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A rubber tree farmer at his plantation in Thailand's southern Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. The current price of rubber has fallen well below the record high of $6.00 a kilogram in 2011. © Reuters

AGRICULTURE
  • Agriculture offers little chance of escaping poverty in Africa click here
  • Thailand asks farmers to cut down rubber trees to boost prices click here
    Bangkok: Thailand, the world's largest rubber producer and exporter, has launched a program to encourage farmers to cut down rubber trees earlier than the 25-year life cycle to reduce total annual output by 5% by the end of April, in a bid to support falling rubber prices.
  • Premium coffee growers branch out to cheaper beans click here

    • CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Climate change could unleash vast reserves of toxic mercury from Arctic permafrost click here
  • Australia tourism industry under climate change threat: Study click here

    • DROUGHTS
  • Southern Africa still battles to recover from drought click here
  • Farmers now accustomed to a drying climate are donating water to Cape Town: S.Africa click here

    • FLOODS
  • Floods hit Jakarta, thousands evacuated click here
  • Create “Sponge Cities” to tackle worsening floods click here

    • FOOD SECURITY
  • SAVE FOOD initiative passes 1,000 member mark click here
  • UN seeks $1.06 billion to help 26 fragile countries create ‘firewall against famine’ click here
  • Action on Food Safety to be focus of GFSI Global Food Safety Conference 2018 click here

    • IRRIGATION
  • Projects under long-term irrigation fund get Rs 14,398 cr: India click here

    • WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  • World Bank to fund water schemes for Doon, 6 other districts: India click here
  • 90% Nigerian households consume faeces-tainted water click here

    • LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
  • Water Saving in Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt: Case Studies and Lessons Learned, November 2017 click here
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