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Leaders of the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO), World Agroforestry and Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR-ICRAF), Global EverGreening Alliance (Alliance) will sign on 22 October a landmark partnership agreement to restore drylands and drought-prone areas in Asia. 
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Covid-19 has reminded humanity of the critical importance of a strong and functioning food system. With a quarter of a billion people facing acute hunger by the end of the year, bold collective action cannot wait
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Vietnam’s soybean demand fell in 2020 with the outbreak of both the coronavirus (COVID-19) and African swine fever (ASF), according to a Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Via CIHEAM News
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China, with a surfeit of domestic solar equipment manufacturers nurtured under subsidies that ended two years ago, is gunning for a big role in the fast-growing Kazakh and Uzbek solar markets.
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After measures aimed at the coal, wine, beef and barley sectors, Australian cotton appears to be next
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Can Japan's dire labor shortage in the agriculture sector be revitalized with autonomous tractors and other precision farming tech?
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Silicon Valley in San Francisco, California, is often regarded as the technological epicenter of the world, a melting pot of the latest technological innovations and start-ups.
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Global food shortages are causing aquaculture farms to prioritize efficiency and productivity with the internet of things (IoT)
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Le gouvernement japonais va prochainement officialiser sa décision de rejeter à la mer de l'eau contaminée issue de la centrale nucléaire accidentée de Fukushima, en dépit d'une forte opposition locale, ont rapporté vendredi plusieurs médias nippons.
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La grève a débuté ce vendredi 9 octobre pour réclamer des augmentations de salaire.
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Le parti nationaliste hindou a libéralisé la vente des denrées agricoles. Il espère attirer ainsi les investisseurs privés et moderniser le secteur. Se faisant, il s’est mis à dos des millions de fermiers dans tout le pays.
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday urged his ministers to prepare for the potentially hazardous impact of an upcoming La Nina weather pattern that can cause flooding, landslides and impact agricultural output.
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Experts react to President Xi’s statement that China will up its climate ambition by striving for carbon neutrality by 2060
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Beijing’s plan to cut greenhouse gases could mean a global expansion of green industries following China’s climate lead.
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Accelerating innovation in supply chain resilience, urban food systems, alternative proteins and affordable nutrition, a powerhouse of dynamic early stage start-ups from the Asia-Pacific region will pitch their ground-breaking technologies at this year’s virtual Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit on November 18-20.
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Japan’s strategic choices will affect its own future and the competition playing out between China and the United States.
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The occurrence of emerging zoonotic diseases is set to increase along with greater animal-human interactions driven by certain factors.
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Three destructive typhoons, U.S.-backed sanctions and the global pandemic are fueling concern that North Korea’s 26 million people could slip back into the devastating food shortages the country faced during the rule of Kim Jong Un’s father in the 1990s.
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Regardless of economics, trade or aid, competition among different powers is unavoidable. Positive competition will promote better cooperation modes and amplify the effect of aid. Vicious competition hinders regional development and prosperity. Southeast Asia should not become a place for games between powers which would make them into sacrificial pawns.
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TSMC’s plans to increase US investment signals the future of 5G supply chains remains in the US-Taiwan nexus.
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The majority of South Asia is still an agrarian society depending on agriculture for livelihood and survival. Approximately, 60% people in India and Bangladesh are involved in agricultural activities to earn their livelihood.
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Cette espèce invasive, désormais présente dans toute la France et dans de nombreux pays d’Europe, menace les abeilles et s’attaque aux récoltes.
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Après dix jours d’anarchie provoquée par une fraude massive aux élections législatives du 4 octobre, le pouvoir est désormais aux mains de Sadyr Japarov, un nouveau Premier ministre au profil inquiétant. Le crime organisé pourrait, en fait, avoir raflé la mise, estime David Gaüzere, chercheur associé de l’Institut Montesquieu à Bordeaux, spécialiste du Kirghizistan.
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La tempête tropicale Linfa a impacté les côtes du Vietnam et notamment les provinces de Quảng Nam et Quảng Ngãi.
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One of Asia’s fastest-growing cities has no major river and its deep groundwater is running out, but an age-old practice could help the city find water.
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