El Nino brings hunger, drought fears to Madagascar
In a small village in southern Madagascar, dozens of women shelter from the scorching sun under a tree as they wait to weigh their children.
In a small village in southern Madagascar, dozens of women shelter from the scorching sun under a tree as they wait to weigh their children.
Environment
Feb 6, 2024
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In Honduras and El Salvador, coffee (Coffea arabica) is one of the leading agricultural exports, and the share of specialty coffee is growing each year. However, despite the importance of specialty coffee production and exports, ...
Other
Nov 3, 2023
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Working in the sweltering heat of the Brazilian Amazon, Jose Diogo scales a tree and harvests a cluster of black berries: acai, the trendy "superfood" reshaping the world's biggest rainforest—for better and worse.
Environment
Aug 26, 2023
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Global fertilizer suppliers have made incredibly high profits in 2022/23 on the back of price spikes attributed to the Russia-Ukraine war. The profits of the world's top nine producers trebled in 2022 from two years previously.
Economics & Business
Jul 26, 2023
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Early spring enthusiasm for ramps—also known as wild leeks—may be causing lower plant yields and threatening communities of the forest herb, according to Penn State researchers.
Ecology
Nov 9, 2022
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Many maize farmers in sub-Saharan Africa sell their crop at harvest, often because they need funds to pay expenses. Development agencies often support or sponsor harvest-time loans that encourage farmers to store some of ...
Agriculture
Nov 7, 2022
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Russia and Ukraine between them account for almost a quarter of the world's wheat exports.
Economics & Business
Mar 15, 2022
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After a spell of unexpected rain, before the harvest season, a farmer may be faced with the unpredictable problem of untimely sprouting of barley. Sprouted barley fetches considerably lower market prices and poses an economic ...
Biotechnology
Nov 12, 2021
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Nothing to eat, nothing to plant. The last rain in Ifotaka fell in May, for two hours.
Environment
Sep 17, 2021
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For over a century, Joaquin Gay de Montella Estany's family produced wine in Spain's Mediterranean region of Catalonia but the effects of climate change have pushed them to seek higher ground.
Environment
Sep 2, 2021
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