In everyday experience, our little kids will tell us, “Mommy or Daddy please buy me chocolate.”

From the barley fields of Uganda to cassava farms in Zambia, blockchain – the technology behind cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin – is helping make supply chain transparency to agriculture all over the world.

Two of the world’s leading development banks have pumped billions of dollars into the global livestock sector, despite warnings that reducing meat and dairy consumption is essential for tackling the climate crisis.

In media coverage of South Africa’s white sharks, demersal shark longline fisheries have been portrayed as a central culprit for their disappearance — but many white shark scientists are quick to point out the lack of data.

The South Africa aquaculture sector’s contribution to the economy is considered minor, but the overall growth of fish farming in the country has been described by its Department of Agriculture as “fast-developing,” raising the expectations of increased demand for aquafeed and associated ingredients, particularly corn, fishmeal, soybeans, fish oil and even wheat.

Soil carbon sequestration (SCS) involves the transfer of atmospheric carbon dioxide to the soil via plants, plant residues and other organic matter.