Biodiversity

How wild relatives of commercial wheat crops could hold key to tackling worsening climate impacts

Two new studies reveal how genes from wild plants could be used to breed new climate-resilient crops

clock 26 August 2024 • 6 min read
Sowing climate resilience: Farmers to share £15m Landscape Recovery funding round

Supply chain

Sowing climate resilience: Farmers to share £15m Landscape Recovery funding round

Government announces fresh funding for up to 25 agricultural projects that support sustainable food production and protected sites

clock 18 May 2023 • 4 min read

Investment

Better Finance, Better Food: Investors urged to help transform the food system

A new report has compiled more than 50 examples of financial projects aimed at generating more than $1bn in capital for sustainable land-use projects

clock 26 November 2020 • 2 min read

Climate change

Study: Fertiliser use threatens global climate goals as nitrous oxide emissions soar

Scientists urge reform of global food production system after study shows N2O levels - emitted largely by farming fertiliser - have soared over past two decades

clock 07 October 2020 • 3 min read