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Chitin is a natural polysaccharide polymer compound. It exist in the shells of crustaceans such as shrimps and crabs and the epidermis of insects.

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Pollinators play an essential role in our food system, with an estimated three quarters of crops depending on them. Yet, due in part to the impacts of intensive farming practices, their numbers are in decline. Here, beekeeper and Chair of the Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association, Jo Widdicombe, looks at the issue of genetic diversity and why it is critical to safeguarding the future of one of our key crop pollinators – the honey bee.

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World Soil Day (WSD), 5 December is the United Nations Observance that celebrates healthy soils for a food-secure future. 

Another year; another climate conference.

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Scientists have discovered that insect pests that attack crops have extraordinary powers to develop biopesticide resistance.

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Allowing dagga users to smoke a joint legally can yield more tax revenue than just medical use and hemp production, some cannabis users say…