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Water

Labour abuse is seafood’s hidden cost

Workers’ suffering is an integral part of the fisheries system, say four experts.
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Food & Agriculture

What the Iran war taught the world about food security

Perhaps the most unsettling lesson from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is the gap between what we knew and how we prepared. Countries should use whatever easing of immediate pressures occurs to strengthen resilience before the next shock arrives.
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Food & Agriculture

Taking women farmers seriously

Rather than designing solutions for half the farming population, agricultural researchers, policymakers, and others must consider the specific needs and preferences of women farmers in developing countries. Only then can the huge female agricultural labour force reach its potential to ensure food security and drive economic growth.
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Water

Invisible ocean highways need protection

Connecting communities that protect their coasts can yield huge benefits but funding is not flowing to the right places.

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11 May 2026

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Food & Agriculture

How Asean can reduce its heavy dependence on imported agricultural inputs

6 May 2026

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Food & Agriculture

Asean’s next generation of biofuels needs resilience beyond blending

9 April 2026

Philippines farmer Bicol

Food & Agriculture

Chokepoint in the Gulf: What the US-Israeli war on Iran means for Southeast Asia’s food security

31 March 2026

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Food & Agriculture

Securing Asean’s food resilience amid the Middle East conflict

10 March 2026

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Food & Agriculture

Women farmers are the first defenders of a warming Southeast Asia

9 March 2026

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Food & Agriculture

The war in Iran could create a fertiliser shock, risking global food prices and farming

3 March 2026

India fishermen

Carbon & Climate

Game on: How math can help design strategies for climate crisis, diplomacy

25 February 2026

The Indian Kashmiri mountain town of Gulmarg

Carbon & Climate

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the result can shift mountain grasslands to scrub

16 February 2026

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Corporate Responsibility

Companies should be held accountable for the safety of wildlife in their concessions

26 January 2026

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Food & Agriculture

How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertainty

22 January 2026

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Food & Agriculture

How to feed ten billion people

20 January 2026

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Policy & Finance

Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources

7 January 2026

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Food & Agriculture

Changing diets amid a changing climate

31 December 2025

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Food & Agriculture

War and weather show how fragile food systems are - we must act

16 December 2025

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Food & Agriculture

India’s food waste is turning into an environmental time bomb

13 November 2025

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Food & Agriculture

India’s farm policies behind bad air, unhealthy diet, water crisis

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