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EU organic sector faces regulatory uncertainty

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EU

The organic sector in the EU.

China's changing diets will favour vegetable farming

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CHINA

Vegetarianism has surged among affluent young urban residents in recent years, primarily due to greater health consciousness and concerns about food safety. The government is…

Exports become priority task for Russian agriculture

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RUSSIA

After four years promoting food import substitution, Russia's government is looking to expand exports of foodstuffs including but not restricted to grain. State funding for the…

Sustainability needs boost biodynamic agriculture

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INT

This pressure has cast a spotlight on the potential of ‘biodynamic agriculture' to help these industries minimise their environmental damage, specifically by addressing water…

Russia reluctant to adapt farming to climate change

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RUSSIA

Russia is the world's leading wheat exporter and is trying to build its livestock sector. Intensive, polluting production methods are at odds with other environmental imperatives…

Sustainability will be as key to food tech as outcomes

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INTERNATIONAL

Food tech -- using technology to improve how food is grown, produced, distributed and consumed -- is critical to meeting consumption needs, and to reducing if not reversing the…

Latin America food exports to Gulf will expand further

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LATIN AMERICA/GULF STATES

The GCC imports around 85% of the food its member countries consume domestically, and the share of Latin American products as a proportion of the GCC’s total food imports has…

Israel may miss climate targets, despite rising risk

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ISRAEL

Public environmental awareness is relatively poor, though a February oil spill affecting beaches was a wake-up call. Green issues are also not a national political priority. Ahead…

Global food supply chain sustainability gaps are vast

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INT

This concern appears to be holding up despite the economic and other disruptions triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Romania cannot replace Ukrainian agriculture overnight

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ROMANIA

Raising the availability and quality of inputs, training the labour force properly, using digital tools in operations, achieving energy self-sufficiency from renewables and…