Agriculture

California shooting underscores strain on state’s farmworkers
The state’s agricultural workforce has long struggled with low wages and vulnerability stemming from immigration status.
Published On 31 Jan 2023
Colombia shifts strategy in drug war away from coca eradication
After decades of fumigating and pulling up coca plants, Gustavo Petro announces drop in forced crop eradication goals.
Published On 24 Jan 2023
Bolivia sees more unrest following opposition leader’s arrest
Protesters in farming hub of Santa Cruz province block highways as calls grow for release of Luis Fernando Camacho.
Published On 2 Jan 2023
From: Africa Direct
Guerrilla Garden: A food forest in Cape Town
Plants, produce and empowerment – a collective response to a community’s needs in Cape Town, South Africa.
Published On 27 Dec 2022

Ivory Coast is the world’s top cocoa-producing country but receives just 4% of the $100bn chocolate industry’s profits.

Conference aims to lay out plan to tackle ‘unsustainable rate’ of global biodiversity loss. Here’s all you need to know.

Tale of hard-to-catch young dairy cows is capturing attention – and imaginations – in the province of Quebec.

Fertilisers currently stored in Europe will ‘prevent catastrophic crop loss on the African continent,’ UN says.

UN chief Antonio Guterres, Turkey’s Erdogan welcome the continuation of the agreement days before it was set to expire.

The climate crisis is causing longer droughts, more intense storms, and higher sea levels in the Caribbean island.

As in the rest of North Africa, global warming is already showing its effects and severely affecting agriculture.

‘Global North’ perceptions of the livestock sector should not be imposed on poor countries suffering from undernutrition

Floods that wreaked havoc across Pakistan after years of high temperatures have left chilli farmers struggling.

Ukrainian leader says humanitarian corridor needs “reliable and long-term defence”.

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