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Climat : quelles leçons pour le (non) monde d’après ?

Climat : quelles leçons pour le (non) monde d’après ? | ASIES | Scoop.it

Alors qu'il était possible de s'attendre à une diminution de la pollution atmosphérique avec la baisse des activités humaines en cette période de confinement, certaines régions sont toujours touchées par la pollution. Comment expliquer ce phénomène ?

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April 17, 2020 3:55 PM
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Forest fires rage in northern Thailand 

Forest fires rage in northern Thailand  | ASIES | Scoop.it

While the world’s media is focused on the Covid-19 pandemic, northern Thailand has been experiencing the worst forest fires in decades with indigenous peoples at the forefront of the fire management efforts.

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April 17, 2020 2:21 PM
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Shrimp virus to hit China’s seafood industry, another blow to food security

Shrimp virus to hit China’s seafood industry, another blow to food security | ASIES | Scoop.it

The Div1 virus that affects shrimp species has now infected more than a quarter of Guangdong's aquaculture farms.

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April 17, 2020 2:13 PM
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Coronavirus exposes ASEAN divisions on rice security

Coronavirus exposes ASEAN divisions on rice security | ASIES | Scoop.it

Officials fail to reach immediate agreement at emergency summit

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April 17, 2020 1:57 PM
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New Zealand report calls for overhaul of national agricultural strategy

New Zealand report calls for overhaul of national agricultural strategy | ASIES | Scoop.it

New Zealand researchers have called for a complete overhaul of the country’s current national agricultural strategy, which is heavily skewed towards dairy and meat, to accommodate a more plant-focused approach.

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April 17, 2020 1:52 PM
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No space for social distancing in Rohingya refugee camps

No space for social distancing in Rohingya refugee camps | ASIES | Scoop.it

Nine-year-old Mohammad Rafique used to collect vegetables from Kutupalong Bazaar and sell them at a market inside Kutupalong camp, a camp of some 600,000 Rohingyas, in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar. But nowadays he has to stay home with his parents inside their makeshift home built on the slopes of a hill in the sprawling refugee settlement because of the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic.

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April 16, 2020 8:49 AM
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Collaborate to solve Southeast Asia's food supply chain issues

Collaborate to solve Southeast Asia's food supply chain issues | ASIES | Scoop.it

Covid-19 lays bare the region's food supply chain problems. Collaboration between government and industry - often tech-based - will be key to solving them.

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April 16, 2020 8:46 AM
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Australia's seafood exports to China recovering after lockdown 

Australia's seafood exports to China recovering after lockdown  | ASIES | Scoop.it

Australia's coronavirus-battered exports of premium seafood to China are recovering as China gradually moves out of lockdown, with exporters being encouraged to engage with e-commerce which is favored by Chinese consumers as many still avoid going out.

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April 15, 2020 1:39 PM
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Effects of India’s move to increase tariffs Of palm oil from Malaysia

Effects of India’s move to increase tariffs Of palm oil from Malaysia | ASIES | Scoop.it

On 28th September 2019, in a speech in United Nations General Assembly speech, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad said that India had “invaded and occupied” Kashmir by scrapping off Article 370 of Indian Constitution.


In retaliation, Indian Govt. threatened to ban, or impose high tariffs on, palm oil trade with Malaysia

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April 15, 2020 1:26 PM
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India weighs lockdown against rising hunger and poverty amid coronavirus pandemic

India weighs lockdown against rising hunger and poverty amid coronavirus pandemic | ASIES | Scoop.it

As India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh extend their nationwide coronavirus shutdowns, policymakers examine whether one-size-fits-all measures make sense for the months ahead.

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April 14, 2020 1:46 PM
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China unlikely to emerge as leader of post-coronavirus world

China unlikely to emerge as leader of post-coronavirus world | ASIES | Scoop.it

As the novel coronavirus spreads across the world like wildfire, there is no doubt the pandemic will affect the global order, the question is how.

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April 14, 2020 1:32 PM
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Why next few weeks are critical in India's coronavirus war

Why next few weeks are critical in India's coronavirus war | ASIES | Scoop.it

Experts say India needs to test even more to find out the true spread of the infection.

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April 10, 2020 1:52 PM
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La sécurité alimentaire, la prochaine bataille de l'Asie dans un monde post-Covid

La sécurité alimentaire, la prochaine bataille de l'Asie dans un monde post-Covid | ASIES | Scoop.it

En théorie, il n’y a aucune raison de craindre une crise alimentaire comme celle qui a secoué le monde en 2007. Mais la peur elle-même, propagée par le coronavirus, peut suffire à en déclencher une.

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April 17, 2020 3:58 PM
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Asia’s biggest food companies silent on the welfare of farm animals

Asia’s biggest food companies silent on the welfare of farm animals | ASIES | Scoop.it

Even as a pandemic threatens food supply chains, most firms, including China’s top pig and poultry producer, have shed no light on how they are managing risks and opportunities linked to farm animal welfare.

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April 17, 2020 3:50 PM
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Farmers hammered by unseasonal rain, Covid-19 lockdown 

Farmers hammered by unseasonal rain, Covid-19 lockdown  | ASIES | Scoop.it

After excessive rain and thunderstorms harmed the winter crops, farmers now face the daunting task of gathering their harvest and taking the produce to market without any labourers to help them.

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April 17, 2020 2:16 PM
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Farmers hold key to feeding Asia amid COVID-19 restrictions

Farmers hold key to feeding Asia amid COVID-19 restrictions | ASIES | Scoop.it

As food security comes into sharper focus this pandemic, paying attention to the challenges of smallholders may be the best way to identify and tackle fresh challenges.

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April 17, 2020 2:11 PM
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How did an ancient plant from Latin America become Asia's second-most-important cash crop?

How did an ancient plant from Latin America become Asia's second-most-important cash crop? | ASIES | Scoop.it

Half a century ago, cassava was a simple staple crop for some smallholder farmers in Asia eking out a living in harsh landscapes. 

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April 17, 2020 1:54 PM
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Islam’s Agricultural Contribution

Islam’s Agricultural Contribution | ASIES | Scoop.it

When historians speak of the spread of Islam, they refer either to military or mercantile expeditions, but rarely agriculture. Yet between the 8th and the 15th century, the ‘Islamic corridor’ between Europe and Asia improved agricultural practices across Spain, North Africa and South Asia. 

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April 17, 2020 1:49 PM
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Maintaining food security in Asia Pacific

Maintaining food security in Asia Pacific | ASIES | Scoop.it

COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains that are essential to assure food security in the Asia Pacific region, yet countries overall seem to have managed, so far, to keep supermarkets stocked with food and feed those who can afford it.

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April 16, 2020 8:47 AM
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China's GDP heads for historic downturn in Q1

China's GDP heads for historic downturn in Q1 | ASIES | Scoop.it

China’s economy is likely to contract in the first quarter as a result of a sweeping halt in activity, the nation’s slow recovery of business operations and a sudden slump in global demand because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 18 out of 20 prominent economists said in a Global Times survey.

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April 15, 2020 1:41 PM
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Vietnam’s agenda for ASEAN 2020 meetings

Vietnam’s agenda for ASEAN 2020 meetings | ASIES | Scoop.it

The online informal meeting of ASEAN is scheduled to take place on April 14 to discuss ways and means to collaborate jointly to fight against the deaths due to COVID 19 across the ASEAN region, and work out a plan of action so as to sustain the ASEAN regional growth, protect jobs, provide employment and food to the 650 million population in different southeast Asian countries.

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April 15, 2020 1:31 PM
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Japan to help those left jobless by virus find work in farming

Japan to help those left jobless by virus find work in farming | ASIES | Scoop.it

The agriculture ministry will encourage people who have lost their jobs due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic to work in the farm industry.

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April 15, 2020 1:21 PM
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India : New guidelines for all agriculture and related activities that can restart from April 20

India : New guidelines for all agriculture and related activities that can restart from April 20 | ASIES | Scoop.it

All agricultural and horticultural activities will resume and create jobs for daily wagers. 

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April 14, 2020 1:43 PM
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India coronavirus: World's largest postal service turns lifesaver

India coronavirus: World's largest postal service turns lifesaver | ASIES | Scoop.it

India Post steps in to transport vital medical supplies during the coronavirus lockdown.

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April 10, 2020 2:09 PM
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Why China is emerging as a leader in sustainable and organic agriculture

Why China is emerging as a leader in sustainable and organic agriculture | ASIES | Scoop.it

This transformation provides lessons for the rest of world, for shifting away from chemical agriculture towards a healthier system for people and the planet.

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