Why efforts by Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana to help cocoa farmers haven't worked
A cocoa pricing agreement designed to protect farmers in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana from destitution is being circumvented by multinationals, the main buyers of cocoa beans.
A cocoa pricing agreement designed to protect farmers in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana from destitution is being circumvented by multinationals, the main buyers of cocoa beans.
Ecology
Jun 30, 2021
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As most kids know, a big pile of mud can be a load of fun.
Environment
Jun 29, 2021
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The wolf corpse hanging from a road sign outside a small Croatian town warned that farmers had been pushed too far—attacks on their livestock were driving them to desperation.
Ecology
Jun 24, 2021
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A poorly managed government response to the 2017 Mycoplasma bovis outbreak inflicted significant and lasting trauma on farmers whose stock was culled, a University of Otago study has found.
Veterinary medicine
Jun 22, 2021
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A team of archaeologists with the Glacier Archaeology Program in Innlandet have discovered a candle box in the Lendbreen glacier in Norway's Breheimen National Park. The team has been posting its findings on their Facebook ...
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Environment
Jun 7, 2021
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A new study looking at the benefits of good farmer seed production suggests women need more support to participate in contract farming—to the same extent as their male counterparts—and have more equality along the whole ...
Agriculture
Jun 3, 2021
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Farmers are more likely to protect wildlife on their land if they trust their local communities and government, according to a new University of Stirling study.
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2021
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The rye and rapeseed that Rick Clifton cultivated in central Ohio were coming along nicely—until his tractor rumbled over the flat, fertile landscape, spraying it with herbicides.
Environment
May 21, 2021
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Rice farmers in Nepal are chronically falling short of their potential productivity. Poor rice yields are persistent across the Terai—a lowland region lying south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas that extends through ...
Plants & Animals
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