Top Indian government officials are debating whether to set a goal to zero out its greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, an ambitious target that would require overhauling its coal-dependent economy.
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"China Standards 2035" est un plan décennal de politiques publiques, qui doit être publié bientôt, et est censé fixer certaines orientations de l’économie chinoise autour d’un objectif central : faire de la Chine le principal pays exportateur de standards internationaux dans les quinze prochaines années. La question des standards est essentielle : elle est à la fois au cœur des mécanismes qui ont fait la globalisation et elle est aussi devenue un enjeu géopolitique majeur.
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Ten years on from the triple disaster of 2011, farming in the region is tentatively getting back on its feet. But can this growth be sustained?
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It requires a diversified approach that takes into account peculiarities and constraints of states, investment in infrastructure and linking farmer producer groups with markets.
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Australia’s minerals trade has been divided almost clean in half by the country’s trade spat with China.
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If the bets of Thailand's farmed cannabis promoters pay off, Thais could soon be chowing down on hempburgers, washed down with cannabis-derived drinks, before freshening up with shower gel and toothpaste infused with a compound from the plant.
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Farmers are protesting against more than Modi’s agricultural laws. They’ll keep going until he understands that.
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United Nations officials on Wednesday highlighted the contributions of migrants to economies and societies in Asia and the Pacific, calling on countries to ensure all who live within their borders are fully included in national coronavirus inoculation programmes.
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African swine fever is re-emerging in Asia, threatening to upend efforts to replenish national herds after the virus killed tens of millions of pigs in the region and created a huge shortage of meat protein.
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From empowering farmers to calling out banks that fund coal, this International Women’s Day, Eco-Business highlights the different ways women are fighting for environmental justice across Asia.
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Les autorités ouzbèkes craignent une forte diminution des précipitations pour le printemps, ce qui amènerait à une situation proche de la pénurie d’eau.
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Harmless Harvest, a maker of coconut-based products, has launched an effort to scale up regenerative agriculture for coconut farms across Thailand.
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These changes will occur at global, national, and local scales. They will create opportunities and challenges for all food and fibre industries and farm businesses. They will also impact on Australian lifestyles, landscapes, communities, and wider society and economy.
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The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership aims to strengthen the ties between the emerging and developed economies. The mega trade block will constitute 30% of the global population and also constitute 30% of global GDP. If India would have joined RCEP this data goes by 50%.
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On a drizzly fresh morning, Lu Panfeng, 45, was inspecting and recording the conditions of wheat in the city of Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province. Once utterly obscure, he was awarded as a national role model for efforts in poverty alleviation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last month.
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As the global population grows, the demand for food increases while arable land shrinks. A new University of Illinois study investigates how rice production in India can meet future needs by adapting to changing climate conditions and water availability.
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A variety of legal and social hurdles stand in the way of land ownership by Sri Lankan women.
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At his farm in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, Rasool Rezaie gently picks oyster mushrooms, part of the around 30 kg he sells in markets daily.
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An Australia-India FTA could help bring India into regional economic architecture if done right.
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Despite accounting for 90 percent of global aquaculture production, Asia does not seem to be producing many startups in the space. But is this really the case?
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Smouldering hazy fires are burning earlier than usual this year, after a relatively haze-free 2020. This points to the irregularity and unpredictability of climate change, say experts.
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India's farmers oppose new laws liberalising the agricultural sector, and critics say the laws will benefit big businesses rather than farmers.
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Consumers across Asia are snapping up Taiwanese pineapples in an act of political solidarity after China banned imports of the fruit from the island earlier this month.
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Japan’s proposed agriculture investment law revision is an important step to boost agricultural exports, but there are still many hurdles to overcome.
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