Growing up in a rural area of Puerto Rico, Uriyoán Colón-Ramos and her family felt a strong connection to, and pride in, the land they lived on.
Environment
Feb 16, 2023
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Research by the University of Southampton shows future choices about trade, diet and climate change will be crucial in securing micronutrient food supplies for the U.K.
Economics & Business
Jul 14, 2022
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As wheat prices are driven upwards by the war in Ukraine, bakers in the West African state of Ivory Coast are starting to use locally produced cassava flour to bake bread.
Agriculture
Jul 5, 2022
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Reducing tariffs on imported goods is meant to remove trade barriers, but it doesn't seem to be helping the seafood industry, which has experienced the same—if not more—import rejections and notifications at borders, ...
Economics & Business
Apr 6, 2022
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Food and climate change are often treated as separate issues, but conservative estimates suggest that changing the way we produce and consume food could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by at least 10.3 billion tons ...
Environment
Mar 30, 2022
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One of the important factors that need to be taken into account for anaerobic digestion is the lipid content of the organic waste. Indeed, a large quantity of lipids enables more gas to be produced: this is known as the methane ...
Materials Science
Dec 10, 2021
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Sri Lanka abandoned its quest to become the world's first completely organic farming nation on Sunday, announcing it would immediately lift an import ban on pesticides and other agricultural inputs.
Environment
Nov 21, 2021
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When COVID closed down their lab in March, a team from the University of Essex turned to computational approaches to understand what makes some plants better adapted to transform light and carbon dioxide into yield through ...
Biotechnology
Oct 16, 2020
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An ultra-modern vertical farm in the middle of the desert stands as a testament to Dubai's determination to spark a "green revolution" to overcome its dependence on food imports.
Other
Aug 18, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic exposes weaknesses in the supply chain when countries go into lockdown. Some are small, such as the toilet paper shortages early on, that, while annoying, were eventually resolved. But what happens when ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2020
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