Severe drought, heat wave grip China’s agricultural heartland
Recent action taken by authorities to alleviate the impact of the drought include increased discharges in the Yellow River and Huaihe River basins, with various provinces…
Climate change improves growth of fruit trees, vegetables in Pakistan’s Chitral city
Ecologists and agriculturists said the phenomenon could be exploited for economic benefits as the number of the varieties of fruit trees, cereal crops, and vegetables increased…
World Environment Day: Land the size of Dhaka degrades every year
Soil degradation in Bangladesh is happening at a faster pace than earlier thought, and it is threatening the country's food security.
Understanding the wheat ‘crisis’ in Pakistan
Recent protests by farmers, sparked by governmental policies and market conditions, have thrown the sector into turmoil, exacerbating the ongoing challenges of inflation and low…
Climate change could pose real threat to Lao development
Prolonged droughts have been damaging energy production and agricultural activities.
How AI models can fight climate change
AI can provide real-time advice to smallholder farmers on farm management, while machine learning can also be used to forecast the amount of farm inputs farmers will need for…
Singapore vegetable, seafood production fell in 2023 due to construction challenges, inflation
Singapore imports more than 90 percent of its food sources, making it vulnerable to global supply chain disruptions from disease outbreaks, policy decisions by foreign…
Drought will dry up Thailand’s durian exports, warns academic
Assoc Prof Dr Aat Pisanwanich, an expert on international economics, believes the value of exports in the next five years could be hurt by the dwindling production due to drought…
Scorching heat, lack of water hit Vietnam’s southern fruit output
Fruit orchards in southern provinces such as Ba Rịa-Vung Tau and Dong Nai have alarmingly low yields due to a lack of irrigation water caused by heat waves and dry weather.
In Bangladesh, cattle for Eid to have barcodes
50,000 animals are to be registered giving customers access to their health history.