To check air pollution, including from stubble burning, the Punjab Cabinet today approved the creation of directorate of environment and climate change in the state, an official spokesperson said.

Small-holder farmers in Kenya have the capacity and desire to play a major role in the scale-up of biofuel production from agroforestry, according to a Penn State forest economist, who led a study

Given Africa’s enormous endowment of vast uncultivated land, immense untapped water, and labour resources, such measures are expected to boost the production of labour and natural resource-intensive products. Among the commodities for which Africa seems to possess a clear comparative advantage, coffee is a principal one.

El Fasher — The agricultural season has failed and caused a food shortage in several localities in North Darfur, community leaders warned.

Kenyan researchers on Friday formed a networking team to fight fall armyworm, an insect that destroys crops, which has caused devastating effects on farmers across the country.

CHANDIGARH: Burning of paddy stubble in Punjab and Haryana did not contribute to the alarmingly high levels of air pollution in Delhi on November 10 and onward.

Results of a landmark study on the cost of a gender gap in agricultural productivity reveal a worrying trend that is bound to impact on Africa’s structural transformation according to a report showcased on the sidelines of the 2017 African Economic Conference held at the UN Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

In Kenya’s Rift Valley, rural communities are implementing agroforestry to respond to new challenges brought by climate change.

NEW DELHI: With the Sri Lankan cricket team's dramatic protest against playing conditions highlighting the mounting embarrassment over Delhi's pollution, a PMO-headed panel met on Monday and review

Importance for organic and chemical free food consumption is growing rapidly. Consumers are ready to pay more money to get a quality food. Farmers need to hold this entrepreneurial opportunity to fasten economic empowerment. One such efforts done by a farmers’ interest group was studied in this perspective. Formation and conduct of the group along with the group dynamics of the group members was studied and presented in this paper.

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