Almost 20 per cent of the food made available to consumers is lost through over-eating or waste, a University of Edinburgh study suggests.
Hens that do not produce their own chicks have been developed for use as surrogates to lay eggs from rare breeds.
Professor Eleanor Riley has been appointed to head The Roslin Institute and will take up post later this year in succession to Professor David Hume.
Agricultural technology company, Greengage Ltd, has been accepted into the Pearse Lyons Global Agritech Accelerator programme.
The University of Edinburgh is set to harness the power of trigeneration in a new £9 million energy project which will revolutionise the way heating, cooling and electricity are produced at Easter Bush Campus.
Francisco Martínez Mojica, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna receive prestigious international award for identifying and demonstrating the utility of CRISPR/Cas9 system as an easy-to-use genome editing tool.
The Easter Bush Campus is delighted to have received a Gold Office Award from the University of Edinburgh's Department of Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Male pigs that are unable to produce sperm could be ideal surrogates for the transplantation of gametes from elite sires.
Tropical fish are helping scientists investigate how to stop inflammation in the body before it causes damage to healthy tissues.
A new Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security will help tackle the problem of feeding the growing human population well, while protecting the natural systems on which we all depend.
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