Brazil is an agricultural powerhouse, but up to 80 per cent of the farms are small, family-run businesses, and a significant number are struggling. High interest rates, an outdated, over-complicated credit system, and a lack of bank branches in rural areas have led to a loans crisis for those most in need. The private sector is filling some of the holes, but critics say much more needs to be done.
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After 18 years in London, James Ferguson and Alethea Palmer moved to rural Scotland to open a farm-to-fork restaurant. But just months later Covid hit.
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Introducing the seaweed described as a game-changing, gas inhibiting animal feed supplement. But can enough ever be grown to make a global impact?
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Lab-grown meat is being promoted as a sustainable protein of the future, but can enough of it be made to feed the world?
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With the move to more sustainable agriculture practices becoming increasingly urgent, a new blended finance fund is helping small-scale farmers in rural China transition to lucrative and environmentally friendly chilli pepper farming.
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The coronavirus pandemic has been catastrophic for the hospitality industry but some restaurant businesses are stronger now than ever before.
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Plant-based milk makers are whipping up billions in investment and trade with new products, but traditional dairy may prove hard to topple.
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Innovative greenhouse designs are using waste heat from sewage treatment plants to grow fruit and veg. But can they make enough profit to cover huge costs?
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Soil stores about 25 per cent of the world’s fossil fuel emissions each year. How can carbon farming become more ecologically and economically viable?
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Kenyan agritech startup Apollo is using a combination of technology and local communication networks to provide a scalable solution for small-scale farmers to become commercial producers.
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New Zealand’s wine industry was the first in the world to have a national sustainability programme and more than 96 per cent of its vineyards operate according to specific environmental standards.
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Traditional rice farming has a heavy environmental impact, but new strains of rice, and a new way of farming it could help. Convincing farmers and governments to change their ways isn’t easy though.
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Commonly used bottom-trawling nets threaten fish stocks and the marine environment. Now pioneering, AI net designs promise a more sustainable, selective and eco-friendly way to fish.
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Rabobank and Microsoft have joined forces to create an online, carbon removal unit marketplace that connects large corporations with smallholder farmers who can sequester carbon through agroforestry.
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A host of new innovations using artificial intelligence are boosting our potential to create a healthier, more sustainable food system.
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In Mexico, they call avocados ‘green gold’, because they’re worth nearly $3bn in exports every year. In some parts of the country, the lucrative industry is even controlled by organised crime.
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The days of consumers turning a blind eye to labour standards may be numbered
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Coronavirus has made it clear the need for a more robust and responsive food system.
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