How do we feed a global population which is predicted to rise to 11 billion by 2100, an increase of nearly 50 million people every year?
The price of vanilla beans is being driven by the choices of the fickle consumer and our love of authentic ice-cream cones, custard and crème brûlée.
An outbreak of avian flu has been confirmed at a Yorkshire duck breeding farm, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said.
Vegetation growth at Earth’s northern latitudes increasingly resembles lusher latitudes to the south, according to a NASA-funded study based on a 30-year record of land surface and newly improved satellite data sets.