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Sustainable Agriculture: Reducing Emissions in Livestock Farming

Insight Focus Last time, we introduced you to GLEAM, the FAO’s Globa...

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Seizing Opportunities in Dairy

Insight Focus Last time, we covered some of the main consumer drivers ...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Building a More Sustainable Livestock Sector

So far, we’ve considered a wide range of arable crops. It’s now ti...

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Changing Consumer Trends in Dairy

Last time, we explained how milk has grown into a multi-use product, t...

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Sustainable Agriculture: How Farmers Can Optimize Soil Productivity

We recently discussed how soil management is crucial in Sustainable In...

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Innovations Within the Dairy Industry

Consumer growth in dairy products will likely be different in the deve...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Maximising Yields Whilst Dryland Farming

We’ve recently discussed how to manage water within the context of S...

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Retail Trends Within the Dairy Industry

Last time, we looked at what drives demand for dairy products, particu...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Satisfying Future Food Demand

The last article discussed how water is required to support Sustainabl...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Efficient Water Use

We’ve now looked at a range of arable crops from a Sustainable (Inte...

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NEW! The Dairy Industry, Now and in the Future

This biweekly series will focus on the dairy industry. It’ll discuss...

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Inspection and Certification: Variety Selection

Last time, we explained the strict standards that are applied to seeds...

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Inspection and Certification: Arable Seeds

So far in this series, we’ve considered the grains and oilseeds supp...

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Inspection and Certification: The International Shipper

So far in this series, we’ve considered the grains and oilseeds supp...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Invasive Species

So far, we’ve demonstrated how we can minimise greenhouse gas emissi...

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Inspection and Certification: Avoiding Trouble When Taking Samples

Last time, we spoke about what happens when sampling goes wrong. Sampl...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Weed Management

Last time, we talked about Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Today, we...

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Inspection and Certification: When Sampling Goes Wrong

Last week, we covered the basic principles of Testing, Inspection and ...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Innovative Pest Control

Last time, we demonstrated that there are plausible alternatives to mo...

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Inspection and Certification: The Basics

This is a new series on Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC). T...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Alternatives to Pesticides

Last time, we spoke about Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and its var...

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Plastics: Single-Use Varieties

In this piece, I explore some of the widespread issues related to sing...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Pest Control

So far, we’ve focused on issues related to global warming and arable...

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Plastics: Managing Our Waste

As it stands, there’s a handful of ways we deal with plastic waste. ...

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Plastics: Confusion Around Recycling

In this article, we turn our attention onto product labelling. To this...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

Here, we discuss how plant breeding in rice has successfully increased...

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Plastics: All of Their Advantages

So far, we’ve concentrated on the different types of plastics and th...

Young green rice plants grow in flooded, terraced fields under a dramatic sky at sunset, with tree-covered hills and clouds in the background. The water reflects the sky’s golden and blue hues.

Sustainable Agriculture: Maximising Rice Yields

In our last article on Sustainable (Intensive) Agriculture, we discuss...

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Plastics: Uses in the Food and Beverage Industry

This week, we look at the five main plastics used across the food and ...

Lush green terraced rice fields cover rolling hills, partially shrouded by low-hanging clouds, creating a serene and picturesque landscape.

Sustainable Agriculture: Learning from Rice

In previous articles, when discussing arable crops, we’ve always mad...

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Plastics and Resins: The Key Producers

This week, we look at the key producers of plastics and resins. ...

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Sustainable Agriculture (UK): Not So Sweet Soils

Health Warning: Don’t read this whilst eating your sustainably produ...

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Plastics: Price Volatility in the Supply Chain

It’s time to look at somewhat surprising volatility in the plastics ...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Manure and Slurry

So far, our discussion on fertilizer has centred around the use of syn...

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Plastics: How They Are Made

Substituting One Problem with Another In food and beverage production,...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Advanced Technology to Improve Yields

In the last four Opinions, we’ve explored the process of choosing th...

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NEW! Plastics: Making the Indispensable Environmental

A Controversial, But Indispensable Part of Modern Life Plastic has bec...

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Sustainable Agriculture: How to Use Fertilizer

In the last three reports, we’ve discussed the importance of choosin...

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Aluminium: Will Recycling Rates Improve in 2021?

Recycling Rates Total percentage recycling in the circular economy is ...

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Why Farm Timing is Critical to Sustainability

In the previous two reports, we discussed the importance of choosing t...

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Aluminium: Uses Related to Thermoforming

A Quick Recap In previous reports, we’ve followed the production cyc...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Tackling Fertilizer Waste Head-On

In the previous report, we discussed the importance of choosing the ri...

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Aluminium: The Pros and Cons of Flexible Packaging

A Quick Recap In previous reports, we’ve looked at the market for al...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Controlling Nitrogen

In the previous two reports, we discussed how different farming system...

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Aluminium: Food Packaging

A Quick Recap In our previous reports, we have explained the use and t...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Arable Nitrogen Use

In the first four reports in this series, we examined Sustainable Agri...

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Aluminium: Foil Through the Years

A Quick Recap In our previous reports, we described the production pro...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Arable Farming

So far in this series, we have laid out the definitions of Sustainable...

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Aluminium: Consumer Beverage Trends

A Quick Recap In previous reports, we explained how aluminium is produ...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Taking Part

In the first three reports of this series, we set out a framework for ...

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Aluminium: New Can Manufacturing Technologies

A Quick Recap In previous reports, we’ve explained the aluminium pro...

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Sustainable Intensive Agriculture: A New Approach

In the first two reports of this series, we placed Sustainable Agricul...

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Aluminium: From Beverage Factory to Consumer

A Quick Recap In our previous report, we described the history of the ...

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Sustainable Agriculture: Frameworks for Success

In the first report in this series, we concentrated on placing Sustain...

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Aluminium: The Anatomy of the Can

A Quick Recap In the first two Opinions in this series, we examined ho...

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NEW! Sustainable Agriculture: Origins and Evolutions

The Origins of Sustainable Agriculture SA isn’t new. The earli...

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Aluminium: A Closer Look at its Carbon Footprint

A Quick Recap In the first report, we noted that two end products that...

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NEW! Aluminium: The Basics You Need To Know

Aluminium Production The in...

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