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Writing for The Conversation, Dr Susannah Fisher (UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction) explores the challenges that Bangladesh, Tuvalu, Kenya, Australia and the UK face with the mounting climate crisis and the required steps to prevent further damage.

One of the UK's largest scientific studies investigating the links between diet and cancer has reached its 30th anniversary, with celebrations from Leeds researchers who spearheaded the project.

Industrial food processing is often the target of criticism - unjust criticism, says Patrick Rühs, as many processing steps actually make foods healthier and easier to digest.

A team of researchers has found new ways to make it cheaper - and greener - for small food producers to get their goods to customers. The study, led by Alliance Manchester Business School's Dr Arijit De and published in the Transportation Research journal, looked at how local food hubs can work more efficiently.

Posted on: 26 September 2025 Bees, butterflies and other insects have too little natural habitat around them to survive, according to a new study published in leading international journal Science.

Improving biodiversity and maintaining yields at the same time? For many, this sounds like a contradiction in terms.

Manchester researchers use AI and satellite imagery to map irrigation in Ghana. Their findings will guide technologies and services to strengthen water resilience, boost food security and improve livelihoods for smallholder farmers.

Researchers call for diversified measures and collaboration across the landscape Strips of land planted with flowers between fields are the most popular environmental measure in agriculture.

School meals, provided for free by governments around the world, could be used to curb global hunger and promote a sustainable global food system, finds a new study by UCL researchers.

Groundwater, which provides 80 percent of Switzerland's drinking water, is the focus of the Eawag Info Day taking place today in Dübendorf. Michael Berg from Eawag's Water Resources & Drinking Water Department and scientific manager of this year's Info Day explains why this important resource is under pressure and how it can be protected.

An engineer and a plant scientist are working together to ensure yams and taro are capable of surviving droughts in Tonga and keeping people fed.

Farmers might be able to get help tending and harvesting crops using a new sensing technology from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute (RI). Researchers invented a tool called  SonicBoom that can find crops like apples based on the sound they make. The novel technology, still in the early stages of development, may someday be used by farm robots for tasks like pruning vines or locating ripe apples hidden among the leaves.

When given nutritionally matched diets, participants lost twice as much weight eating minimally processed foods compared to ultra-processed foods, suggesting that reducing processing could help to sustain a healthy weight, finds a new clinical trial led by UCL researearchers.

Anthropology professor Ingrid Hall looks at the conservation of ancestral potato varieties in Cuzco, Peru.

Dr. Maria Camilla Ceballos, Associate professor of animal welfare and behaviour, a distinguished researcher at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) , is on a mission to transform the lives of livestock across Canada and the globe.

A £20 device which makes fertiliser by treating water with ultrasound could transform agricultural supply chains in remote areas, its inventors say. Chemists and engineers from the University of Glasgow have found a way to produce molecules of nitrate - an important nutrient for plant growth - using just sound waves, water and air.

A new study from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin shows how referendums and flexible trade rules within the U.S. internal market enable states to adopt ambitious animal welfare laws-offering insights for European policymaking.

Moving toward circular agriculture thanks to nutrient separation from manure. Due to strict environmental regulations, farmers are not allowed to spread all'of their manure on their land.

Wheat production is threatened by a major fungal disease: yellow rust. Researchers at the University of Zurich have found traditional wheat varieties from Asia that harbor several resistance-conferring genes.

A new project, co-led by Dr Joshua James and Professor Patrick Cai of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology at The University of Manchester, in collaboration with the John Innes Centre and Earlha

Researchers from SDU Global Sustainable Production have investigated in several studies how to prevent poor working conditions in the food sector. On Tuesday 20 May, they presented their findings at a workshop for the entire Danish industry. Stories of poor working conditions in the food industry are not uncommon, particularly in Southern Europe, but now researchers in work environment at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark have found at least part of the solution.

A leading cardiovascular disease researcher from Simon Fraser University is ringing the alarm on universal recommendations intended to improve heart health around the globe.

Study by the University of Bonn sees great potential for solar cells on grain fields or pastures Photovoltaic systems are increasingly being installed not only on roofs but also on open land. This does not always meet with citizens' approval. What is known as agrivoltaics (Agri-PV), however, is viewed more favorably, as researchers at the University of Bonn have now been able to show.

Wild bees are considered food specialists. They often only collect their nectar from a few or even a single plant.

Food waste is a major global issue, responsible for eight to 10 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions annually.

Why do we opt for unhealthy food when we're hungry? A new study by researchers at the University of Hamburg shows that hunger doesn't just shape our preferences, it also influences how we view food at different times. Nutritional value and healthy choices tend to take a back seat. Have you ever walked through a supermarket, stomach grumbling, and tried to choose healthy food over tastier but less healthy options? Anyone faced with rows of colorful products knows this feeling.

New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has found economic costs, environmental impacts, and misalignment between consumer purchasing and understanding are key reasons for the limited sh

McGill researchers have developed an AI-powered method to verify the origin of honey, ensuring that what's on the label matches what's in the jar.

The warm season coincides with the period of activity of the insect vector of this disease that can have serious consequences for farm animals.