Agriculture

Wrapping fertilisers in degradable plastics is showing promise for increasing food production while reducing pollution

Scientists are in a battle to keep the world’s food supply dependable, and new research into crop genomes is helping to lead the way

The Native Harvest Kitchen cookbook demystifies native ingredients and helps you incorporate Indigenous food into everyday meals.

Olive oil is liquid gold. It’s been precious to humans for almost eight thousand years – used in everything from birth to death

New sensing techniques can detect drought tolerance in ancient relatives of wheat and barley. Making it possible to use these traits to breed new food crops for a warmer world

Animal scientist Dr Kristy DiGiacomo switched goats for penguins when she travelled to Antarctica as part of a global women in STEMM leadership program

A childhood fascination with the family dairy farm led Associate Professor Mark Green to a career in reproductive biology

Rio de Janeiro is one of Latin America’s most unequal cities; a new project uses urban farming to improve conditions in one of Rio’s most disadvantaged zones

New research finds that the gene that protects wheat from Wheat Yellow Mosaic Virus originated in an ancient wild relative

Fertilisers that increase nitrogen efficiency are being designed to boost crop productivity while reducing farming costs and environmental impact