Climate

The development bank has approved a $180m loan that will help the country refurbish its aging and highly-inefficient irrigation network.

National Australia Bank expects cattle prices to fall further in 2017 due to softening demand abroad but is optimistic that weaker Australian dollar will help exports.

The California Energy Commission will provide an additional $5 million in December 2017 for the execution phase of the project, but it will require a $5 million match from additional investors.

A new report from the FAO of the United Nations warns that agricultural yield gaps in lower-income countries are likely to widen further because public and private investment is concentrated in high-income countries.

A fundamental transformation of existing food systems will be necessary before 2030 to ensure the world's ability to meet human needs within environmental constraints, according to a recent analysis from the World Economic Forum (WEF).

President Donald Trump has unveiled the first of his administration's energy policy, promising to eliminate Barack Obama's environmental regulations.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders pressed President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the US Energy Department on his record on climate change.

Britain’s environment secretary has promised to abolish what she referred to as the “ridiculous, bureaucratic three-crop rule,” amplifying a debate with environmentalists.

Lisa Goddard, director of Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society, talks to Agri Investor about the impact of El Niño and La Niña on agriculture and the wider dialogue surrounding climate change.

US crop insurance subsidies cause inefficient farming and expensive pollution to waterways, a Union of Concerned Scientists paper argues.