Expecting backpackers to work in tough conditions for months, only to be entered into an uncertain visa ballot, is a gamble for farmers and regional communities.
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Growers across the country are grappling with surging fuel prices and inconsistent rainfall.
This year’s El Niño is likely to be the strongest on record. That would boost some fruit supplies – but it could also push up wheat, sugar and beef prices.
Self-reliance is important for many Australian farmers. But could farms ever become self-reliant in energy?
The places most exposed to saltwater flooding, especially the low-lying Fenlands, are also some of the most productive farmland in the UK.
Berry’s belief that humans have a responsibility to care for God’s creation traces back to the Book of Genesis. So does an opposing argument for environmental exploitation.
Trade within the Southern African Development Community is an issue holding back agriculture.
Canada is a major US supplier of fertilizer ingredients that could get pulled into Trump’s trade war. Farms can go without fertilizer for a while, but not long.
Sediment and nitrogen runoff carried by rivers is a major challenge to the Great Barrier Reef. Science confirms efforts to improve water quality are paying off.
Migrant workers are vital to Spain’s vast agriculture sector, but they are often hidden from view.
Producers often turn to online peer networks and experts when something goes wrong. However, online misinformation is drowning out the legitimate advice.
Compost, manure and food waste can be turned into biofertilisers made from natural materials.
Tackling livestock emissions involves more than just eating less meat.
These fine particles can do significant harm to transport networks, farming and even human health.
Teaming groups of private landowners with federal efforts yielded measurable success, at least in terms of defending cornfields.
The amount of land occupied by a farming system does not necessarily reflect its importance to our food supply.
Chronic pain can make it hard to walk, carry groceries or sleep through the night. A new study finds that extreme temperatures are linked to that kind of pain.
Our entire food system needs a redesign to cope with increasing threats to resilience over the long haul.
US sewage treatment plants likely don’t get rid of all the disease-causing protozoa, and monitoring discharged wastewater for it is difficult.
Long before synthetic fertilizers, the global guano trade reshaped farming, fueled American expansion and exposed the hidden human costs of feeding the modern world.
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Food Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Regional and Rural Futures, Deakin University
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Adjunct Professor in Animal Welfare, Curtin University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter
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John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University
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Lecturer in Ecology, University of New England
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Emeritus Professor of Agroecology and Food Politics, Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Professor, Dept of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
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Professor of Global Change, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies/ History, University of Oxford
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Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Notre Dame
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Research Advisor, Institute of Development Studies