#Food security

How we’re using science to turn wastewater into wine

Our report details how wastewater can be reused to irrigate wineries and improve crops.

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Opening the Gates to African food security

It’s a hard life being a small farmer in sub-Saharan Africa. About 200 million people in the region are poor […]

Can we feed the world and save our species?

Australia’s Biodiversity series – Part 7: Farming, pastoralism and forestry Australian agriculture provides food and fibre for millions of people […]

Can backpacking flies rescue Queensland’s farmers?

By Paul De Barro, Senior Principal Research Scientist and Paulo de Souza, Science Leader - Sensor Networks Queensland’s fruit and vegetable […]

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Put on your retro glasses: it’s time to improve the food supply

By Leon BraunIf you're reading this with a full belly, today might be a good day to thank a scientist. […]

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World Food Day

'Healthy people depend on healthy food systems' is the motto for World Food Day 2013. Around the world today people […]

Good food for a growing world

By Claire Harris By 2050 our global population is expected to reach nine billion people. There are many challenges that […]

Aussie farmers take a byte out of Big Data

Forget the Internet of Things, this week we are all about the Internet of cows, sheep and oysters! From monitoring […]

Breakfast in 2050: feeding a changing world

How will we feed the world in 2050? Feeding a growing population is a big challenge, but feeding them in […]

Turbocharging the rice of the future

By Guy Micklethwait There's no doubt, the world needs more rice. Over the next 40 years, cereal grain production must almost […]