40 jobs have been created at the new 6,000 sq ft area.

Aflatoxins in nuts one of the two most frequently reported issues in food checked at the EU border in 2018

An American company which backs the ability of agriculture to sequester carbon is offering millions of dollars for innovative solutions, in its Terraton Challenge.

The number of people going hungry has risen for the third year running to more than 820 million, according to a UN report which finds that conflict, climate change and weak economic growth are to blame.

The recent expansion of the Irish dairy industry has reduced the global footprint of milk production by about four million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), assuming that Irish milk displaced milk with a global average carbon footprint.

The fight against misinformation claiming livestock is the biggest cause of climate change was ratcheted up at last week’s Alltech One 19 conference in the US.

The word sustainable is quite the buzzword nowadays, endlessly bandied about in conversations about climate change, food security, the state of the oceans, farming and food but what exactly do we mean by sustainable food… and where can we source it?

World food prices rose 1.5% in April, with a jump in dairy and meat prices offsetting a fall in cereal prices, the Food and Agriculture Organisation reports.

Sports Minister Shane Ross says he expects to receive Sport Ireland's report on the Football Association of Ireland and governance concerns later this week.

Who can you believe on the topic of climate change?

The largest-ever seizure of illegal or counterfeit pesticides in Europe was achieved recently in Europol’s annual Silver Axe operation.

Because of low wages, Africans already spend a huge amount of their income on food, but the absence of consumer protection is resulting in a crisis, writes Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli.

Rose Martin picks up a copy of William Hall’s latest block buster, which frames the building materials that make up our world. This time he concentrates on timber.

"I've decided to take a large leap and try new things"

The weakening of the Environmental Protection Agency in the US and subsequent increase in worldwide pesticide use could have dire consequences, writes Mojisola Ojebode.

The Department of Agriculture had decided to halt use of glyphosate on food crops pending review, in line with Brussels. Why the change of heart, asks Caroline O’Doherty.

Ireland has provided €20 million in humanitarian assistance to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Agriculture Minister Michael Creed said yesterday.

World food prices rose slightly in April, up for the third month in a row but they remained almost 10% lower than a year earlier, the United Nations food agency said yesterday.

The European Union’s wheat harvest will probably fall from last year’s record as yields return to more normal levels in the bloc’s biggest producing countries.

World food prices stabilised in February near a seven-year low as rising vegetable oil and meat prices offset declines in cereals, sugar and dairy, the United Nations food agency stated.

World food prices fell sharply in August, dragged down by ample supplies and external factors, including a slump in energy prices and concerns about an economic slowdown in China, the United Nations food agency said yesterday.

Food in countries hit by Ebola is getting more expensive and will become scarcer because many farmers will not be able to access fields, a UN food agency has warned.

The UN warned of the potential “massive destruction” of the world’s €3.6bn-a- year banana crop as a plant disease spreads from Asia to Africa and the Middle East.