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New UK Centre of Excellence to Help Improve Global Food Security Threatened by Climate Change

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A new UK centre of excellence is being set up by partners on the Norwich Research Park to improve global food security which is threatened by...
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Farmland

Advances in Modeling and Sensors Can Help Farmers and Insurers Manage Risk

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When drought caused devastating crop losses in Malawi in 2015-2016, farmers in the southeastern African nation did not initially fear for the worst: the...
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Research

Oilseed Rape Research Challenges Previous Thinking on Flowering Time

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Research has shed new light on the molecular mechanisms that allow crops to synchronise flowering with favourable conditions. The research on varieties of oilseed rape...
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sustainability

WUR Monitors Expansion of Digital Tools in Agriculture Worldwide

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The uptake of digital agricultural tools and services around the world will be tracked by researchers from Wageningen University & Research. WUR will continue...
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Crops

How the BSPB is Coping with Extreme Weather, Losing Neonics, COVID-19 and Brexit

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Before her appointment as chief executive, Samantha (Sam) Brooke was Vice-Chair of the British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB), having served on the BSPB...
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EU

Assessing the Efficacy of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy

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European Union politicians call it a “protein transition” strategy—the continent’s sustainable farming blueprint embodied in the Green Deal, the heart of the Farm to...
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EU

EU Parliamentarian Norbert Lins Speaks About the Farm to Fork Strategy

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The European Green Deal sets out how to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, and has several policy areas such as Clean...
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Crops

Winter Flooding Can Help Build Resilience of Groundwater Aquifers for Crop Production

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A new hydrological study co-authored by James Hutton Institute PhD student Camilla Negri and colleagues based in Italy has shown that winter flooding, the...
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Crops

Ecologically Friendly Agriculture Doesn’t Compromise Crop Yields

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Increasing diversity in crop production benefits biodiversity without compromising crop yields, according to an international study comparing 42,000 examples of diversified and simplified agricultural...
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Business

Genome Editing for Crop Improvement | ALLEA Symposium Report

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The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) published a report on its latest Symposium titled “Genome Editing for Crop Improvement”, which summarises the...
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