Farming
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Govt to import 22K metric tons of onions
THE government will import 22,000 metric tons (MT) of onions, as there is “no other option” since farmgate prices of…
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Green farming schemes to be paid more taxpayers’ money
It is hoped the increase in payment rates will encourage more farmers to sign up to new environmental land management…
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‘We’re only seeing the negative’: UK farmers on Brexit and losing the common agricultural policy
Sitting in his 18th-century farmhouse in the uplands of Bethlehem, in the breathtaking western reaches of the Brecon Beacons, Ian…
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How did the patriarchy start – and will evolution get rid of it?
In Afghanistan, the Taliban once again prowl the streets more concerned with keeping women at home and in strict dress…
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The world food crisis is about to get worse
Six months of fighting between Russia and Ukraine — two farming powerhouses — has plunged a teetering global food system…
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England ‘failing to invest in water networks to avoid future droughts’
England is failing to invest in the water networks needed to avoid a future of recurrent serious droughts, with current…
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Biden races against time to unlock Ukraine’s trapped grain
President Joe Biden surprised some European and U.S. officials this week when he publicly announced that the U.S. was working…
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India isn’t the only one banning food exports. These countries are doing the same
The war has triggered a huge spike in wheat prices, with Russia and Ukraine among the biggest exporters of the…
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Young Indian farmers are turning to an ancient crop to fight water stress and climate change
With 1.4 billion people to feed, and such heatwaves set to become more common, the country clearly needs more sustainable agriculture.…
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Minimum pay requirements for farm workers take effect today and you might see that price in your basket
It is the first day of a new wage structure for workers in the horticulture industry, marking one of the…
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Water sources are disappearing. How can we adapt?
If forests are the ‘lungs’ of our planet; absorbing twice as much carbon as they emit each year, then we…
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Climate change: Key crops face major shifts as world warms
Key coffee regions in Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam and Colombia will all “drastically decrease” by around 50% by 2050. BBC Suitable…
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The race to protect the food of the future – why seed banks alone are not the answer
I knew from the start that my harvest, if any, would be meagre. Helen Anne Curry The Conversation The plants…
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Farmers could be paid for post-Brexit ‘rewilding’ land changes
When the UK was part of the EU, farmers were given grants based on how much land they farmed. Claire…
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It’ll take away our livelihoods’: Welsh farmers on rewilding and carbon markets
Teleri Fielden is suddenly very despairing. Tom Levitt The Guardian After skirting around the topic for the best part of…
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India’s Modi to repeal controversial farm laws that led to protests
Farmers, who form one of India’s most influential voting blocs, have camped out on the outskirts of the capital since…
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