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Misinformation and online rumours stoke fear of the venomous species, which has led to snakes being killed indiscriminately, warn conservationistsAmin Mandol was harvesting peanuts from a char – a bank of sand and silt – in the Padma, the lower part of…
続きを読むHundreds of Indian farmers who have been camping for more than 100 days between the Punjab and Haryana states to demand better prices for their crops have been enduring a savage heat wave sweeping swathes of northern India. Temperatures in Delhi, not f…
続きを読むAs the climate crisis forces people to abandon their land in Rajasthan, a new industry has sprung up in the desert state, with thousands of gaily decorated vans setting off to sell ice-cream across the countryThe parched villages of Gangapur in the des…
続きを読むIn rural Rajasthan, villagers have taken action against climate damage by constructing water-saving walls, trenches and dams to revive their farmlandThe villagers of Surajpura have built a wall: a 15ft (4.5 metre) mud bulwark that snakes through barren…
続きを読むAs the sea inundates Odisha’s coastline, livelihoods have withered with the harvest and weddings are a rarity as young women refuse to move to areas where they see no futurePhotographs by Aishwarya MohantyIn Udaykani, a coastal village in the east Indi…
続きを読むDrone video shows hundreds of farmers’ trucks parked on a highway in India on their way to march on Delhi in a protest about pay. Security forces at the Shambhu border that divides Punjab and Haryana fired teargas and water cannon in an attempt to bloc…
続きを読むIndian police fired water cannon and teargas at farmers and their supporters who were marching to New Delhi to pressure the government to honour a 2021 promise to pay them more for crops. Security in the capital was tightened after farming unions from …
続きを読むConsumers, farmers and even McDonald’s struggle in shortage blamed on irregular weatherListening to the chatter at Delhi’s vegetable markets, only one question is on everyone’s lips: just how much will a tomato cost today?Prices of tomatoes, a staple o…
続きを読むLaheri Bai’s seed bank ensures traditional grains are kept alive amid a wider effort to promote millet’s suitability for cultivation in challenging climate conditionsCollecting seeds in her mud-walled farmhouse home in central India has pushed Laheri B…
続きを読むExporting churpi, herders’ smoked yak cheese, has transformed lives in remote Himalayan villagesOn a cold, wet August morning in the windswept high pastures of the Nepalese Himalayas, a stream of herders bring fresh milk to a makeshift tent at an altit…
続きを読むThe secret to a healthier diet has been around for centuries: a return to unprocessed grain in its natural state. And in Asia, the health benefits could be hugeA plan to develop a new breed of iron-rich rice that could ward off disease was swiftly aban…
続きを読むNepali workers who quit jobs and borrowed cash to come to UK are out of work just weeks after arrivingNepali workers hired to pick fruit on British farms say they have been left thousands of pounds in debt after being sent home only weeks after they ar…
続きを読むMany farmers in south-western Bangladesh use floating rafts made from invasive water hyacinths to grow vegetables during the monsoon season – when dry land is scarce – to ensure food security in the low-lying country, which has recently been experienci…
続きを読むPork costs in China, the world’s biggest consumer of the meat, rose an average of 22.5% last monthThe price of Chinese pork surged to a new high in August, prompting authorities to take the year’s first dip into national meat reserves to ensure supply …
続きを読むGovernment also cites food security after heatwave stunted domestic wheat output and drove up pricesIndia’s cabinet has approved restrictions on wheat flour exports to calm prices in the local market.The government banned the export of wheat itself in …
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