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Battered by floods and trapped in debt, Pakistani farmers struggle to survive

Battered by floods and trapped in debt, Pakistani farmers struggle to survive

The recent flooding has plunged small farmers in sharecropping arrangements further into debt with their landlords — a cycle that has worsened as extreme weather events become increasingly common.
Water war: Is big agriculture killing Brazil's traditional farmers?

Water war: Is big agriculture killing Brazil's traditional farmers?

As streams and springs dry up, subsistence farmers in Brazil’s western Bahia are struggling to survive. They blame big agriculture for stealing their water for irrigation. But as climate change accelerates and drought increases, scientists disagree on who or what is to blame.
‘Like an umbrella had covered the sky': Locust swarms despoil Kenya
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‘Like an umbrella had covered the sky': Locust swarms despoil Kenya

At first, villagers thought the dark, dense blot in the sky was a harmless cloud. Then came the terrifying realization that the locusts had arrived.
Locust swarms in East Africa: Billions descend on Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya

Locust swarms in East Africa: Billions descend on Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya

The pests have triggered fears of a major humanitarian crisis in a region where 19 million people already face high levels of food insecurity.
A growing presence on the farm: Robots
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A growing presence on the farm: Robots

A new generation of autonomous robots is helping plant breeders shape the crops of tomorrow.
In semi-arid Africa, farmers are transforming the “underground forest” into life-giving trees
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In semi-arid Africa, farmers are transforming the “underground forest” into life-giving trees

Revitalization of a traditional agricultural practice known as farmer managed natural regeneration is bringing new life to millions of acres of degraded land while boosting food, fuel, habitat and carbon storage.

She's unlocking the potential of Botswana's land
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She's unlocking the potential of Botswana's land

Amanda Aminah Masire connects farms with tech and government aid. She's taking horticulture-in-a-box continental.
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