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Rice crops in Casamance, Senegal

AI weather forecasting initiative to strengthen climate resilience in West Africa

22 Jan 2026

A new initiative will harness the latest advances in artificial intelligence for weather prediction, with a goal of improving climate resilience and...

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Gloved hand holding plant in pot

Cambridge researchers awarded £7.5 million to build programmable plants

02 Jun 2025

Two groups involving researchers from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Plant Sciences are among nine teams to have been awarded funding...

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Snake.

Snakes in potted olive trees ‘tip of the iceberg’ of ornamental plant trade hazards

17 Jan 2025

Invasive pests are slipping unnoticed into northern Europe in huge shipments of cut flowers and potted plants, say researchers, with potential to...

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Timber/farming contrast in the USA

Global timber supply threatened as climate change pushes cropland northwards

29 Aug 2024

Climate change will move and reduce the land suitable for growing food and timber, putting the production of these two vital resources into direct...

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Park Farm cows look up from feeding.

Transition Live: Park Farm

14 May 2024

University of Cambridge's Park Farm hosted one of the most important new agricultural events on the UK farming calendar this month.

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Fish bellies, fava beans and food security

05 Apr 2024

Cambridge Zero and Cambridge Global Food Security gather academics and experts to share solutions for the planet’s looming food production problem.

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A combine harvester in a field

Farm to factories

15 Mar 2024

Cambridge Zero collaborates with Cambridge Global Food Security Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) and the University of Cambridge...

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Celebrating Women in STEM

11 Feb 2024

To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science , two of our academics speak about their research careers and how they ended up using...

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Meet Cambridge's mussel man

10 Aug 2023

How new ways of shellfish farming could help meet future food needs.

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Woodland

Current conservation policies risk damaging global biodiversity, warn researchers

21 Jun 2023

Rewilding, organic farming and the so-called ‘nature friendly farming’ measures included in some government conservation policies may accelerate...

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Pigs on a farm

New animal welfare scoring system could enable better-informed food and farming choices

22 Mar 2023

Cambridge University scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across different types of pig...

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Wheat field

Predicting threats to food security

22 Feb 2023

How mathematical modelling can prevent crop devastation and preserve livelihoods.

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