Nature research news: effect of converting grassland to arable on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change

Johan Six, writing in Nature (June 13 2013, Vol 498, p 180) reports on a new study which for the first time looks at the effect of converting restored Conservation … Read on →

African agricultural growth corridors and the new Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. Who really benefits?

This new report by EcoNexus on African Agricultural Growth Corridors & the New Alliance (June 2013)–  produced in time for the G8, asks the farmers themselves what they think of the … Read on →

Grafting Timeless Farming Skills on to Modern Techniques

This article by Michel Pimbert, was published on June 5 2013 in “The Conversation” a new on-line journal. The Green Revolution that began in the 1940s brought modern methods to … Read on →

Defra Farming and Food Brief: April 2013

Some interesting annual figures (milk prices and volumes, fertiliser costs, etc) in this Brief. Summary as follows: Fall in farm incomes Total Income from Farming, is estimated to have fallen between … Read on →

Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math

Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe – and that make clear who the real enemy is by Bill McKibben This was published last year, but we’ve only … Read on →