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World-famous lab begins work on genetic project to save cocoa
MARS has teamed up with scientists at a world-famous lab to create cacao trees that will be resistant to disease, safeguarding the crop's future.
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Farming industry reacts to Michael Gove’s post-Brexit vision
UK farmers will have to earn subsidies after Brexit through sustainable practices, Michael Gove, the UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, announced yesterday.
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Blockchain, waste and nutrigenomics: the rising trends of 2018
A not-for-profit organisation aimed at providing food information to consumers has put together a list of its top trends for 2018.
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University creates new tool in fight against antimicrobial resistance
Researchers have created an online tool which gives dairy farmers and vets the means to closely measure and monitor their antibiotic use.
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Northern Irish food and agricultural research projects awarded £2 million
Several food and agricultural research projects in Norther Ireland have been awarded nearly £2 million in funding between them. The research projects all focus on improving food safety, security and transparency right through the system. They include Food Fortress, a scheme investigating an effective surveillance system for detecting and preventing…
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British caterers are selling unsustainable fish, investigation finds
So-called ‘red-rated’ species are on the menu at restaurants and canteens across the UK, prompting a sustainable seafood campaign group to urge companies to rethink their buying policies.
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Potato blight’s chemical attack mechanism explained
Scientists have unravelled the problem of potato blight, an outbreak of which famously brought about the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s and 50s.
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UK’s dairy industry smashes its environmental targets
Dairy UK has added to its list of environmental credentials by surpassing its targets by boosting water, primary energy and raw effluent efficiency.
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With relish: consumers happily eat food made from waste ingredients
Food waste is a global problem. Every year, humans throw away 1.3 billion tonnes, a third of our production. One solution may have emerged – feeding it back to us.
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Scheme to boost seafood safety in Europe gets under way
After a kick-off event in Lisbon, SEAFOODTOMORROW, a project formed of a partnership between 35 Europe-wide organisations, has begun.
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Millions to be invested to usher in next-generation almond farming
California produces 82 per cent of the world's almonds. New investment has been announced to bring the USD$2.5 billion industry into the 21st century.
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Study examines solutions to antimicrobial resistance in fish farming
Agriculture is one of the fastest growing food sectors but with that growth has come a worrying trend in antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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New report reveals food insecurity in Europe and Central Asia
The countries of Europe and Central Asia have made good progress reducing the prevalence of undernourishment, but some 14.3 million women and men in the region are still not getting the food they need and malnutrition problems are on the rise, according to an FAO report.
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Water company working with national food chains to prevent fatbergs
The scourge of sewage workers the world over, a fatbergs are caused by, among other factors, fats, oils and greases poured down drains.
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Plain packaging could cut drinks industry profits by $300 billion
Plain packaging has been a legal requirement on all cigarettes sold in the UK since May this year. But how would the same kind of ban affect the food and drinks industry?
