As much as 30% of the U.K.'s vegetable crops aren't harvested due to failure in meeting exacting standards based on physical appearance says the U.K.'...
At the start of the new millennium there was scientific consensus that conserving genetic diversity will be the key to finding sustainable way to incr...
There has been drought in the US, poor rainfall in Russia and South America and a dry monsoon in India, all of these have a major impact on the world'...
Jatropha curcas has the potential to become one of the world's key energy crops. Grown on marginal land unsuitable for food crops, jatropha provides a...
Cover crops are a variety of plants that are grown prior to planting food crops and they are grown to benefit the soil. Traditional farmers have been ...
Tesco and several other UK food retailers have issued a public letter hitting back at accusations they have "remained silent" over the horsemeat scand...
India produces 2.5 million tons of cotton each year and this crop sustains the livelihoods of over 17 million people, most of whom are poor farmers wi...