Agriculture

Brazil governors bypass Bolsonaro to ask for help for the Amazon

Norway and Germany, among others, have discontinued financial aid for the Amazon Fund, leading some Brazilian federal governors to appeal directly to Europe to change their minds.

Project in Turkey's Bodrum spreading green building ethos

A project that is part of a growing movement of people practicing permaculture, a movement in agriculture that encourages working with, rather than against nature,

Is a post-meat future on the horizon?

The ‘alt-protein’ revolution is coming, and we should embrace it.

More than 113 million people suffer 'acute hunger' globally, UN says

Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan and Syria among the eight nations accounting for two-thirds of the total number of people worldwide exposed to the risk of famine, report says.

Man awarded $80M in lawsuit claiming Roundup causes cancer

Plaintiff proves that Roundup's design was defective, it lacked sufficient cancer warnings. Monsanto developed glyphosate, an active ingredient in its weed killer, in the 1970s, and it is now sold in more than 160 countries and widely used in the US.

Coffee could go the way of the dinosaurs - report

Experts from Britain's Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew warn that more than half the world's wild coffee species are at risk of extinction due to climate change and deforestation.

The deadly consequences of agrochemical farming in Argentina

About 95 percent of crops are chemically-induced in Argentina, making it one of the world's leading cereal, corn, and soybean producers. But locals say underneath this growth is a story of death and disease.

Does the purest honey in Paris come from its rooftops?

Officials are estimating that there are more than 1,000 hives on its roofs, up from 700 in 2016. Beekeepers saw the bee population dramatically declining due to pesticide use in agriculture .

Unleashing the power of women farmers in Africa, and beyond

Kenya has set a small, but great, example of how governments on the African continent can empower women to realise the immense potential of agriculture on the continent.

Why can't India's agricultural sector keep up with the rest of its economy?

The favourable treatment given to corporate agriculture and a government culture of negligence and disregard for small farmers is killing India's agricultural sector, and killing the farmers themselves.

South Africa's Ramaphosa vows faster land redistribution

White South Africans still own almost two-thirds of the country's land. But President Cyril Ramaphosa's government hopes to transfer 30 percent of the land back to black owners by 2030 in a fast redistribution process.

Ugandan farmers adopt new methods to tackle impacts of climate change

Farmers in Uganda have started to use smart agricultural techniques to mitigate the destructive effects of climate change.