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The case for paying carbon taxes on unsustainable food
Shopping sustainably is hard—but thoughtful price changes can nudge people in the right direction.
How Can Carbohydrate Biopolymers Protect Plants from Fungi?
In a paper recently published in the open-access journal Polymers, researchers reviewed the merits and demerits of protecting plants against pathogenic fungi using carbohydrate biopolymers. They assessed three polysaccharides namely alginate, cellulose...
Grave concern as lung sickness spreads among cattle in Namibia
Namibia’s Livestock Producers’ Organisation (LPO) has reacted with great concern to reports of 40 deaths among cattle, and clinical illness in a further 100 cattle, following an outbreak of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia.
Anaplasmosis in cattle
It's not the bacteria itself that hurts the cattle. It's the immune response to the bacteria that is the problem.
MSA research into ‘Wagyu effect’ and dairy beef cattle progresses
MSA research into ‘Wagyu effect’ and dairy beef cattle progresses
Modern Agriculture Foundation Celebrates Success of Alt-Protein Cohorts in MassChallenge Israel Accelerator
Modern Agriculture Foundation Celebrates Success of Alt-Protein Cohorts in MassChallenge Israel Accelerator
Agriculture Sector Not To Blame For Country's Carbon Emissions, Says Midlands TD
Agriculture Sector Not To Blame For Country's Carbon Emissions, Says Midlands TD
€20m approved by minister for aquaculture capital investment scheme
A scheme has been approved by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide €20m for capital investments to accelerate the sustainable growth of the aquaculture sector.
Ukraine works to resume grain exports amid reported strikes in Odessa
Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing global food shortages but warned deliveries would suffer if a Russian missile strike on Odessa was a sign of more to come
Poor wheat harvest in Syria adds to food woes
Poor rainfall, fuel shortages, soaring fertiliser prices: it's been a bad year for farmers in northeastern Syria where a disappointing wheat crop looks set to deal another blow to food supplies in a country grappling with climate change and war.