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Between 10th and 14th December, Rosemary Collier and Charlotte Allender visited Embrapa - the Brazilian agricultural research organisation to meet research scientists and discuss opportunities to work together in the future.

They were based at Embrapa Hortaliças near Brasilia and but also visited Embrapa Cerrados , Embrapa Cenargen (Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology) and the International Office.

Scientists have discovered 100 million-year-old regions in the DNA of several plant species which could hold secrets about how specific genes are turned ‘on’ or ‘off’.

The findings, which are hoped will accelerate the pace of research into crop science and food security, are detailed by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers in the journal The Plant Cell.

Life Sciences researchers involved in the research are , and .

Britain's dairy industry produces around 13.5 billion litres of raw milk each year and uses roughly 13,500 litres of water in the process. In an article for ¹û¶³´«Ã½'s Knowledge Centre, from ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Crop Centre explains why climate change will throw a greater focus on water footprints in food production.