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A newly bred “black-spiked” wheat with a hardiness likened to the strength of mountains is among new developments in agri-food science, which are humanity’s strong arm to offset the noticeably degrading effects of climate change that are crippling essential global food networks.

The variety is a cross between commercial and wild wheats – bred in a bid to develop crops that are more resilient to the climate crisis.

A new drought-tolerant variety of durum wheat has been created as part of an international...

New report shows importance of tree diversity for ecosystems and people in a changing climate.

Small-scale farmers from developing countries produce one-third of the world’s food, yet they only receive 1.7 percent of climate finance even as they are forced to cope with droughts, floods, cyclones and other disasters.

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Countries must urgently ramp up action to adapt to the current and future impacts of climate change, as efforts now are too little and too slow, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) said in its latest report, published on Thursday.

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A vault built on an Arctic island to preserve the world's crop seeds from war, disease and other catastrophes received new deposits on Wednesday - including for the first time from Iraq and Uruguay.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault...

At the last opening of the year, tightly packed seed packets from Iraq and Uruguay join more than 45,000 seed samples of crops from across the globe to be deposited deep inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. 

A vault built on an...

Scientists working in research groves, like one in Nova Scotia, are developing your favorite new apple variety.

Imagine reaching up to a tree branch and plucking an apple that’s unusually tall and narrow — a variety called Kandil...