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Bogotá, Colombia – Farmers in parts of Colombia say sales of coca, the raw ingredient used to make cocaine, have collapsed after a recent surge in…
Bogotá, Colombia – Farmers in parts of Colombia say sales of coca, the raw ingredient used to make cocaine, have collapsed after a recent surge in…
Maua, Kenya – Even as drought continues in parts of Kenya, rain has started falling in the hills outside Maua town, in the highland region…
Dadu, Sindh, Pakistan – On a cloudy spring afternoon at Dital Khan Chandio village in Pakistan’s Sindh province, a group of female agricultural workers are…
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday called for the "immediate cessation" of the war in Ukraine during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir…
Luz de America, Ecuador – Carlos and Maria spent their childhoods working more than 10 hours a day on a plantation, earning less than minimum…
Brazil’s president will seek to boost trade ties and secure greater Chinese investments during his visit to China next week. China has agreed to immediately…
TL;DR, global warming is bad and getting worse. But a sprawling assessment of tens of thousands of scientific papers on the state of the planet,…
Untimely rains and hailstorms could damage India’s key winter-sown crops, such as wheat, rapeseed and chickpeas, just before harvesting begins for plants that have already…
The country’s inflation has not surpassed 100 percent in over three decades, as value of Argentina’s currency plummets. Inflation in the South American country of…
Already struggling under spiralling inflation, the South American country faces a decline in grain, its main export. A historic drought ravaging Argentina’s crops has deepened…
More than 100 countries reached agreement on a United Nations treaty to protect the high seas, following marathon talks at U.N. headquarters in New York…
North Korean leader stresses need to build ‘rich and highly-civilised’ communities amid reported food shortages. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged officials to…
North Korean leader calls on officials to meet production targets after South Korea warns of “grave” food situation. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over a plenary meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea focused on agricultural development, state media reported Monday.…
Amman, Jordan – Zeid Sinokrot was an unemployed engineer in 2012 when he decided to join the family business, growing dates on a farm outside…
The Department of Agriculture is investing nearly $10 million in forest nursery and seed partnerships for reforestation. The department hopes the initiative can help areas…
Russia's year-long war in Ukraine has led to thousands of casualties, millions of refugees and billions of dollars in damages to the country’s economy, environment…
One year of war in Ukraine has left deep scars — including on the country’s natural landscape. The conflict has ruined vast swathes of farmland, burned…
Ben Kingston, 14, lives on Queensland's Capricorn Coast but feels most at home 250 kilometres away in a shed full of cattle. Tending to stock before breakfast…
1/2 The federal government is spending $63 million to bring high-speed internet access to rural areas of four separate states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture…