Fertiliser crisis hits farmers
Hit by price hike, supply crunch of non-urea fertilisers, farmers struggle to prep fields
Sri Lanka’s plunge into organic farming brings disaster
A sharp drop in crop yields and spiralling prices that are worsening the country’s growing economic woes and leading to fears of food shortages
Can seeds planted by drones spawn new forests?
Traditional reforesting methods are slow and costly because disaster zones are often inaccessible or inhospitable to machinery
Coffee and climate have a complicated relationship
Rising temperatures, less predictable rainfall, wild swings from drought to flooding, new pests making difficult to earn a living from coffee
The future farmers of France are tech savvy
France is the European Union’s main breadbasket, accounting for one-fifth of all agricultural output in the 27-country bloc
Crop sowing lags in India
The country receives below-normal rainfall, raising concerns about food grain production in Asia's third biggest economy, the government says
If your coffee's going downhill, blame climate change
Coffee leader Brazil is turning to stronger and more bitter robusta beans in a sign of how climate change is shaping our favourite flavours
Rice farmers invent
resilient varieties
Climate change is expected to make things worse for them as rice crops on Bangladesh coast suffer from floods and salty soil
From Nigeria to Brazil 'halo'
crops reap pandemic profits
As the pandemic rages, people around the world have sought to guard against illness by turning to so-called halo foods
Plague of mice overruns Australia
The stench hits you first, pungent, musty and rotting. Then you hear them: a sound like ocean waves, or pouring rain hitting concrete
