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Environment

Extreme rainfall could lead to ‘big disaster’ for rice yield in China

Heavy rain triggered by climate change is forecast to reduce rice production in China by 8 per cent by the end of the century

Environment

Farmland could feed 20 billion people but it might wreck the planet

Environment

Vertical farm cuts energy use 75 per cent by using sunlight

An emaciated cow stands at the bottom of the water pan that has been dried up for 4 months in Iresteno, a bordering town with Ethiopia, on September 1, 2022. - The devastating Horn of Africa drought is set to get even worse with a fifth consecutive failed rainy season, the UN's weather agency forecasted, fearing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are already going through their worst drought for 40 years and another poor rainy season is now highly likely, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Horn of Africa drought is set to become the region鈥檚 worst on record

Environment

We can’t engineer our way out of the water crisis in the Southwest US

Mycelium of mushroom. Mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the host plant's root tissues. Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association. Mycorhize. - Image ID: BDF3AY (RF)

Environment

Adding wild fungi to soil could make trees store more carbon

A seed growing from the wooden carrier

Environment

Artificial seed casing made from wood buries itself when wet

Person milking a cow

Humans

Milk may have fuelled a growth spurt in ancient Europeans

Vegan burger

Environment

Serve vegan burgers in schools to trigger shift from meat, says report

Two people spreading fertiliser in rows of cabbage plants

Environment

Human waste could help tackle a global shortage of fertiliser

Tests on cabbage plants suggest fertilisers derived from human urine and faeces are safe and could help bring down food prices

Environment

Ranchers are using GPS-collars to herd livestock with virtual fences

Environment

How California can capture stormwater to fight off the drought

Environment

Feeding farm by-products to livestock could boost our food supply

Environment

Plant-based hot foam kills weeds as effectively as chemical spray