Biodiversity underpins agriculture, sustaining productivity, resilience and long-term viability. Representing the variety of life on Earth, biodiversity encompasses species of plants, animals and microorganisms, along with their genetic differences and…
A new hub launched at the COP29 climate talks will provide a one-stop-shop for solutions to help the livestock sector in developing countries meet rising demand for animal-source foods while…
The centrality of gender to climate action has been recognised by the Azerbaijan presidency of COP29, which assigned November 21, the second-from-last day of the UN climate negotiations, as Gender Day. However, gender…
As global leaders hold critical climate talks at COP29 this month, Heifer International urges direct funding for drought-stricken smallholder farmers in the Dry Corridor of Latin America and the Amazon…
Each and every day, in every corner of the world, food systems impacts global progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — the road map to a truly sustainable world.…
A broad coalition of the world’s greatest thinkers makes an urgent plea for ‘moonshot’ efforts to solve the ‘tragic mismatch of global food supply and demand’ in an open letter.…
The Mongolian delegation at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification Conference of the Parties (UNCCD COP16) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has recently called for the formation of a world-first ‘Coalition…
In a successful collaboration with Partners in Food Solutions, Côte d’Ivoire-based poultry producer Markegest has upgraded its packaging to meet rising standards in consumer safety and labelling in the country. In Côte d’Ivoire,…
In order to address rising challenges, farmers have turned to precision agriculture to increase yields and also reduce environmental risks. In today’s rapidly evolving agricultural landscape, farmers are under increasing…
Dr. Mohammad Ghosheh (left) and Prof. Yaakov Nahmias (right). Image credit: Hebrew University of Jerusalem Could injection molding with metamaterials solve the scalability challenge for whole cuts of…
Biosphere UV bioreactors in action. Image credit: Biosphere Biosphere emerges from stealth, raises $8.8m for UV-sterilized bioreactors it claims can slash bioproduction costs January 9, 2025 Elaine Watson Biosphere—a startup…
The autonomous 9RX tractor at work. Image credit: John Deere Deere ‘acting more like a startup’ than incumbent with its latest fleet of autonomous machines January 8, 2025 Jennifer Marston…