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Sustainable Food and Agriculture

Climate change is starting to hit hard. How will it affect the world’s farmland? Plus: warning labels for unhealthy food; robots that weed; making biodiversity pay; food tracing start-ups; high hopes for agritourism; houses — and more — of straw

Supported by Rabobank

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How will global warming affect the crops that we grow?
Climate change’s effects on agriculture will worsen existing global inequalities
Food campaigners push for clearer labelling on nutrition risks
‘Traffic lights’ and other schemes can both warn consumers and push manufacturers to reformulate
Farm robots poised for growth as labour costs rise
Humans used to be much cheaper and far more dexterous. Those advantages are eroding fast
New fund aims to boost biodiversity on England’s farms
Like many other countries, the UK wants to make habitat restoration pay
Agritourism offers brighter prospects for Albania’s small farmers
Attracting tourists can increase prosperity in areas unsuited to intensive agriculture
Investors and regulators focus on food tracing
Restaurant and grocery businesses face growing pressure to disclose where their products originate

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