Cattle ranching is the biggest driver of tropical deforestation, but it is also a key livelihood for nearly 1 billion ...

Agriculture and nature are closely intertwined, with millions of farmers around the world relying on nature-based activities as their source of livelihoods. Yet the adverse impacts of agriculture on ...

A big data study covering more than 7,500 households across 23 tropical countries shows that natural biodiversity could be effective insurance for rural farmers against drought and other ...

Around the world, biodiversity is dropping precipitously. In North America, about three billion birds have been lost over recent decades and amphibian populations are declining at a rate of about four ...

The richness of Earth’s plant and animal species is rapidly declining. In Australia, responsibility for this biodiversity loss lies in many quarters – including agriculture. To help address the ...

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The push for sustainability metrics for the dairy industry is ever growing. This includes metrics for air and water quality, water use, and most recently above-ground biodiversity. We sat down with ...

Kipera Village, situated in the Mvomero district and 25 km (16 miles) from the Morogoro region of eastern Tanzania, is renowned for its tomato farming. Tabia Omari and Rajab Hassan have been dedicated ...

Floods. Droughts. Hail. Wildfires. Our environment is increasingly impacted due to climate change. It is here and it is happening now. In recognition of the problem, companies and governments around ...

Innovation by ancient farmers to improve soil fertility continues to have an impact on the biodiversity of the Amazon, a major new study shows. Innovation by ancient farmers to improve soil fertility ...