Eco-Business

New research finds that most countries are trending in the wrong direction when it comes to meeting the UN’s 2030 global pesticide risk reduction target, with the goal unlikely to be met without substantial changes to agricultural systems worldwide.

Women in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh are becoming leaders of their homestead farms.

India’s pesticide industry has grown into a multi-billion-rupee sector, even as concerns over health, environmental and food safety have intensified.

Importing more sustainable produce and boosting green finance could help accelerate the greening of agriculture across developing Asia, write three experts.

Oleh Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

Oleh Suresh Bidari

SciDev Net

Oleh Keith Anthony Fabro

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From the Ifugao highlands to Morocco’s Anti-Atlas Mountains, Indigenous terrace farming illustrates how long-standing, locally adapted practices capture water, conserve soil and diversify crops to withstand intensifying climate extremes. Oleh Stephen Acabado

In Gaza and parts of Africa, we've seen how vulnerable food systems can be and we must act urgently to strengthen them worldwide. Oleh Stefanos Fotiou

From Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean to floods in Southeast Asia, insurance is an underused tool for adaptation to climate extremes. Oleh Amol Mehra dan Claire Harbron

Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change. Oleh Prakash Kashwan dan Ashok Swain

Oleh Shivang Agarwal dan Pranjali Chowdhary

Oleh Akhilendra Pratap Singh

Oleh Maximo Torero

Oleh Renata Piazzon

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Smallholder cooperatives are breaking new ground

Studio EB How are sustainable agricultural practices transforming smallholder livelihoods for the better?

The family is the most important thing to Dayak council chief Florianus Tihai

Studio EB The indigenous Dayak people of Kalimantan, Indonesia are working with an agribusiness giant to retain their time-honoured customs and practices while expanding the local economy.

From conflict to co-existence: Earthworm Foundation has come up with a solution to managing human-elephant conflict in palm oil plantations in Sabah.

Narrated by renowned environmentalist David Attenborough, Netflix's latest documentary series is a stunning insight into the world of animals and an urgent plea to protect their fast disappearing habitats.

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Studio EB An alliance between an environmental group and an agribusiness company aims to reduce encroachment by smallholder coffee farmers in the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, one of Sumatra’s last stands of lowland forest.

oil palm plantation workers take a rest from work

Studio EB As global attention focuses on forests and the plight of orangutans, the untold part of the palm oil story is people. What is the industry doing to protect palm oil workers' rights and those of the people who defend their land as the industry expands?

Studio EB [The EB Podcast] In this first episode of the series Tomorrow's cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore how cold chain can secure the future of food in the world's most populous continent.

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