Rajasthan's cumin farmers have faced a series of problems
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Rice is the most polluting grain, but demand for the staple food is growing. 
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As nations marked World Water Day on 22 March, we highlight six of the most water-stressed countries in Asia and what's being done to quench their thirst.
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Pakistan is one of the world’s biggest producers of wheat and rice, as well as livestock and a number of other agricultural products. It is a food surplus country with stable food availability. Food security is poor, however, as access to food is limited by poverty and high levels of food inflation
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Avec une trentaine de morts et moins de 1000 cas confirmés le 20 mars, le Japon est l’un des pays les plus épargnés par la pandémie. Quel est le secret de la résistance japonaise au coronavirus ? Les spécialistes évoquent le style de vie d’un peuple soucieux de l’hygiène. Mais aussi un manque de tests qui pourrait masquer la réalité de la contamination.
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Until last month, China had not expelled a journalist since 1989 and the nation-shaking tumult of Tiananmen Square.
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At a laboratory in Singapore, researchers are working on a technology with the potential to disrupt the massive — and unsustainable — global shrimp industry.
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China has promised it will not impose a nationwide ban on imports of U.S. poultry if the United States finds cases of avian flu, an industry group said, a policy change that could help Beijing fulfill commitments to buy more American farm goods.
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Indian farmer Banwarilal Bhardwaj was planning to buy a car after harvesting his winter-sown crops that were promising bumper returns.
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Until last month, China had not expelled a journalist since 1989 and the nation-shaking tumult of Tiananmen Square.
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The Chinese government has permanently banned the wildlife markets suspected to be at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic. Will factory farms be next?
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Filipinos pay the second-highest electricity prices in Asia.
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Le Vietnam a annoncé suspendre ses exportations de riz, afin de préserver ses propres stocks dans un contexte de pandémie de Covid-19. Le pays d’Asie du sud-est est en plus confronté à une sécheresse et à une salinisation du delta du Mékong.
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In addition to threatening millions of lives and the global economy, the Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that human societies are capable of transforming themselves more or less overnight. In fact, there’s no better time than now to usher in systemic economic change.
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A uthorities in Asia must assist street food sellers struggling to make a living as the coronavirus outbreak shutters offices and tourism, and forces people to stay indoors, labour and urban experts said on Wednesday.
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Speaking at an event in Islamabad, China’s envoy to Pakistan, Yao Jing, said that China would have no objection whatsoever to investment by other countries in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) that are part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
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If upstream damming and environmental degradation results in Vietnam “losing” the delta, it would mean the loss of a major food source. Greater co-operation between the Mekong countries could ensure more sustainable management of the river.
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Alors que la Chine a réussi à maîtriser la propagation du coronavirus sur son territoire, elle tente aujourd'hui de faire oublier que l'épidémie est bien partie de son territoire, et que la transparence qui est de mise à l'heure actuelle, n'a pas toujours été d'actualité.
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China's efforts to pump 800 billion yuan ($118 billion) into companies via cheap bank loans to counter the economic impact of the virus outbreak have run into a snag: bureaucratic confusion.
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China’s solution to the Mekong’s problems is the same as its approach to most nontraditional security issues: increase development.
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China is maneuvering for global eadership during the coronavirus crisis as the United States falters
China is maneuvering for international leadership during the coronavirus crisis as the United States falters.
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Shoppers have flocked online to buy boxes of potatoes from farmers, as restaurant and school closures sap demand for agricultural produce.
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Les entreprises indonésiennes prennent-elles conscience du risque climatique?
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When the Ukraine crisis broke out in 2014, political analysts pointed out, quite rightly, that Russia without Ukraine would become more Asian.
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