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Young engineer wins UN award for space-saving agritech
Plants grown in a polymer film have earned a Mechanical Engineer a UN award for young people working to protect or restore the environment.
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Whitepaper: APRIL™ Robotics Weighing Station
Using proven robotic equipment, OAL has designed and developed the first generation of robotic food manufacturing preparation systems...
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Putting cactus on the menu: FAO extols the virtue of prickly plants
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) worked with experts to write the book on cacti. Crop Ecology, Cultivation and Uses of Cactus Pear spreads knowledge of how to manage the plant effectively. It also gives…
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Banana breakthrough as scientists breed Panama-resistant strain
Genetically modified Cavendish bananas have been bred by Australian researchers, potentially sparing the species extinction.
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How a UN project improved the livelihoods of fish-smoking women in Sri Lanka
In a region where many women operate small, labour-intensive and low-output smoked fish businesses, the FAO has stepped in to change the game.
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‘Shadow food economy’ means British consumer pays twice
A new report by the Sustainable Food Trust has found that UK citizens pay twice as much for food than they realise due to hidden externalities of production.
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Meat products: Identifying adulteration versus contamination
This whitepaper identifies adulteration versus contamination in meat products.
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Pesticides may cause bumblebees to lose their buzz, study finds
Pesticides significantly reduce the number of pollen grains a bumblebee is able to collect, a new University of Stirling study has found.
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Disease-resistant apples perform better than old favourites
New, hardier cultivars of apple can be stored for as long or longer than their traditional forefathers.
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Human behaviours could lead to nutritional deficiency in hundreds of millions
A leading academic has said that urgent environmental action is needed to safeguard human health.
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Climate change an ‘alarming threat’ to food safety and security
Leaders of several Pacific states have warned that without action, the consequences of climate change could be dire.
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Current cattle injections increase the risk of injury, research finds
Research by scientists at The University of Nottingham suggests that today's injection techniques in UK dairy cattle need to change to avoid the risk of nerve injury.
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Bananas could vanish from supermarket shelves, GMB Union warns
Britain's general trade union, GMB, has called for a change in the way bananas are farmed to halt an environmental catastrophe and save workers' health.
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New commission to examine Brexit impact on food, farming and countryside
A British organisation has put together a task force to identify practical and radical solutions to the problems thrown up by Brexit.
