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South Africa's Drakensberg grasslands still look the same, but farmers say droughts, heatwaves, and disease are quietly changing what the land can supportDrought and heatwaves are decimating sheep flocks in South Africa's Drakensberg mountains, threatening the livelihoods and cultural identit...- Hidden beneath the Sahara, satellite scans uncovered 260 circular mass graves filled with cattle and human remains of a 6,000-year-old nomadic eliteNew discoveries in Eastern Sudan reveal a lost nomadic civilization. Archaeologists found 260 ancient cemeteries, showcasing large grave mo...
- ‘The US-Iran war will hurt both food consumers — and producers’The US-Iran conflict threatens global food supplies. Rising oil prices increase fertilizer and transportation costs. This impacts food prod...
- Gulf shipping standoff hits world’s most vulnerable farmersGlobal supply chain disruptions, exacerbated by international conflicts, are making essential farming inputs scarce and unaffordable for sm...
- Energy shock ripples from kitchens to forests as Africa and South Asia grapple with rising fuel costsGlobal fuel price hikes are pushing families in Kenya and India back to burning charcoal and wood. This reversal threatens years of progres...
- Is a college education still worth it in India?India must confront the impact of AI on jobs due to its large youth population, reliance on software services, and an oversupply of graduat...
- Consumer prices could rise 3-fold in poor nations by 2050, even under ambitious climate policies: StudyEven with ambitious climate policies, food prices for consumers in lower-income countries are expected to increase significantly by 2050, m...
- Sindhuja Microcredit raises $14.5 m equity from Gawa Capital, OikocreditNoida-based Sindhuja Microcredit has secured $14.5 million from GAWA Capital and Oikocredit to expand operations by 50% in FY25 and enter n...
- View: Digitisation and proper mapping of land records could lead to substantial economic prosperityGetting more land security is one of the many goals that world leaders signed up to achieve by 2030 when they set the Sustainable Developme...
- Senegal opens West Africa's first big wind farm in push for renewablesWith the wind farm, Senegal will get 30 per cent of its energy from renewable sources, which has been a goal of President Macky Sall.
- First Saharan farming started over 10,000 years agoIt is desert now, but in the Holocene age, some 10,000 years ago, it was part of the "green Sahara" and wild cereals grew there.
- Cipla divests animal health business in South Africa, sub-Saharan AfricaThe deal comes with a potential revision linked to FY17 performance along with customary adjustment (within the price band of 250 mn Rand a...
- Global economy needs to create over 600 mn new jobs:World BankTo keep employment as a share of working-age population constant, in 2020 there should be around 600 mn more jobs than in 2005.
- Jain Irrigation to invest $375 million in African countriesJain Irrigation Systems today said the company will invest $375 million over the next few years to improve income of small and marginal far...
- ICRISAT to execute Bill Gates funded project for legumesAgri research body ICRISAT and two other centres would execute Bill Gates-funded USD 21 million project for legumes in India.
- Farming needs major shift, says FAOWorld farming needs a “major shift” to more sustainable practices as intensive crop production since the 1960s has degraded soils, depleted...
- Give women equal access to farm inputs to increase output: FAOJust giving women the same access as men to agricultural resources could increase production by 20 to 30 per cent.
- Half of global labour force works with no contract: OECDNearly 2.0 billion people, more than half the global labour force, are now working for low wages with no contract, no benefits and no job p...
- Cong: The battle withinFor the Congress in Maharashtra, the problem lies within. It’s their own partymen that has subjected the Congress-led Democratic Front gove...
- The emerging agrarian crisisI was employed as an agricultural labour with the local landlord in the village when I was just 15,” said the old man, at least 70 now.
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