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An Indian Government panel is considering a proposal to financially assist farmers to switch from sugarcane to other crops. While that could help to reduce water consumption in sugar-growing regions, it is only a small measure in an industry with significant political power. 
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A newly-signed agreement between China and Iran could have an impact on India’s geostrategic interests.
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With U.S. corn farmers hammered by the trade war with China, President Trump has said Japan will buy enough to pick up the slack. But not everyone in Japan has gotten the memo.
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Huge renewable energy projects planned in Asia, such as solar parks and hydropower dams, risk accelerating the conversion of farmland, uprooting communities and destroying livelihoods, energy experts and human rights activists warned on Tuesday.
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Infected pigs found in two towns near capital Manila, as country becomes latest to be hit by disease
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The president’s China tariffs may inflict short-term pain on American consumers, but it’s a small price to pay to combat an existential threat to the U.S.
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Les linguistes cherchent depuis des décennies à comprendre pourquoi les langues parlées de Paris à New Dehli appartiennent au même groupe de langues, dites indo-européennes.
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Carb-rich American imports fill different role from pest-plagued domestic crop.
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India and Russia may be far apart from each other geographically, but there are increasing business opportunities between the two. Read to know more.
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A five-year program seeks to empower small scale farmers and strengthen markets in Punjab province in Pakistan. The transformation process is essential to boost sustainable growth and tackle persistent malnutrition in a province where about 40 % are employed in agriculture and about 40% of children under age 5 are stunted. A recent visit to Punjab provides snapshots of the opportunities and challenges involved
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A plunging rupee weighed on Indian rice export prices this week while a strong baht kept rates for the grain from flood-hit Thailand near a one-year high and more expensive than its Asian competitors.
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Food companies are profiting from breakneck growth in global protein consumption -- up 40% since 2000, with more than half of this increase driven by
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Why the crisis in Hong Kong and a deterioration in relations between South Korea and Japan are just the beginning of a broader period of flux in Asia.
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India rates gain on good demand from Africa, higher rupee* Thai prices slip, but still near June-2018 high* Bangladesh may face more floods this monthBy K. Sathya NarayananBENGALURU, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Vietnamese rice export rates slumped to their lowest in nearly 12 years this week on sluggish demand, while an appreciating rupee helped rates for the Indian variety.Vietnam's 5% broken rice prices fell to $325 per tonne, their lowest since November 2007, versus last week's $325-$330 range.
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Les Philippines ont fait état des premiers cas de PPA, peste porcine africaine, dans l’archipel et ordonné l’abattage de 7 000 animaux pour enrayer la propagation de la maladie.
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Malaysia is looking to diversify into food crops, in the face of fluctuating commodity prices and Western countries' hostility towards palm oil.
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Women routinely face sexual assault and exploitation in factories, many of which supply western brands. A grassroots movement is helping victims to seek justice.
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China’s innovative strengths and weaknesses will shape its long-term economic competitiveness and prospects for global leadership.
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It has been almost six years now, since CPEC was first conceived and approximately four years since the mega project became a ground reality. So far, the project has ushered long lasting and positive results for both, Pakistan and China.
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Greening the financing of a US$12 trillion development project that promises to help 60 per cent of humanity is necessary to avoid runaway climate change, a new report by Tsinghua University has cautioned.
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Japan’s farming industry is making adjustments to survive climate change. Kochi, on the island of Shikoku, is not spared from the impact. Michiyo Ishida visits farms and talks to agriculture experts to find out they are coping with climate change.
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It was the trade deal that seemed to come together overnight. So much so, that even Japan was taken off guard by the speed of President Donald Trump’s declaration at a press briefing with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Group of Seven meetings last month that the nations had struck a trade pact.
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Melaka Agriculture, Agro-Based, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative Committee chairman Norhizam Hassan Baktee said wild boars were excellent swimmers, but the state never expected them to cross the narrow Strait of Malacca from Sumatra in search of new habitats here.
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Small-scale eco-farmers are key to the government’s push for sustainability. Can they overcome the challenges?
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Thailand: Suthin Noramas cannot stop his tears as he surveys the parched land around him.
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