Farming
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India bans all wheat exports over food security risk
Move imposed with immediate effect in attempt to control prices after heatwave damages cropsIndia, the world’s…
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New Zealand’s dairy industry should stop using Māori culture to pretend it’s sustainable | Philip McKibbin
Dairying is not simply unsustainable, it also violates Māori values – including those that call for us to resp…
- Agriculture, Climate crisis, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Farming, Food security, Global development, India, Plants, Science, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘The tuber man of Kerala’ on a quest to champion India’s rare and indigenous crops
Shaji NM has devoted his life to collecting and farming tubers such as yam, cassava and taro, and promoting th…
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‘It will be hard to find a farmer left’: Sri Lanka reels from rash fertiliser ban
Harvests have collapsed, and the way President Rajapaksa introduced the policy angered even organic farmersDri…
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Foraging takes hold in New Zealand’s wild places
As food prices rise, communities in Christchurch are mapping out local fruit and nut trees and learning how to…
- Biodiversity, Conservation, Environment, Extreme weather, Farming, Flooding, India, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Indian spiritualist Sadhguru on 100-day motorbike mission to save soil
Yoga guru will visit dozens of countries en route from London to India to raise awareness of plight of one of …
- Employment, Europe, European Union, Farming, Global development, Human rights, Inequality, Migration, Nepal, Portugal, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World news
Fruit pickers lured to Portugal by the dream of a ‘raspberry passport’
Farm workers from south Asia describe exploitative conditions at the heart of Europe’s soft fruits industryWor…
- Europe, European Union, Farming, Food, Fruit, India, Law, Marks & Spencer, Migration, Nepal, Portugal, South and Central Asia, Supermarkets, Tesco, UK news, Workers' rights, World news
Workers paid less than minimum wage to pick berries destined for UK supermarkets
Exclusive: Workers in Portugal picking berries ending up on the shelves of Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and T…
- Farming, Global development, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘For the first time, I felt free’: Pakistan’s women-led livestock market
In rural provinces, women have always reared animals but are excluded from selling them. A new market is chang…
- Africa, Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Environment, Europe, Extreme weather, Farming, Kenya, Madagascar, Society, South and Central Asia, Sweden, World news
Finding a future that is sustainable for everyone on our planet
Those worst affected by the climate crisis will show us the way forward – if they are given enough support to …
- Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Drought, Environment, Extreme weather, Farming, Flooding, Poverty, Rice, Society, South and Central Asia, Water, World news
‘We faced so many cyclones’: how people in Bangladesh are rebuilding after climate catastrophe
This year’s Guardian and Observer campaign supports charities fighting global climate injustice. Here, we look…
- Agriculture, Air pollution, Delhi, Environment, Farming, Food, Global development, India, Rice, Science, South and Central Asia, World news
Burning issue: how enzymes could end India’s problem with stubble
Bans failed to stop farmers torching fields each year but a new spray that turns stalks into fertiliser helps …
- Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Farming, Global development, India, Kashmir, South and Central Asia, World news
India’s apple farmers count cost of climate crisis as snow decimates crops
Kashmiri farmers lose half their harvest to early snows for third year, with fears for future of the region’s …
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India’s farmers have won – but this doesn’t mean Modi is softening | Rukmini S
This is a rare climbdown from the prime minister. But the space for dissent is still diminishing under his gov…
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India: nine people die in farmers’ protests against new laws
Conflicting accounts about how violence broke out around convoy of minister Ajay MishraNine people have been k…