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Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy urges farmers to avoid water-intensive crops, announces a series of measures to tackle the situation
A Kenyan clinical psychologist is urging policymakers to incorporate mental wellbeing into farmer support programmes.
Farmers in parts of Haveri district have been harvesting around 20 quintals per acre by adopting ‘Guli Ragi’ method, as compared to 15 quintals by the traditional method
In the south of France, climate change is reshaping the region’s fruit production. Rather than fighting against it, a growing number of farmers are learning how to work with it – turning to tropical crops, now well-suited to the local climate. Bananas, papaya and even dragon fruit are being grown in greenhouses but also in open fields, without heating or pesticides. Our Down to Earth team reports.
The farmers saw stronger crop stands, healthier tillers, improved grain filling and fields that remained protected during some of the crop’s most critical growth stages.
Nestled between the Tianshan Mountains and the Gobi Desert, the Hami oasis in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is a land of little rain, battered by wind and sand year-round. It is also home to the region’s oldest known burial site, the Tianshanbeilu cemetery, located around 500km (310 miles) east of Urumqi, the regional capital. More than 700 Bronze Age tombs have been unearthed here, long assumed to belong to Eurasian nomads who migrated eastward from the steppes. But a study published on...
Some communities in Zimbabwe are adopting water-saving techniques such as aquaponics and rainwater harvesting to protect crops as the country braces for El Niño-driven drought. Sharon Mazingaizo has this report.
Some farmers in northern Senegal are combining fish farming with rice cultivation, using an age-old technique that helps fertilise fields, reduce pests and diversify incomes. The climate-smart approach is gaining renewed attention as communities adapt to growing environmental pressures.