It’s time to shop
for seeds
The 2021 garden season officially begins this month, with the arrival of seed catalogues. Here’s what to expect after last year’s chaotic spring
It’s time to shop
Drip irrigation
emerges to solve
rice paddy problem
An Israeli company develops a system to replace the flooded paddies that have supplied the world with rice for generations but cause damage to the environment
Pakistan looks to
new tech to curb
crop burning
Air pollution in Punjab shoots up every October and November as farmers burn rice stalks left behind after harvesting to clear their fields
IFAD supports smallholder farmers
It distributes nutritious homestead vegetable gardening kits among them
Legal high helps
revitalise US cities
As more states legalize marijuana, growers and officials are looking to aging industrial infrastructure to house cannabis crops
Grass farming
plans draw flak
The government faces criticism over its plan to send 32 officials abroad for training on grass farming
Extreme weather, COVID blight Kashmir's crops
Three months of drought and the pandemic lead to a sharp drop in the quantity and quality of fruit and vegetables grown in the region
Nepal's tea production
lands in hot water
Tea farmers in eastern Nepal have suffered a double hit this year as severe rains and the pandemic's ripple effects slashed their yields
A taste of ancient Judean dates
The harvest of the much-extolled, but long-lost Judean dates is something of a scientific miracle. The fruit sprouted from seeds 2,000 years old
Monsoon rains speed up crop planting in India
Indian farmers plant 69.2 million hectares with summer crops, up 21.2% from this time a year earlier
