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Mongolia's wildlife at risk from overgrazing
May 08, 2024 (AFP)
"Now there are eight herders' families on this mountain," said Daribazar Nergui, who has lost 10 of his livestock to the elusive apex predators, known as "ghost...
Changing farming practices could cut almost one third of global emissions: World Bank
May 07, 2024 (AFP)
The so-called agrifood industry is responsible for almost a third of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, the Bank said in a report. Two-thirds of these emis...
Seeds from China's space station tested in agricultural experiments
May 06, 2024 (SPX)
The seeds, including alfalfa and oats, were exposed to space radiation on the space station's biology exposure equipment for 11 months, provided by the Lanzhou ...
Chad's cotton farmers burned by climate change and false promises
May 05, 2024 (AFP)
For decades, cotton has sustained his region of southern Chad. But the prized crop is now under threat. At the entrance to his village of Kagtaou, around 60 kil...
Heatwave hammers Thailand's stinky but lucrative durian farms
May 04, 2024 (AFP)
Among Thailand's most famous and lucrative exports, the pungent "king of fruits" is as distinctive in its smell as its spiky green-brown carapace, and has been ...
Oil palm cultivation linked to significant watershed disturbances
May 03, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers Briantama Asmara and Timothy Randhir from UMass Amherst investigated the Kais River watershed in West Papua, a region spanning over 1,000 square mil...
Morocco's farming revolution: defying drought with science
May 02, 2024 (AFP)
"Look at these beautiful ears of wheat," said Wuletaw Tadesse Degu, the head of wheat breeding at the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Area...
Predicting crop yields with plant fluorescence from satellite imagery
May 02, 2024 (SPX)
Globally, the stability of crop yields has been undermined significantly by climate change, with a notable statistic from a Cornell study highlighting a 66% dec...
Hong Kong team plants seeds to safeguard legacy grains
Apr 30, 2024 (AFP)
While agriculture accounts for less than 0.1 percent of the finance hub's GDP, researchers say homegrown grains could one day be an important food security insu...
Intelsat and CNH to enhance Brazilian agriculture with satellite connectivity
Apr 29, 2024 (SPX)
Smart farming, or precision agriculture, demands robust connectivity to facilitate data streaming between farm equipment and cloud services. With over 570 milli...
The giant sheep helping Tajikistan weather climate change
Apr 29, 2024 (AFP)
The breed, prized for profitability and an ability to adapt to climate change, garners celebrity status in the Central Asian country, which is beset by a shorta...
Filipino farmers struggle as drought and heatwave hits
Apr 29, 2024 (AFP)
It has hardly rained on Velasco's plot of gourds and tomatoes since November, as the El Nino weather phenomenon brings drier conditions and baking temperatures....
Climate change, Brexit threaten to wilt Dutch tulips
Apr 29, 2024 (AFP)
The 55-year-old has seen many changes over a long career but he says climate change is making an all-consuming profession even harder. "The climate has changed....
Satellite Monitoring Highlights Soil Sealing Challenges in the Mediterranean
Apr 25, 2024 (SPX)
An ESA-funded initiative, the Ulysses project, is now providing critical insights into soil sealing, aiming to mitigate soil degradation across the Mediterranea...
In south China, silkworm farmers reel from deadly floods
Apr 25, 2024 (AFP)
Just two hours from the economic powerhouse and megacity of Guangzhou, surrounded by lush subtropical vegetation, lies the village of Sancun, one of the worst h...
Philippine court blocks GMO 'golden rice' production over safety fears
Apr 25, 2024 (AFP)
The Philippines was the first country in the world to approve golden rice, which is enriched with the Vitamin A precursor beta-carotene and has a bright yellow ...
'Extreme' climate blamed for world's worst wine harvest in 62 years
Apr 25, 2024 (AFP)
"Extreme environmental conditions" including droughts, fires and other problems with climate were mostly to blame for the drastic fall, said the International O...
El Nino threatens grain shortages in southern Africa
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
The recurring El Nino weather pattern, which causes a rise in global temperatures, returned in mid-2023 and is expected to last until May. Grain shortages are s...
Facing farmers' ire, EU lawmakers back rollback of environmental rules
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
Farmers have been mounting rolling protests in countries across the European Union, from Belgium and France to Spain, Italy and Poland, over a long list of burd...
Wine growers 'on tip of Africa' race to adapt to climate change
Apr 17, 2024 (AFP)
Much of the vineyard is being replanted to better cope with climate change, which is projected to bring rarer but more violent rainfall to this wine-loving corn...
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