Farming
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Drone video shows farmers occupying India highroad in pay dispute protest – video
Drone video shows hundreds of farmers’ trucks parked on a highway in India on their way to march on Delhi in a…
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Indian police fire water cannon and teargas at protesting farmers – video
Indian police fired water cannon and teargas at farmers and their supporters who were marching to New Delhi to…
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Tomato crisis hits India as rain ravages crops and prices rise 400%
Consumers, farmers and even McDonald’s struggle in shortage blamed on irregular weatherListening to the chatte…
- Environment, Farming, Food, Food security, Global development, India, Indian food and drink, Indigenous peoples, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
How India’s ‘millet ambassador’ preserves ancient grains – and helps promote food security
Laheri Bai’s seed bank ensures traditional grains are kept alive amid a wider effort to promote millet’s suita…
- Animals, Dogs, Environment, Farming, Food, Global development, Life and style, Nepal, Pets, South and Central Asia, World news
Curd instinct: ancient Nepali food reborn as dog chews in US
Exporting churpi, herders’ smoked yak cheese, has transformed lives in remote Himalayan villagesOn a cold, wet…
- Diabetes, Environment, Farming, Food, Global development, Global health, India, Rice, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
Back to brown: how a shift away from refined white rice could cut diabetes
The secret to a healthier diet has been around for centuries: a return to unprocessed grain in its natural sta…
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Seasonal fruit pickers left thousands in debt after being sent home early from UK farms
Nepali workers who quit jobs and borrowed cash to come to UK are out of work just weeks after arrivingNepali w…
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The floating gardens of Bangladesh – in pictures
Many farmers in south-western Bangladesh use floating rafts made from invasive water hyacinths to grow vegetab…
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Chinese pork prices surge to new high prompting authorities to act
Pork costs in China, the world’s biggest consumer of the meat, rose an average of 22.5% last monthThe price of…
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India restricts wheat flour exports to ease record local prices
Government also cites food security after heatwave stunted domestic wheat output and drove up pricesIndia’s ca…
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China issues alert as drought and heatwave put crops at risk
Local authorities told to take measures and ‘use every unit of water carefully’ in effort to save autumn harve…
- Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Farming, Fish, Flooding, Food, Oceans, South and Central Asia, World news
‘White gold’: why shrimp aquaculture is a solution that caused a huge problem
In the 1980s, farmers in Bangladesh went from paddies to ponds, letting salt water flood their land. Now milli…
- Animal welfare, Cattle, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Farming, Food & drink industry, Global development, India, South and Central Asia
‘It felt like wringing a dry sponge’: India’s dairy farmers face searing heat
Milk and cheese output from world’s largest producer faces catastrophic decline unless more heat stress resist…
- Antibiotics, Asia Pacific, Cannabis, Chicken, Drugs, Environment, Farm animals, Farming, Food, Science, Society, Thailand, World news
How cannabis-fed chickens may help cut Thai farmers’ antibiotic use
Scientists observed fewer cases of avian bronchitis and superior meat after chickens given cannabisIt all bega…
- Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Farming, Food security, India, South and Central Asia, World news
India’s wheat farmers count cost of 40C heat that evokes ‘deserts of Rajasthan’
The ban on wheat exports highlights the effect a rapidly warming planet has on food security – and livelihoods…