Farming
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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…
- Climate crisis, Drought, Environment, Farming, Global development, India, South and Central Asia, Water
It takes a village: the Indian farmers who built a wall against drought
In rural Rajasthan, villagers have taken action against climate damage by constructing water-saving walls, tre…
- Climate crisis, Coastlines, Environment, Extreme weather, Family, Farming, Global development, India, Life and style, Marriage, Migration, Migration and development, Oceans, South and Central Asia, World news
No crops, no brides: how rising seas are killing India’s coastal villages
As the sea inundates Odisha’s coastline, livelihoods have withered with the harvest and weddings are a rarity …