A deal allowing ships to start carrying grain from Ukraine solved a logistical problem, but it left a more pressing one for Ukrainian farmers: growing and reaping crops in a war zone.
Tag: Agriculture and Farming
Crops ‘Stored Everywhere’: Ukraine’s Harvest Piles Up
Farmers who have lived under the risk of Russian missile attacks have their doubts about an international agreement to ease a blockade on grain shipments through the Black Sea.
Monarch Butterflies Are Placed on IUCN Red List
Researchers cited climate change and habitat loss. But they also said the public can help give the insects a boost.
Italy Drought in Po River Basin Tightens Its Grip
A prolonged dry spell caused by increasingly dry winters, higher temperatures and less rain has put the fertile region’s rice harvest and other crops at risk.
‘Mango Man’ Is the Fruit’s Foremost Poet, Philosopher, Fan and Scientist
With 300 types of mangos to his horticultural credit, Kaleem Ullah Khan is quick to tell anyone in India and beyond about the infinite potential of the fruit and its tree, including as medicine.
To Save Its Honey Industry, Australia Is Killing Bees by the Millions
Australia is the only major honey-producing country that has so far managed to contain the spread of a mite fatal to bees. That distinction is now in peril.
Finding New Route for Ukraine’s Grain Exports Isn’t So Simple
Proposed alternatives include exporting into Poland or transporting it into Romania and out through the Black Sea port of Constanta.
Meet the Peecyclers. Their Idea to Help Farmers Is No. 1.
A shortage of chemical fertilizer, worsened by the war in Ukraine, has growers desperate. It just so happens that human urine has the very nutrients that crops need.
In South Asia, Climate Change Worries Take On Fresh Urgency
Hundreds of millions of humanity’s most vulnerable live in South Asia, where rising temperatures make it more difficult to address poverty, food security and health challenges.
A Farmer Holds On, a Fraying Lifeline for a Besieged Corner of Ukraine
Most farmers have fled the Russian advance, but Oleksandr Chaplik has stayed, despite the lethal risks and a lack of workers, water and power.