The misuse of pesticides, some of them banned, in northern Ghana is affecting the health of farmers badly as well as contaminating crops.

The Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria plans to establish business and agricultural enterprises to bring Christians and Muslims together.

Ways and means of improving food production in Britain and internationally are being discussed in Edinburgh today at a Church of Scotland conference.

Amidst new warnings about crop failures, Friends of the Earth have said that eating “less, but better quality” meat is vital to the struggle against climate change.