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Invasive pests are slipping unnoticed into northern Europe in huge shipments of cut flowers and potted plants, say researchers, with potential to damage food crops and the natural environment

A new tool that predicts the behaviour of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and Asia. 

Almost two thirds of UK adults are overweight or obese. Are weight loss drugs the solution? ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ experts share their opinions.

Farmers don’t have to choose between lowering environmental impact and improving welfare for their pigs, a new study has found: it is possible to do both. But this is not reflected in the current food labelling schemes relied on by consumers.

¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ Zero and ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ Global Food Security gather academics and experts to share solutions for the planet’s looming food production problem. 

¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ Zero collaborates with ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ Global Food Security Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) and the ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ Decarbonisation Network for two research events in March 2024 that look at industry decarbonisation and food security.

¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ Zero symposium gathers researchers to examine the connections between planetary and public health.

¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ Zero to host two research symposia to discuss critical climate change challenges

Rewilding, organic farming and the so-called ‘nature friendly farming’ measures included in some government conservation policies may accelerate global biodiversity loss, say two leading researchers.

¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆĪ University scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across different types of pig farming.