Agriculture

Indonesia, Malaysia should collaborate on palm oil, Widodo says
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim pledge to jointly fight EU’s palm oil ban.
Published On 8 Jun 2023
Brazil’s Congress weakens environmental, Indigenous ministries
Move marks setback for President Lula da Silva’s push to protect Indigenous rights and stem Amazon deforestation.
Published On 1 Jun 2023
Can satellite imagery fight illegal logging in Mexico?
New monitoring system aims to combat deforestation in Michoacan, but locals remain sceptical about enforcement.
Published On 26 May 2023
Egypt defers payments for wheat imports amid dollar crunch
Deferred payments for wheat imports are to relieve financial pressures caused by lack of foreign currency, official said
Published On 26 May 2023

Across the globe, nearly all words for tea can be derived from the root-words cha or te.

Amid tough US sanctions, fewer than two dozen of the nation’s sugar refineries were operational this season.

With no sign of rain clouds, the Catalan regional government broadens curbs on water use to 495 towns or villages.

Pena, candidate of right-wing Colorado Party and former IMF economist, defeated centre-left challenger Efrain Alegre.

California farmers worry that melting snow could inundate them with a new round of flooding.

A brewing dispute over Mexican restrictions on some corn imports will only hurt farmers on all sides.

Top European Union officials are racing to appease a handful of countries that have temporarily banned imports.

One of the highest rates in the world is straining wallets putting pressure on government ahead of October elections.

A new women’s collective is helping fishmongers diversify incomes as sex-for-fish requests increase in parts of Malawi.

The rights group raises concerns over the $7bn Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project near Lahore city.

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