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Sustainable Food and Agriculture

Big Tobacco, Big Oil . . . and Big Food? How activist shareholders are pushing the industry to change its ways. Plus: drinks companies count true cost of water; climate change puts India’s rice farmers under pressure; and food for thought in seven charts

Supported by Rabobank

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Investors push food companies to go greener
The ESG movement has the industry in its sights — but complex supply chains make it a tricky target
Can the world feed itself sustainably? A primer in seven charts
Feeding a population of over 10bn this century doesn’t have to cost the Earth
India’s rice farmers find themselves on front line of water crisis
The country is struggling to wean itself off subsidies that encourage overuse
Climate pressures force businesses to count true cost of water
Companies used to take water for granted in their accounting. Not any more
Climate change and rising costs prompt focus on seasonality
But efforts to get western consumers to eat local still have a long way to go
Scientists test new biological alternatives to toxic pesticides
Ladybirds, food dye and fungi are all being pressed into the war on harmful insects

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