Europe’s baked rice bowl seeks escape from drought
Torre Beretti (Italy) (AFP) - Summer came too early to Europe's most important rice growing region and weeds are taking ...
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Resource rich PNG leaving its Pacific people behind: World Bank
Sydney (AFP) - Gold and gas-driven economic growth in Papua New Guinea, the South Pacific's largest nation, is leaving its ...
Bulgaria’s milk farmers falter in former yogurt empire
Dzhebel (Bulgaria) (AFP) - "When the city starts feeding the countryside, it means the country is done for," farmer Emil ...
H5 bird flu detected in second Australia state
Sydney (AFP) - Scientists have detected the highly contagious H5 bird flu strain in a second Australian state, the nation's ...
French farmers suffer arid crops, heat-stricken animals
Paris (France) (AFP) - France's current heatwave is taking a toll on farmers, who are seeing livestock die and are ...
Pakistan’s mango exports shrink as Middle East war impacts linger
Tando Allahyar (Pakistan) (AFP) - Beneath the scorching sun in Pakistan's southern mango belt, labourers balance on tree branches, working ...
EU to ban plant-based ‘steaks’ but veggie ‘burgers’ sizzle on
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU parliament Tuesday passed a ban on marketing plant-based foods as "steak" or "bacon" -- ...
India eyes biofertilisers after Mideast war stoked supply fears
Tappal (India) (AFP) - Under a shed in north India, women scoop cow dung, lumps of unrefined sugar and flour ...
US reports second case of dangerous livestock pest
Washington (United States) (AFP) - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Friday it has detected a second case of ...
US reports second case of dangerous livestock pest
Washington (United States) (AFP) - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Friday it has detected a second case of ...
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