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EU faces a €70 billion annual bill to adapt to climate change by 2050

Environment
The European Union will need to invest around €70 billion every year until 2050 to adapt to the growing impacts of climate change, according to a new study commissioned by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA).

Global food security analysis – part 1

Agriculture
Curtis R Youngs  from Iowa State University, provides an analysis of global food security, in this the first part of a four-part series

Cattle production faces annual loss of $40 billion, due to climate change

Agriculture
Cattle production is under serious economic threat due to the increasing heat stress placed on the animals – facing a financial loss of up to $40 billion yearly.

Chasing climate-ready glutinous rice for food security in Thailand and Laos

Agriculture
Professor Apichart Vanavichit, Director of the Rice Science Center offers insight into how the next generation of glutinous rice varieties are critical to food security in Thailand and Laos.

Agricultural innovation & its challenges

Agriculture
David Green, Executive Director of the U.S. Sustainability Alliance, highlights agricultural innovation and its challenges, including how the USDA’s NIFA is supporting this policy area.

Team discovers crucial gene in soybean, after 30 year hunt

Agriculture
The University of Illinois team have figured out which gene controls protein content in soybeans - a breakthrough for global food security.

Rice feeds the world, now more than ever

Sustainable Development
Jesica Kincaid, Senior Manager, International Trade Policy, USA Rice, argues that rice feeds the world, now more than ever.

A perspective on industrial livestock production

Agriculture
Peter Stevenson OBE, Chief Policy Advisor from Compassion in World Farming, provides a perspective on industrial livestock production

How DNA technology helps control the premium quality of Thai Hom Mali Rice

Agriculture
Professor Dr Apichart Vanavichit, at the Rice Science Center, explains how DNA technology can create a high-quality Thai Jasmine Rice.

Polyculture farming for marine aquaculture’s climate impact

Agriculture
Researchers looking at the climate impact of aquaculture find that food production can sustain a lower carbon footprint - with polyculture farming techniques.

Scientists find there are 70% fewer pollinators, due to air pollution

Environment
Air pollution significantly reduces pollination by confusing butterflies and bees, lessening their ability to sniff out crops and wildflowers.

Ocean warming has caused fish to shrink in size

Environment
Researchers have found that ocean warming, acidification and oxygen depletion have caused a species shift, causing fish to have smaller body sizes.

Restoring food security after coral bleaching events

Environment
Researchers have found that coral reefs are more resilient ecosystems than previously thought, remaining rich sources of macronutrients for the fishing industry even after coral bleaching.

Study finds genetic instructions for cells that aid crop climate tolerance

Agriculture
A new US study funded by the National Science Foundation, reveals how plants resist climate stressors like flooding or drought.

The rapid shrinkage of the Himalayan glaciers

Environment
A study has revealed that the renowned Himalayan glaciers have lost over 40% of their area, threatening millions of people in Asia with lack of water availability.

Human & animal health, food security & biosecurity

Health & Social Care
Curtis R Youngs from Iowa State University probes the relationship between human and animal health in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, including comment on the food system & biosecurity programmes.

In Puerto Rico, USDA holds the line on African swine fever

Agriculture
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, explains here how in Puerto Rico, they hold the line on African swine fever (ASF)
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