In recent years, coffee growers around the world have battled with disease, pests, droughts, and a lack of pollinators. Despite the fact that coffee is grown nearly everywhere, from South America to Africa to Asia, scientists worry that nearly half of this land won’t be able to generate harvests by 2050. admin
U.S. dependence on foreign oil has shifted. Thus, America’s interests are no longer as vulnerable to negative events in the Middle East as they were in 1980, Daniel Davis writes in The National Security. admin
A new study with major implications for India claims that El Niño events could get more devastating in coming years due to climate change.The international team of climate researchers that wrote the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal analysed 33 El Niño events from 1901 to 2017. admin
On July 5, 2019, the Centre announced a plan to promote 10,000 new farmer producer companies over the next five years. India already has many such companies, which have been registered since they were introduced in 2002 through an amendment to the Companies Act. While registered under that Act, they have several restrictions in line with principles […]
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday he would not retract his criticism of New Delhi’s actions in Jammu & Kashmir despite Indian traders calling for an unprecedented boycott of Malaysian palm oil, reports Reuters. admin
At a closed-door meeting at the White House on Aug. 19, President Donald Trump looked increasingly alarmed as his top envoy to China delivered evidence of rising Farm Belt frustration over his biofuel policy along with a stark warning: You’ve got a problem in Iowa, according to Reuters. admin
Licensed hemp climbed to 511,442 acres in 2019, a fourfold increase over licensed acres in 2018. State licenses were given to 16,877 farmers and researchers, according to Vote Hemp and the 2019 U.S. Hemp License Report. admin
Prolonged drought has severely impacted Australia’s wheat production and, as a result, contributed to a significant shift in world wheat trade. If current weather conditions in Australia persist, these export trends could continue through marketing year (MY) 2019/20 and beyond, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) believes. admin
Before 2016, Pakistan had a single coal-fired plant. It now has nine, supplying 15 per cent of the nation’s electricity, with another four under construction. Solar power provides about 1 per cent of energy needs and is getting a tiny sliver of investment compared with what’s going into coal. Solar and other renewables may someday […]
The Australian federal government is facing a lawsuit over damage done to Indigenous land by a decades-old mining project. Gumatj leader Galarrwuy Yunupingu revealed on Saturday that he and his people were taking legal action against the commonwealth, seeking compensation for the loss of native title over the minerals exploited by mine operator Nabalco and its successor, […]
