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A common framework for Global Agricultural Sustainability Assessments

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28 February 202328 February 2023

As an industry that occupies 36.5% of global land mass agriculture plays a key role in how the natural world is managed. It also supplies the food we need to…Read More >

A common framework for Global Agricultural Sustainability Assessments

Inequalities in agriculture and implications for global change

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20 February 202320 February 2023

In 2007, the United Nations declared 20 February to be World Day of Social Justice. In their declaration, they recognized that “social development and social justice are indispensable for the…Read More >

Inequalities in agriculture and implications for global change

Zero Budget Natural Farming: a low-cost farming system that could achieve similar yields to organic and conventional techniques

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5 December 20222 February 2023

In response to rising challenges for farmers in India, the Government of Andhra Pradesh a state in southeast India, have been encouraging farmers to adopt Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)…Read More >

Zero Budget Natural Farming: a low-cost farming system that could achieve similar yields to organic and conventional techniques

Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture

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11 April 202223 February 2023

During COP26 groups around the world gathered to protest the “unfair” and “elitist” climate action approaches of the world’s richest nations. The tone of the conference enraged many as developed…Read More >

Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture

Ukraine: how the global fertiliser shortage is going to affect food

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15 March 202223 February 2023

We are currently witnessing the beginning of a global food crisis, driven by the knock-on effects of a pandemic and more recently the rise in fuel prices and the conflict…Read More >

Ukraine: how the global fertiliser shortage is going to affect food

Sustainable and nutritious food – are these values irreconcilable?

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25 February 202223 February 2023

We recently held the 4th Annual Institute for Food Nutrition and Health (IFNH) Forum on the theme of ‘Sustainable and Nutritious Food – are these values irreconcilable?’. To replicate the…Read More >

Sustainable and nutritious food – are these values irreconcilable?

COVID fallout hit farmers hard – they need better mental health support

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12 January 202211 January 2022

A farmer’s lot is not an easy one. A difficult and demanding way of life, farming involves a huge range of challenges and stresses – among them isolation, climate change, and disease…Read More >

Making informed decisions in the midst of the climate crisis

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16 November 2021

As the second of four all-staff talks we held in the run-up to the COP26 Summit in November 2021, this blog includes a presentation by Professor Amanda Callaghan (Evolutionary Biology…Read More >

Animal research to accelerate the transition to net zero emissions

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11 November 202111 November 2021

The way we produce our food has a big impact on the environment. Farmers globally need our support to do two jobs that are fundamental to our survival: feed the…Read More >

Creating space for engagement alongside research

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24 September 202127 September 2021

Deepa Senapathi, a researcher in the University’s ‘bee team’, reflects on her experience working in a large integrated team with a wide range of stakeholders, and suggests reasons why their…Read More >

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