As for food security, the foundation would do better by supporting agroecological (agrochemical-free) approaches to agriculture, which various high-level UN reports have advocated for ensuring equitable global food security. This would leave
The United States is approaching a historic turning point in global agriculture as weakening export demand, prolonged trade tensions and rising international competition threaten its century-long position as the world’s leading agricultural
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Across the western edge of Cairo, beyond the city’s dense urban landscape, a new agricultural frontier is emerging from the desert. Alongside the Dabaa Expressway, roads cut through vast stretches of once-barren
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A strengthening El Niño weather pattern is raising alarm across Southeast Asia, with analysts and governments warning that a potentially severe episode could drive sharp increases in food prices across the ASEAN
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Editorial Alas… now they read. Now they study. Now they discover history. For years, political movements built entire narratives around symbols, slogans, and emotional promises. They presented simple answers to complex problems.
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Many consumers assume that food labeled organic is grown without pesticides. The reality is more nuanced. Organic farmers can and do use pesticides, but the types of pesticides they use, the circumstances
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In a recognition that underscores the fragile future of global agriculture, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, honouring its mission to protect
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A team of researchers in China has developed a catalyst capable of transforming nitrate pollution from agricultural runoff and industrial wastewater into ammonia—the essential chemical building block of urea fertiliser—with nearly three
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Ukraine has triggered intense debate across its political and agricultural sectors after proposing to renounce access to European Union farm subsidies for up to 15 years in exchange for accelerating its path
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India is set to import a record 2.5 million metric tons of urea in a single tender, according to government sources, at prices nearly double those paid just two months ago. The
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Farmers across Sri Lanka are raising serious concerns over a shortage of urea fertilizer, warning that the situation is already disrupting cultivation activities in several agricultural regions. Farmer organizations report that the
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