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Arable farmers in Europe face multiple challenges of which climate change is but one. Reducing mineral fertilisers and synthetic pesticides, reduce emissions, create space for nature and deliver affordable foods are others.

Food security and livelihoods among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are often constrained by limited farm resource endowment. It can be difficult to improve resource endowment given barriers such as low land availability and the unaffordability of agricultural inputs, so here we ask whether farmers can gain a better return on their resources through optimising their farm strategy in terms of the composition and/or diversity of crop and livestock species raised. Our survey of 1133 small...

Food security policies implemented by governments, businesses and organisations such as the UN rely partly on global models that assess current and...

Kris Heirbaut is embracing the Green Deal before new EU legislation takes hold.