Environment
The wild weather that hit Northland earlier this month was not caused by climate change – but climate change made it more likely and more severe, a visiting climate expert…
Australia’s plant biosecurity is set to strengthen after the nation’s seven plant Research and Development Corporations (RDC’s) today announced a new partnership approach to protect and enhance timber, food…
Australian farmers will continue to have access to a popular insecticide following a decision from the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) that confirms dimethoate is safe and effective…
Agricultural tomato wastes could be used to produce valuable functional ingredients as part of a sustainable strategy that uses sustainable extraction methods and contributes to a bio-economy, say researchers. There’s…
Expert ecologists at the UK-based Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) have devised a scientific model which could help predict the spread of the deadly Xylella fastidiosa which is threatening…
South Africa’s olive industry is set to take a blow from recent wildfires that have plagued the Western Cape region, an area home to most of the country’s olive farms.…
Olive growers fear that the killer bacteria Xylella fastidiosa could be set to spread massively with the announcement of a new outbreak in Spain, which is Europe’s largest olive oil…
The olive oil shortage is coming, says Walter Zanre, boss of Filippo Berio UK, the nation’s best-selling olive oil brand, and it will be much worse than anyone realises. “Look…