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The war's economic impact extends beyond oil production to include global food and industrial supply chains, as fertiliser and petrochemical costs feed into agriculture and plastics, found a study by the Asian Development Bank.
Food & Agriculture
War and climate stress push Afghan farmers to the brink
Afghanistan’s conflicts repeatedly hurt its farmers who endure droughts, floods and rising financial uncertainty.
Sudan’s Gezira irrigation scheme spans nearly 890,000 hectares (2.2 million acres), pumping water from the Nile to farmers through a network of canals fed by the Sennar Dam.
Food & Agriculture
Cash crop boom in Bangladesh’s hills puts ecosystems at risk
The hill districts in the Chittagong region in Bangladesh have seen a large-scale switch from the traditional shifting agriculture, or jhum, to more profitable cash crop cultivation in recent years.
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Climate, pests and pollution fuel crop losses across India
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Food & Agriculture
The Philippine island positioning itself as Asia-Pacific’s agroecology hub
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Adopting low-cost ‘healthy’ diets could cut food emissions by one-third
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