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    From Exit to Return: 30,000 Ukrainians Returning Home Daily

    In the 50 days since the Russian army invaded Ukraine, 870,000 people had fled the country, most of them women and children, besides elderly...
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    Ukraine War Drives International Food Prices To ‘New All-Time High’

    The Russia-Ukraine war has driven large increases in international prices for wheat, maize and vegetable oils and Global food prices have reached “a new...
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    Traditional, Time-Tested Methods and a Modern App Helps Beat Climate Change

    Farmers have a trying time during summer, preventing the soil from cracking from intense heat. Erratic and untimely rains exacerbate the pest problem. Now,...
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    South-East Asian Rice Bowl Depleting Fast

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    Medical researchers say cow dung is rich in black fungus spores, which, when released through smoke from cow dung fires spread widely. Cow dung...
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    India’s Farmers’ Movement Discussed as Pakistan Invites Chinese Agri Business Giant to do Business

    There was reference to the farmers’ movement in Indian and of the unrest among fishermen in Balochistan at the meeting between Pakistan's ambassador to...
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    Time Running Out to Address Afghanistan’s Hunger Crisis; Without a Functioning Central Bank, Aid Not Enough

    The drought and a shortage of funds has fuelled an economic crisis – more than 70 percent of Afghanistan’s population live in rural areas...
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    Agri-business

    Ukraine war poses growing threat to global food security

    The Ukraine crisis could lead to millions more people going hungry. Wheat prices have soared following the Russian invasion of the country and global...
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