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Researchers urge communities to bolster local food production
After examining food supply chain resiliency and import dependency in remote communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have called for change.
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Tesco calls for deforestation-free food in UK after Greenpeace call out
Greenpeace urged the supermarket giant to stop buying meat from companies involved in Amazon deforestation, and Tesco has now called on Government to make deforestation-free food a policy.
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Global COVID-19 Food Coalition moves forward with new support
The FAO-led, multi-stakeholder coalition, which aims to collectively address the impacts of the pandemic on food systems and agriculture across the world, now has support from 35 nations.
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High-tech food manufacturing campus to be launched in UK
The campus will combine food production facilities with shared utilities, amenities and services, and aims to act as a global hub for innovative, sustainable food manufacturing.
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Report provides framework for understanding climate risks to agriculture
The USDA report described five indicator categories to assess the impacts of climate change on agriculture, including physical, crop and livestock, biological, phenological and socioeconomic.
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Nando’s commits to improve chicken welfare standards across supply chain
The peri-peri chicken restaurant chain has committed to push its suppliers to improve welfare and slaughter standards, as well as to reduce its carbon footprint across its UK and Ireland supply chains.
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40 percent of leading food giants now have dedicated plant-based teams
The FAIRR Initiative, a collaborative investor network, has revealed that almost half of the world's largest food retailers and manufacturers now have teams dedicated to plant-based foods, with Tesco and Unilever ranking top.
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Mitigation of greenhouse gases in dairy cattle through genetic selection
A study has set targets to reduce methane production by dairy cattle by 20 percent in 10 years through selective breeding.
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Plant hormones and crop quality
Gideon Ashworth’s latest ‘Talking Crop’ discusses the effect of plant health and hormones on food quality, and the impact climate change is having on the agri-food market.
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Evolution of plant-based food production from batch to inline
One of the biggest challenges in the production of plant -based analogues for meat and fish is the increase of efficiency at lower costs without compromising in texture of the final product.
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Why water efficiency is key to creating a sustainable food system
PepsiCo's Chris Daly discusses how the multinational food and beverage corporation is finding innovative ways to tackle long-term sustainability challenges and create more environmentally-friendly processes.
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Innovative UK agri-tech projects to benefit from £24 million investment
The nine projects to receive funding are applying big data, artificial intelligence and robotics to UK farming, with the aim of establishing a more efficient system of food production that cuts costs and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
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Report identifies “hotspot countries” heading for COVID-19 food crises
FAO and WFP have collaborated on an analysis of countries which could be part of the "worst food crisis in generations".
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Study reveals scale of illegal soy and beef exports from Brazil to EU
A peer-reviewed report has revealed that large quantities of head and up to one-fifth of Brazil's surging soy exports to the European Union are tainted by illegal deforestation.
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Food safety & traceability: How to gain a competitive advantage based on supply chain transparency
A growing number of food producers have digital systems in place for track and trace, quality management and supply chain management.
