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World's hungriest caterpillar is wreaking destruction around the world

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World's hungriest caterpillar is wreaking destruction around the world

Scientists are racing to develop weapons against fall armyworms, a devastating pest that is rapidly invading new continents and destroying vital food crops

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banana farming

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Bananas have benefited from climate change – but they won’t in future

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Inside China's attempt to boost crop yields with electric fields

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Inside China's attempt to boost crop yields with electric fields

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Should we eat local to cut food miles, or does it make no difference?

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Should we eat local to cut food miles, or does it make no difference?

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Cows

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We could breed climate-friendly cows that belch less methane

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Fishmeal

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Turning CO2 into animal feed could make it greener for us to eat meat

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rubber tapping

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The world's supply of rubber is in jeopardy. Can we find new sources?

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How quantum sensors can improve our lives and agriculture

How quantum sensors can improve our lives and agriculture

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trowel

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The idea that there are only 100 harvests left is just a fantasy

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vines planted in volcanic hollows

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Vineyards sit in moon-like craters on a volcano in Lanzarote

Farmers dig circular pits in volcanic craters on Lanzarote, where they grow millions of white Malvasía Volcánica grapes every year

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Deforestation in the Amazon could raise local temperatures by 1.5C

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To feed 11 billion people, we must share crop seeds as a common good

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When humans are wiped from Earth, the chicken bones will remain

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Humans

The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

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