Why is Mexico standing up to bigger neighbours US, Canada on corn? | Business and Economy News
Corn is sacred in Mexico. Its roots can be traced to Aztec and Mayan creation stories that exalted the arrival of a crop that was […]
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How reliant is the world on Indian rice exports? | Infographic News
Global rice prices are at their highest levels in 15 years, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The surge follows India’s […]
Olive oil prices surge over 100%, leading to cooking oil thefts
Bottles of olive oil and sunflower oil at a Mercadona SA supermarket in Barcelona, Spain. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Olive oil prices spiked […]
Ground Zero: India’s farmers protest | Agriculture
When hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers fight to be heard, one journalist is determined to give them a voice. When the Indian government passed […]
Cheap Nepal tea hits India’s Darjeeling tea sales | Business and Economy News
Kolkata, India – World-famous Darjeeling tea gardens in India’s West Bengal state immediately whip up picturesque visuals of clouds floating over rolling hills covered in […]
Indonesia says China has pledged $21B in new investment to strengthen ties
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Qiang has pledged $21.7 billion in new Chinese investment in Indonesia to strengthen the countries’ economic and political ties ByNINIEK KARMINI […]
Malaysia lifts ban on Australian cattle imports after disease fears eased | Agriculture
Australia welcomes announcement as officials say country remains free of lumpy skin disease. Malaysia has lifted a ban on live cattle and buffalo imports from […]
Egypt, reliant on imports, buys more Russian wheat | Agriculture News
Egypt still buys from Russia and Ukraine but is also diversifying its purchases after the shock of the war. Egypt has bought a new shipment […]
Modern slavery: Pakistan’s growing climate change curse | Climate Crisis
This spring, I spent time with farming families across rural Sindh and the Kacchi Plains of Balochistan, the two worst-hit regions by last summer’s super […]
‘Harvest is so bad’: Drought hits livelihood of Sri Lankan farmers | Drought News
HJM Seneviratne, 63, slices through yellowed paddy stems dried out by a drought that has destroyed over 95 percent of his crop and is threatening […]