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TOPIC(S): Beekeeping, Ag Africa,

06/22/2023 SOURCE: news.mongabay.com

For Tanzania’s traditional beekeepers, modern hives just don’t buzz

Tanzania is Africa’s second-biggest producer of honey, and to get it to the next level, the country’s government and aid agencies want beekeepers to adopt hanging-frame beehive designs to increase their production and income. But beekeepers have been reluctant to abandon their traditional hives made from hollow logs. What do they know that the technical […]

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Topics: Climate Change, Ag South America,

In Brazil’s semiarid region, agrivoltaics show promise for food, energy security

High levels of food, water and energy insecurity brought on by socioeconomic issues and exacerbated by climate change have been driving research groups to find new solutions. A 2020 study from Brazil shows that agrivoltaic solar systems can be a solution with great potential. These systems combine food production and solar power generation in the […]

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, Brazil,

02/08/2021 SOURCE: news.mongabay.com

Brazil flower-gatherers win acclaim: ‘Efficient, long-lasting, resilient’

The flower-gatherers of the Cerrado uplands, invisible for centuries, win UN recognition for sustainable farming, even as threats from mining, agriculture, and a national park deepen.

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TOPIC(S): Soybeans, Beef Cattle, Brazil,

07/20/2020 SOURCE: news.mongabay.com

Where there's cattle ranching and soybean farming, there's fire, study finds

Most of the fires in the Amazon rainforest last year were associated with industrial agric...

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Topics: Forestry, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Africa,

Subsistence farming topples forests near commercial operations in Congo

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Topics: Rice, Ag Asia / Pacific, Regenerative Agriculture,

In Indonesia's new rice plan, experts see the blueprint of an epic past failure

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Topics: Sustainability, Ag Asia / Pacific, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture,

In South Korea, centuries of farming point to the future for sustainable agriculture

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Topics: Forestry, Fruit, Ag South America,

In Panama, agroforestry technique of silvopasture improves ranching traditions

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Topics: Coronavirus/COVID,

Plans to prevent future pandemics must consider gender issues, too (commentary)

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Topics: Forestry, Sustainability, Ag South America,

Amazon deforestation increases for 13th straight month in Brazil

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For Tanzania’s traditional beekeepers, modern hives just don’t buzz

In Brazil’s semiarid region, agrivoltaics show promise for food, energy security

Brazil flower-gatherers win acclaim: ‘Efficient, long-lasting, resilient’

Where there's cattle ranching and soybean farming, there's fire, study finds

Subsistence farming topples forests near commercial operations in Congo

In Indonesia's new rice plan, experts see the blueprint of an epic past failure

In South Korea, centuries of farming point to the future for sustainable agriculture

In Panama, agroforestry technique of silvopasture improves ranching traditions

Plans to prevent future pandemics must consider gender issues, too (commentary)

Amazon deforestation increases for 13th straight month in Brazil

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