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Global tariff aims to protect UK food production
UK Agriculture and food producers are supported by the UK Global Tariff announced...
UK trade and agriculture ministers clash at agriculture bill reading
Ministers voted on on the third reading of the agricultural bill in parliament...
Heat-tolerant wheat is one step closer
Researchers at Lancaster University working on molecular-level responses in crops have taken a...
MPs urge ban urged on chlorinated chicken
Hormone-fed beef and chlorine-washed chicken should remain banned in England after Brexit, the...
How supermarkets took over Britain’s food system
This Prospect magazine feature on food security in Britain explores whether it is...
UN’s agroecology is “a rejection of progress”
Foodtank explores the recent outburst by Kip Tom, the Trump appointed Ambassador to...
East Africa’s battle against locusts during Coronavirus outbreaks
East Africa's battle against locusts, the BBC reports that a second invasion by...
Edson Mpyisi discusses locust crisis grants
African Development Bank Chief Financial Economist Edson Mpyisi discuses the locust crisis and...
Russia donates $10 million to fight locust plague
The Food and Agriculture Organisation has thanked the Russian Federation for supporting the...
China’s Mekong dams cause drought
A study found that China is holding back large amounts of water upstream...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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