What happened to Egyptian onions?(pictures)
Food & Climate Egyptian onions are an important vegetable in the northeastern African country, and are an important ingredient in most meals, especially traditional ones such as Falafel. Egypt grows…
Pairing solar farms with growing Japanese yam saves clean energy and food
The country has severe restrictions on land usage
Food & Climate Pairing solar farms with growing Japanese yam, not only does the project generate clean energy, but also provides an improved growing environment for this plant, as the…
Carcinogenic pesticides raise scientists’ anger against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Growers applied more than 60 million pounds of 1,3-D to fields in 2018
Food & Climate Some researchers and Scientists have accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency misleading about the reality of carcinogenic pesticides which has 1,3-dichloropropene that causes cancer. The carcinogenic pesticides…
Enriching soil and feeding children by green velvet beans in Timor-Leste
Men were skeptical but women confident
In the small village of Betano, nestled in the lush landscapes of central Timor-Leste, women have succeeded to enriching the soil and feeding the schools children by “Lehe” or the…
How silt accumulation in Sudan Arbaat dam converted to a disaster?
World Bank predicted this fate of the Dam in 2018
Food & Climate The silt accumulation in Sudan Arbaat Dam converted to a disaster caused killing tens of people, destroyed thousands of agricultural acres of lands, and now threatens the…
India climate-resilient agriculture is one of new BioE3 policy
To avoid expected main crops decrease like rice and wheat
Food & Climate India’s new BioE3 policy puts climate-resilient agriculture as one of six pillars of the strategy. On Saturday, India announced a biotechnology policy focused on the economy and…
Exporting Bangladeshi sunshine potato despite of flood
Farmers realize importance of bulk selling their produce together
Food & Climate Bangladeshi “sunshine potato” exports was a dream come true for many families in Rangpur in northwestern the country, that this region is prone to destructive monsoon floods…
Climate change makes it harder to grow maize in sub-Saharan
Forgotten crops may help make food systems more resilient
Food & Climate New study examined forgotten crops that may help make Sub-Saharan food systems more resilient, and more nutritious, as climate change makes it harder to grow maize which…
Food shortage, will force North Korea to ask South Korean help?
Flooding and high temperatures threatening agricultural production
Food & Climate Will the North Korean Kim Jong Un have to ask South Korean help to save his people from food shortage because of floods, above‑average temperatures, and expected…
Eggplant in Sri Lanka, how the 0.25 acre yielded produce equivalent one acre?
FAO: income increased by $ 65 per month
Food & Climate Farmers in Sri Lanka have succeeded in producing an amount of eggplant from a quarter of an acre, equivalent to a full acre, according to Nirosha Dilmini,…