Bee Vectoring Technologies have revealed the successful results from their 2016 sunflower trials that were conducted in three countries: USA, Serbia and Canada. The field trials...
The NFU’s second application to allow farmers in some areas of England to use two banned bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides has been rejected by the Government. This action by...
The Dutch Minister for Agriculture hosted a conference on patents and plant breeders’ rights today. IFOAM EU say it’s unfair that patents give companies monopoly rights...
The Government have rejected an application to allow farmers to use bee-harming pesticides. Late last night the news was broken the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green Tomorrow....
Bees and other pollinator species thrive as well in towns and cities as they do in farms and nature reserves, according to a new study. The...
Viruses carried by commercial bees, used for honey or to pollinate crops, risk spreading diseases to wild pollinator populations with potentially “devastating effects”, researchers from the...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
Climate change is set to have uncertain effects on the world’s agriculture system, and could lead to anywhere between an 18% decline in production and a...
Ed Bailey, assistant fund manager for the Sarasin Food and Agriculture Opportunities Fund, explores some of the innovations, adaptations and policies that will drive sustainable production...
Wild species related to our crops and are crucial as a potential future food resource have been identified in a study. However, researchers from the University of Birmingham...
As the global population grows food supply may be unable to meet rising demand, with potentially devastating impacts for countries already reliant on imports, a new...
In just one year, ozone pollution in India caused the loss of enough crops to feed 94 million people that are living below the poverty line,...
Researchers have estimated greenhouse gas emissions from the food sector could rise by 80% by 2050, as the world increasingly adopts meat-based diets that are putting...