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Researchers at Oxford University and The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, looked in unprecedented detail at how Phytophthora infestans , a pathogen that continues to blight potatoes and tomatoes today, evolved to target other plants. 'For the first time, we have found a direct molecular mechanism underpinning the change in...

High food prices impose a massive human cost on the world’s poorest, who spend up to 75 percent of their income on food. Good enough to eat A global snapshot of 125 countries indicating the best and worst places to eat. Around the world, one in eight people go to bed hungry every night despite there being enough food for...

Reducing the effects of fish farms (podcast) Planet Earth Podcast: Kenny Black and Jo Gosling of the Scottish Association for Marine Science describe the work they're doing to make fish farming sustainable Horizon2020 Sustainable Food Security Programme offers a number of funding calls within their Blue Growth Agenda aimed...

UN launches International Year to spotlight role of family farms in reducing hunger, poverty On 22 November, The United Nations launched the International Year of Family Farming (2014) in an effort to highlight the potential family farmers have to eradicate hunger, preserve natural resources and promote sustainable...