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    Farmers in Bhutan Turn to Asparagus and Strawberries to Boost Incomes

    Hand-in-Hand Initiative is an evidence-based, country-owned and led initiative to accelerate agricultural transformation, with the goal of eradicating poverty, ending hunger and malnutrition, and...
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    Sri Lanka’s Vulnerable Forced to Risk “A Pathway To Destitution”, Says Red Cross Assessment

    The deepening economic crisis is forcing people to make heartbreaking choices between going hungry, buying life-saving medicine, or finding the money to send children...
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    Indian Village Unlocks Treasure of Organic, Indigenous Farming

    The village, with more than 250 households, identified six veteran and experienced farmers who were tasked with producing their indigenous seeds and saplings. These...
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    Rural Development: Data Use for Recreation Limits Potential of Digital Technology

    Rural consumers account for roughly 45 per cent of the data usage in the country. During the near total lockdown due to the COVID-19...
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    Uttarakhand’s Green Warrior

    Despite a debilitating impairment to his hip that has aged him beyond his years, Malara has kept his passion alive and grows fodder leaves,...
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    Undersea survey reveals a cafeteria for Sharks, Tuna

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    Agri-technology

    Bangladesh’s rice farmers tap underground ‘reservoirs’

    Bangladesh farmers rely on drawing water from a natural underground water storage system that they call ‘Bangladesh water machine’. The pumped groundwater is replenished...
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    How Far Has the Talk Walked? Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration On Forests and Land Use

    Experts agree there has been “some movement” but inclusivity, political goodwill and resources are still needed. Achieving political commitments on forests and related sectors,...
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