A virulent new strain of fungus from the Himalayas threatens to wipe out up to a quarter of the wheat crop in some areas of the UK this harvest season, experts have warned.

The UK transport industry must embrace biofuels if it is to meet EU decarbonisation targets, a Government-backed report has claimed.

A new nutritious sweet potato breed has been rolled out in selected districts in the country to help in the fight against mulnutrition.

An initiative has been launched to help improve smallholder farmers' access to a wider array of modern, more productive food crop varieties.

(Reuters) - Japan's weather bureau said on Tuesday that the possibility of an El Nino pattern forming by summer is higher than the 50 percent it projected in its previous monthly forecast.

In this first report of the GMO Inquiry 2015, investigate what genetically modified (GM) crops are grown in Canada and around the world, where they are being grown, how much of each one is being grown, and where they end up in our food system. Where in the world are GM crops and foods?

Wheat was present in Britain 8,000 years ago, according to new archaeological evidence.

A European Parliamentary committee on Tuesday backed a new limit on traditional biofuels made from food crops that critics say stoke inflation and do more harm than good to the environment.

On a fenced plot not far from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home, a field of mustard is in full yellow bloom, representing his government's reversal of an effective ban on field trials of g

The food ministry’s opposition to the Shanta Kumar committee’s suggestion of diluting coverage of the Food Security Act is likely to rekindle the debate over subsidy burden.

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