A combination of bad weather and transport problems has seen UK supermarket shelves left bare of tomatoes and other fresh produce.
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UK supermarket shelves have been left bare of fresh produce in recent weeks – growing more fruit and veg in cities could reduce the severity of future shortages.
Research found that investor ownership of farmland in Saskatchewan was negligible in 2002, but by 2018 had climbed to nearly one million acres — almost 18 times the size of Saskatoon.
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Farm consolidation, increasing land concentration and expanding investor ownership of farmland is leading to growing land inequality in the Canadian Prairies.
Waiting for repairs can cost farmers time and money.
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Corporations restrict what farmers can do with their own seeds, as well as their farm equipment when it breaks down.
Agriculture is still largely manual in a several parts of the continent.
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Average farm machinery use in Africa is among the lowest in the world.
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New research from China shows how the loss of insects is destabilising food webs.
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Yes, there are forever chemicals in biosolids we use on farms. Here’s why we don’t need to panic … yet
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Tinkering around the margins of English farms won’t benefit biodiversity, research suggests.
A temporary foreign worker from Mexico works on a berry farm in Mirabel, Que., in May 2020.
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Amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations fail to address the power imbalances at the heart of the temporary foreign worker program.
Burns’ former home Ellisland Farm in Dumfries-shire, which is now a heritage centre.
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The detailed ledger will help historians reconstruct the poet’s beloved farm as it was when he and his family first lived in it.
Tigers in South Africa are being intensively farmed for commercial trade.
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Tigers exist in South Africa because they’re being intensively farmed for commercial trade in live individuals or their body parts.
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Historically, women’s contributions to the agricultural sector often occurred outside of professional roles. ‘Lady’ Maud Williams, who discovered the Lady Williams apple, is one of those women.
Post harvest losses are rampant in several parts of Africa.
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Solar-powered cold storage technology is of prime significance in efforts to cut post-harvest losses.
Women working in rural China close to the Tibetan border.
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Men in rural China spend more time in leisure or social activities, or just hanging around and resting.
Acquired land was used mostly for raising livestock rather than growing fruit, vegetables or field crops.
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The government’s approach to redistributing farmland has been mostly ineffective. Failure can be attributed to limited implementation, poor institutional capacity and corruption.
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In the weeks after the war, there was talk of famine. Why hasn’t it happened?
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A team of scientists unravelled the mystery of how plant roots make the most of soil moisture.
A productive but moderate range of farming intensity is ideal for preserving the soil, its carbon content and biodiversity.
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New practices aim to improve soil health, return more carbon to soil and reduce greenhouse gas losses.
Sorting collected Dendrobium flowers in Guizhou province, China, June 28, 2020.
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Dendrobium orchids are familiar to most people in bouquets, but they are in high demand in China for use in traditional medicines. Can Beijing find ways to grow these threatened plants sustainably?
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This crucial fertiliser component is mostly found in just five countries.
Harmful fungal toxins are a growing threat for European wheat.
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Wheat is an important global crop, but new research suggests that fungal toxins have contaminated half of all European wheat produced for food.