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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…
Previously selected more for its suitability to the malting process than a taste-changing ingredient, barley may be on the cusp of a renaissance.
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.
Microorganisms found in the wildfire-prone rainforests of India have caught the eye of research scientists as an exciting prospect for biochemical production.
The findings, co-funded by Coca Cola, were unveiled by PureCircle Stevia Institute at the International Congress of Nutrition in Buenos Aires last week.
In the past decades, large areas of forest in Sumatra, Indonesia have been cut down to make room for crops like oil palm and rubber. Now research suggests the this change in the Southeast Asia region's temperature.
Until now, farmers have had to inspect the quality of soybean harvested, bringing work to an abrupt halt. But thanks an international research collaboration, all that seems set to change.
The world's biggest plant oil industry has become infamous for devastating habitats. Now a charity has created a logo to help consumers cut ties with the palm oil market.
Considered a hindrance by many farmers, weeds could be a key weapon in the battle against climate change.
At the moment, some sawmills treat sawdust as special waste, because it can’t be put to good use. Growing sawdust piles can even limit production. Risto Korpinen from Luke thinks that sawdust could be a part of the answer to the world’s need for food.
Finger millet's genetic code has been decoded in detail for the first time by researchers at Zurich University.
Cost-effective, sustainable solutions to bolster customer supply of cocoa and vanilla ingredients to respond to consumer demand.
The wild emmer wheat genome has been sequenced and the results published. It is hoped that this new resource will allow scientists to improve the nutritional quality of grain as well as tolerance to diseases and water shortages.
Humans depend on many different plants as food sources, but since ancient times it has been cereals which prove most important amongst them. Cereals are produced and cultivated on an annual basis, Iqra Yasmin, Food Innovation Center, University of Nebraska, investigates just why this ingredient is of such importance
With the shift towards natural and plant-based ingredients, how do we as an industry, find ways to bring plant-derived ingredients into the mainstream?
