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Water quality of the Asian Water Tower is far less studied than water quantity, but expected increases in upstream riverine chemical fluxes and lowland pollutant release could exacerbate water quality deterioration downstream. Data sharing, integrated modelling, and joint actions are needed to mitigate this problem. 
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A burp or fart at the dinner table might land you in trouble -- but if you're a cow or sheep in New Zealand, it might land your owner a hefty tax bill.
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Combining a shrinking 7% to 9% of the world’s arable land with a growing 20% of the global population means China must add another element to the equation if it wants to feed its people.Trade with other nations helps with the deficit but also opens China to risks such as conflicts with trading partners or supply chain breakdowns.
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At a symposium convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on agrifood systems transformation in Asia-Pacific, governments, the private sector and other stakeholders are being urged to massively accelerate transformation of their agrifood systems, or risk worsening malnutrition and environmental degradation in the world's most populous region
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China has curbed exports of corn starch in a signal that the world’s biggest corn importer is likely worried about local supplies.
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Pendant des années, ils ont été considérés comme une tumeur urbaine par les autorités chinoises. Mais les commerçants ambulants font aujourd’hui leur gran
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Government officials must bring interpretivism to policymaking: qualitative research methods that take into accounts the perspectives and preferences of the governed.
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In a tender advertisement published in May this year, the agriculture department said it did not have enough data on the environmental and health effects of pesticides
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Graziers and farmers along the Macquarie River say flooding used to be beneficial but has become ‘far worse and goes for far longer’ than it should
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China has pledged to make its Belt and Road initiative greener, but critics say environmental guidelines ‘nonexistent’
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The nation is responsible for approximately 40 percent of global rice shipments. So what happens now?
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For generations farmers and their families harvesting their rice paddies in the fertile Mekong Delta have relied on the river’s bountiful fish resources and rice production for their subsistence.
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There are a number of science-based actions Pakistan can take to improve its capacity to deal with floods.
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China's Belt and Road Initiative is now nine years old, but how will rising inflation, the pandemic, and the Ukraine conflict impact its future?
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South Asian region is excessively wide-open to climate change effects; comprising higher temperatures, sea-level rise, inconsistent rainfall, amplified occurrence and harshness of extreme weather incidents, increased overflow and glacial melting.
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Depuis le début de la guerre, Pékin affiche une forme de neutralité bienveillante vis-à-vis de Moscou. En particulier parce que la Russie est un partenaire stratégique de la Chine. Mais l'enlisement du conflit, l’unité affichée des Occidentaux et les effets sur l’économie mondiale irritent Pékin.
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Over the past decade, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has made a series of agricultural technology innovations and achievements, providing strong support for the country's food safety.
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China is redoubling its efforts to bolster food security by trying to cut the amount of soybeans that get turned into animal feed.
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South Korea's kimchi makers are in serious pain - brought low as a climate change-induced shortage of cabbages sent prices rocketing this year, exacerbating damage inflicted by cheaper offerings from Chinese competitors.
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Roadworks halt thousands of trucks carrying millions of dollars worth of apples, triggering protests by the growers.
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L’année 2022 semble être l’année de tous les périls pour Xi Jinping.
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The president of the Pacific island state of Micronesia denounced at the United Nations on Thursday Japan's decision to discharge what he called nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean.
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C’est l’une des conséquences du réchauffement climatique : les vendanges ont commencé en avance cette année, et sont même déjà terminées dans certains terroirs.
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En manque d'eau pour ses cultures, la Chine tente de provoquer artificiellement des pluies en lançant dans le ciel des projectiles chargés avec de l'iodure d'argent.
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