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Despite only a brief internet history, Vietnam has embraced its digitization as few countries have – and now it is having trouble keeping up.
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The fires that raged across the country last year shocked residents and left lives in tatters. Here’s where some are now.
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Last month, China declared victory over extreme poverty following painstaking implementation of carefully designed, decades-long poverty reduction programs. China now holds the record as the country with the most consequential feat against penury, having lifted more than 800 million people out of poverty.
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RCEP is the largest free trade agreement in history, involving about 30 per cent of global GDP and the world's population. It will be an important stepping stone toward an open, integrate
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The green fronds that grow along much of India's shoreline have large potential as a sustainable food source, while helping to fight climate change.
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India’s Supreme Court on Thursday suggested that the government consider delaying implementation of new agricultural reform laws to restore a dialogue with tens of thousands of protesting farmers who say the legislation will drive down crop prices and devastate their earnings.
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At a recent high-level meeting for next year's economic development, the top authorities said the country will consolidate its agricultural foundation and the achievements of poverty alleviation measures to promote the revitalization of rural areas.
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New research has criticised the rapid rise in ultra-processed food consumption in Asia over public health concerns, urging total avoidance of these foods, but others are urging further research into the area in the name of food security before such an extreme measure is taken.
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While some cheer the cool weather when storms hit Singapore, 40-year-old farmer Chai Nian Kun says to himself: “Jialat” – an expression of concern over what is to come.
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Not in my backyard' sentiment and struggle to ditch nuclear make 20% goal hard.
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Its high-handed methods needlessly alienated farmers
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Decreasing river flow - caused by drier conditions - was 'equally if not more' important for the abandonment of medieval river civilisations 700 years ago, a study claims.
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Japan aims to give a boost to its effort to quintuple farm exports over the next 10 years by expanding the range of agricultural operations funds can invest in.
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China will advance technological innovation in the seed industry and improve farmland conservation in 2021 to ensure grain security, the country’s agriculture minister said.
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The Green Revolution model is in trouble. Government believes the market can solve the problems of declining agricultural incomes. However, farmers are skeptical and fear corporate take-over of the farming sector. Because jobs outside agriculture are hard to come by, farmers defend what they have.
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For years now, gender equality has been a central objective in international development agendas (SGD 5).
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Protests are continuing in India over new laws which farmers say will damage their livelihoods.
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Un rapport révélé en exclusivité par «Libération», la BBC et la «Süddeutsche Zeitung» montre comment Pékin, pour atteindre ses objectifs d’expansion industrielle, organise le travail forcé de centaines de milliers de personnes pour la récolte au Xinjiang.
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Food prices have been rising in double-digit figures since August 2019, with incomes falling due to the Covid-19-induced economic downturn.
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Pandemic era gives rise to all sorts of anxiety, and food producers and regulators have to redouble efforts to win consumers' trust.
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This year China, Bangladesh, and Vietnam were amongst several Asian countries dealing with millions of displaced people from floods. How can Asian coastal cities prevent this from happening again?
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Pakistan’s arid climate and rocky deserts may seem like an unlikely place to look for a green revolution, but the nation has begun one of the world’s largest reforestation programs.
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While Genghis Khan and Mongol invasion is often blamed for the fall of Central Asia's medieval river civilizations, new research shows it may have been down to climate change. Researchers conducted analysis on the region and found that falling water levels may have led to the fall of civilizations around the Aral Sea Basin, as they depended on the water for irrigation-based farming.
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Le climat ne cesse de se détériorer entre Canberra et Pékin, qui multiplie les sanctions commerciales visant la filière agricole et minière australienne. L'Australie a saisi l'OMC mercredi.
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