Agriculture
Calls grow to repurpose land squandered in Cambodia’s concession policy
PHNOM PENH — “Make the bosses rich in Cambodia,” then-prime minister Hun Sen said at the 2012 inauguration of a sugar refinery in Kampong Speu province. “If a country has no millionaires, where can the poor get their money from?” This underscored the ideology at the heart of the policy of economic land concessions, or […]
How Florida farmworkers are protecting themselves from extreme heat
Protecting the people who pick your food is as easy as giving them shade and water.
Read MoreTo understand the future of forests in the warming world, look to the bur oak
That’s what scientists are doing in a multistate investigation into climate change migration.
Read MoreBiden’s $8 billion quest to solve America’s groundwater crisis
With little fanfare, the administration is using infrastructure funding to revive dormant plans for pipelines and reservoirs in rural areas across the U.S. West.
Read MoreReport: Half of plantations in Indonesia’s palm oil heartland are illegal
JAKARTA — Nearly half of oil palm plantations in Indonesia’s Riau province, the heartland of the commodity’s production, is illegal, according to a new report. The report was published by a coalition of NGOs based in Sumatra called Eyes on the Forest (EoF). Using spatial analysis of Riau’s palm oil landscapes, based on government maps […]
‘Nothing’s predictable’: Extreme weather is ruining farmers’ crops, and their finances
Natural disasters hit farmers with a $22 billion bill last year. Only half of that was covered by insurance.
Read MoreCooking oil has a deforestation problem. A startup says it has a solution.
Palm and soy are taking over the world’s cropland. Enter Zero Acre Farms.
Read MoreIndonesian police slammed after protester demanding rightful land is shot dead
BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan — Activists have slammed the Indonesian police for rights violations after officers reportedly shot dead a villager and injured at least two others during a protest against an oil palm plantation company in Borneo. Gijik, 35, was shot in the chest during the Oct. 7 protest held by residents of the mostly […]
Plan to bring Mennonite farmers to Suriname sparks deforestation fears
Foreign land developers have spent the past several years working to bring Mennonite farming communities from across Latin America to Suriname with the plan of starting a series of agriculture projects — a major threat to conservation efforts in the country’s part of the Amazon Rainforest, environmentalists say. Investors from Argentina and the Netherlands launched […]
Arizona is evicting a Saudi alfalfa farm, but the thirsty crop isn’t going anywhere
The state’s decision will do little to solve a water shortage largely driven by irrigated agriculture.
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