Farming
- Africa, Agriculture, Americas, Animals, Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme heat, Farm animals, Farming, Fish, Food, Global food crisis, World news
World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns
Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality …
- Farming, Food, Food security, India, Oil, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘India is going to face a food crisis’: Farmers panic over fertiliser shortages amid Iran war
Ripple effects of oil and fertiliser shortage felt by farmers in India and Sri Lanka despite governments sayin…
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Working the land but rarely owning it: life for New Zealand’s young farmers
A country built on agriculture is seeing the sector change as the number of farms shrinks and it becomes harde…
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New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to methane reduction targets
Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’ and ‘unambitious’Envir…
- Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Farming, Flooding, India, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Everything is gone’: Punjabi farmers suffer worst floods in three decades
Flooding in northern India and Pakistan has destroyed homes – and hundreds of thousands of acres of cropsFor d…
- Asia Pacific, Business, Donald Trump, Environment, Farming, Global development, Golf, Sport, Tariffs, Trump tariffs, US news, US politics, Vietnam, World news
Farmers displaced by $1.5bn Trump golf course reportedly being offered rice and cash
White House denies suggestions resort in Vietnam presents conflict of interest amid row over compensation rate…
- Air pollution, Delhi, Environment, Farming, Health, India, Pollution, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
How farm fires intensify Delhi’s post-monsoon smog problem
Extreme air pollution from farming fires meets high population density, causing substantial harm to healthThe …
- Australia news, Australian theatre, Culture, Environment, Environmental activism, Farming, India, Rising festival, South and Central Asia, Stage, Sydney, Theatre, Water
The Wrong Gods review – absorbing drama tackles dark chapter in India’s history
Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney; then heading to MelbourneCounting and Cracking creator S Shakthidharan uses family…
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‘Fruit of the devil’: Hainan’s betel nut sellers suffer from stuttering economy
Despite its links to oral cancer, people in Hainan have for centuries produced and eaten betel nuts, which giv…
- Air pollution, Cities, Delhi, Environment, Farming, Health, India, Pollution, South and Central Asia, World news
‘The air is killing us’: why Delhi’s pollution problem runs deeper than smog season
Leaders of Indian capital must tackle transport and heavy industry rather than seek quick fixes, say campaigne…
- Air pollution, Delhi, Environment, Farming, Health, India, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘More toxic than ever’: Lahore and Delhi choked by smog as ‘pollution season’ begins
As air pollution hits toxic levels, one proposal is to introduce a ‘smog diplomacy’ initiative between Pakista…
- Culture, Documentary films, Environment, Farming, Film, India, Narendra Modi, Protest, South and Central Asia, World news
Farming the Revolution review – low-key look at Indian farmers’ street-camp protests
Documentary on the 2020-21 protests in India over three farm acts is interesting in patches, but doesn’t go an…
- Animals, Bangladesh, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Farming, Global development, Snakes, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Snakes beware: reptiles targeted across Bangladesh after rise in sightings of Russell’s viper
Misinformation and online rumours stoke fear of the venomous species, which has led to snakes being killed ind…
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Protesting Indian farmers endure severe heatwave – video
Hundreds of Indian farmers who have been camping for more than 100 days between the Punjab and Haryana states …
- Climate crisis, Drought, Environment, Farming, Global development, India, Migration, South and Central Asia, Water, World news
Cool solution: how ice-cream saved drought-hit farmers in India
As the climate crisis forces people to abandon their land in Rajasthan, a new industry has sprung up in the de…