‘India never benefited from genetically modified cotton’
New study says India’s adoption of genetically modified cotton brought no real advantage.
View ArticleNepal’s lowland ‘food basket’ vulnerable to climate change
Nepal’s lowland ‘food basket’ is vulnerable to climate change and needs disaster risk reduction planning.
View ArticleBhutan rapidly losing glaciers and snow cover
Climate change, human activity causing Bhutan to rapidly lose glaciers and snow, says study.
View ArticleFamine risk for millions in second locust wave
Millions at risk of famine in Africa and Asia.
View ArticleIndia weeds out 27 highly toxic pesticides
Faced with thousands of pesticide deaths, India plans to ban 27 of its most toxic farm chemicals.
View ArticleCOVID-19 begins to tell on Cambodian farming
Cambodian farming, spared so far by COVID-19, may be hit as the wet season begins in June.
View ArticleSecure meat-hungry food systems to prevent next pandemic
Sustainable agriculture and better health monitoring needed to break chain of disease transmission in food systems.
View ArticlePlanning for the next pandemic: facts and figures
Influenza, coronavirus, obesity: Is the world ready for the next pandemic?
View ArticleCrop disease pandemic coming ‘sooner rather than later’
Global trade and monoculture will lead to crop disease pandemics that jeopardise world food systems, experts warn.
View ArticleRaising livestock — answer to crop residue burning
Livestock can help Nepal address crop residue burning, which has health and environmental impacts.
View ArticleQ&A: “The future is female — there’s no stopping it”
Pakistani scientist, Bilquees Gul, has made her country a leader in salt-tolerant plants.
View ArticleIndia’s pro-business environmental law challenged
Scientists, civil society oppose India’s new ‘pro-business’ environment impact assessment rules.
View ArticleImproving Asian buffalo breeds with genomics
The productivity of the Asian water buffalo can be rapidly improved with genomic selection — study.
View ArticleMimicked red algae enzyme used to boost crop yields
Scientists use a red algae-like Rubisco, the plant enzyme, from a bacterium to stimulate photosynthesis.
View ArticleScientists turn pineapple waste into high-value aerogels
Pineapple growing produces large amounts of farm waste that can be converted into valuable aerogels.
View ArticleBigger sometimes is better when it comes to farm size
Small farms are not necessarily more productive than big ones as widely thought, says study.
View ArticleQ&A: Objective science news needed now more than ever
Good science must rise above a public discourse where “little premium” is put on facts.
View ArticleRestoring converted lands key to combatting extinction, climate change
Planet-warming and extinction can be cost-effectively tackled by targeting key regions for action, says report.
View ArticleAfter sweeping South Asia, wheat blast spreads to Africa
For the first time, a fast-acting and devastating wheat blast disease has been spotted in Africa.
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