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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      UK agriculture
      Farming subsidies trigger row over future of British countryside

      The government’s post-Brexit subsidy regime has left some farmers with less money than before

      Helen Drinkall, a livestock farmer from Chorley, Lancashire
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Italian economy
      Italy turns to Kyrgyz shepherds to revive Sardinian farming

      Farming body seeks recruits from 6,000 miles away in fight to help rural economy

      Shepherds on horseback herd sheep along a road in the Suusamyr valley, Kyrgyzstan
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Ireland
      Ireland’s dairy farmers in crisis over EU nitrogen cap

      Producers face having to cull cows or find more land after government says bloc’s decision will not be overturned

      A farmer rounds up cows in Aherla, County Cork, Ireland
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      News in-depthUK agriculture
      ‘We’re in the lap of the gods’: UK farmers contend with extreme weather

      Food supply chains are coming under threat because of climate change

      Andrew Blenkiron
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Ireland
      Irish farmers pressured to cull up to 200,000 cows to meet climate goals

      Dairy farming produces much of Ireland’s emissions, but herd-owners say large-scale culling is not the answer

      A man in a field with cows
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Grain exports back in Russia’s sights in Ukraine war

      Fears for global food security as Moscow pushes for a greater share of wheat trade

      A ship coming from Ukraine loaded with grain and anchored in Istanbul
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      News in-depthClimate change
      Italy’s cheesemakers cool their cows to keep the milk flowing

      Dairy farmers are increasingly using giant fans and sprinklers to help their cattle cope with extreme heat

      Two cheesemakers stand surrounded by Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
    • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
      UK agriculture
      British berry growers accuse supermarkets of pocketing soft fruit profits

      Retailers claim they are battling to keep costs down for consumers after average punnet price increased 11% in 2022

      Seasonal workers pick strawberries in Faversham, England
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      News in-depthSpecial Report
      Sustainable Food and Agriculture

      Climate change is starting to hit hard. How will it affect the world’s farmland? Plus: warning labels for unhealthy food; robots that weed; making biodiversity pay; food tracing start-ups; high hopes for agritourism; houses — and more — of straw

      farmer using digital tablet while inspecting crops
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Agritourism offers brighter prospects for Albania’s small farmers

      Attracting tourists can increase prosperity in areas unsuited to intensive agriculture

      Brussels sprouts grow in a field at Mrizi i Zanave, an Albanian agritourism
    • Saturday, 1 July, 2023
      Food Prices
      UK dairy industry fears farm closures following processors’ price cuts

      Smaller farms at risk as production costs of milk exceed the amount that most farmers are paid

    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
      Digital pathway aims at guiding Nigerian farmers out of isolation

      Improved business methods expand horizons beyond subsistence level

      A farmer picks up cocoa beans while spreading them to dry on an open ground in Iragbiji village, southwest Nigeria
    • Friday, 23 June, 2023
      Climate change
      EU plans to relax GMO restrictions to help farmers adapt to climate change

      Controls could be eased on plants ranging from wheat able to withstand drought to fungus-resistant tomatoes

      Wheat in a field in Montbert near Nantes, France
    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      Equity exchanges
      Polish regulator set to clear Ukrainian group’s delisting from Warsaw exchange

      Exit by owner of agricultural company Kernel is blow to largest bourse in central and eastern Europe

      Workers take a break during a wheat harvest on a farm operated by Kernel in Varva, Ukraine
    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
      Abdul Saboor Rahmany
      Afghanistan’s food crisis could have been avoided

      The US and its allies must prioritise investment in the country’s agricultural systems

      Afghan women queue for food rations in Kabul. Increased spending on agricultural research and development would mitigate risks such as extremism and poverty in poor countries
    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Start-ups see sustainable future in seaweed farming

      Investor interest is growing in a protein-rich food source that could also free up agricultural land

      Aerial view of The Seaweed Company’s 50 hectare farm in Ireland
    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Energy costs create headwinds for vertical farms

      New crop varieties and a turn to the Middle East could give the sector new impetus

      A worker at Bowery Farming inspects a crop
    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Sri Lanka’s farmers learn lessons from organic debacle

      The country’s ban on chemical fertilisers backfired, but still sharpened interest in greener alternatives

      A woman puts her hands in freshly picked leaves in a Sri Lankan tea factory
    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Premium chocolate venture brings benefits to DRC’s cacao farmers

      An ambitious scheme aims to raise incomes and protect nature in a region blighted by violence

      A woman wraps white chocolate in Virunga Chocolate’s Mutwanga factory
    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
      Fertiliser manufacturers strive to curb greenhouse gas emissions

      New production techniques will help, but more judicious use by farmers will help even more

      A student looks at a machine to measure nitrous oxide emissions in a field of oilseed rape
    • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
      Climate change
      No rain in Spain pushes olive oil prices to record levels

      Continuing drought conditions leave traders and analysts worried about this year’s output

      Cracked earth is photographed after the water level has dropped in the Sau reservoir, about 100 km (62 miles) north of Barcelona,
    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      The Big Read
      The farmers challenging the EU’s green agenda

      Brussels needs a greener agricultural sector to help meet its climate goals. But farmers say they’re being asked to do too much

      A convoy of tractors in Arnhem, Netherlands, protests against the Dutch government’s nitrogen reduction policy to meet EU targets. The sign reads ‘Come on child, we are no longer welcome in this country’
    • Sunday, 2 April, 2023
      LexAgritech
      Lab-grown meat: Italy’s disapproval hard to swallow Premium content

      Giorgia Meloni’s ban looks like an exercise in brand protection

      A cooked piece of cultivated chicken breast
    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      Microbes on the farm: a solution for climate change?

      Evolving technology is enhancing soil’s ability to store carbon and mitigate the environmental effects of industrialised farming

      Inset, a woman looks at samples of bright yellow canola. Right a hand holding a petri dish with cultures on it
    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      UK trade
      UK poised to remove import tariffs on Malaysian palm oil

      Britain’s move to cut duties as it seeks entry to CPTPP trade deal sparks concern among green groups

      Workers use palm fruit spears to remove bad bunches from a pile at the Bukit Senorang Palm Oil Mill in Malaysia
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