Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. Livestock farming has repeatedly come under the microscope in ...

Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases because of better control, biosecurity and separation of livestock. A new study examines the effect of social and ...

Over the years Seth Watkins has won praise for the way he farms. Pinhook Farm, in southern Iowa, grows diverse crops without commercial fertilizers and with limited pesticides. It also tries to tune ...

In fiscal year 2024, climate finance amounted to 62 percent of total lending in the agriculture and food sector, in the World Bank. World Bank food- and agriculture-oriented projects approved between ...

Ensuring access to sufficient water for animals, adapting the infrastructure to the need. The World Bank financed Livestock Development Project (PRODEL) has significantly increased productivity and ...

Nearly half of the world's land (44%) is used for agriculture, according to data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, with one-third of that going to croplands and two-thirds to grazing land ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. FRENCHMANS BAYOU, Ark. — Will ...

Divya Narain consults for Friends of the Earth, US and has received research funding from the Tiny Beam Fund. In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam ...

The EU promotes sustainable and eco-friendly practices in food systems to protect the environment and people’s health while improving the food sector’s resilience. On this page A sustainable, ...