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Bricked in by poverty, Cambodia’s farmers fight debt bondage
World

Bricked in by poverty, Cambodia’s farmers fight debt bondage

  Bopha should be in school but instead toils seven days a week in a searing brick kiln on the…
Brazil president may smother rainforest, scientists warn
Environment

Brazil president may smother rainforest, scientists warn

SAO PAULO (AP) — Scientists warn that Brazil’s president-elect could push the Amazon rainforest past its tipping point — with…
Women’s fight for toilets in rural Pakistan
Life & Style

Women’s fight for toilets in rural Pakistan

  For as long as she can remember, Ayeesha Siddiqua has fought her male relatives for access to toilets —…
Trump, land fears boost South Africa’s ‘white state’
World

Trump, land fears boost South Africa’s ‘white state’

PRETORIA (Reuters) – When US President Donald Trump pledged to investigate large scale killings of white farmers in South Africa…
Swiss farmer’s quest to save cow horns goes to vote
Society

Swiss farmer’s quest to save cow horns goes to vote

Concern over the cruelty of removing a cow’s horns had not been one of Switzerland’s most pressing political issues. So…
In China’s Himalayas, a wine ‘flying above the clouds’
Life & Style

In China’s Himalayas, a wine ‘flying above the clouds’

  A $300 bottle of wine sold in the United States and Europe is made in the unlikeliest of places:…
Canada’s legalization of marijuana could hurt farmers in poorer countries
World

Canada’s legalization of marijuana could hurt farmers in poorer countries

  For decades poor farmers in countries like Jamaica and Morocco have risked the wrath of governments and gangsters to…
Afghan farmers fleeing drought face more hardship in camps
Middle East

Afghan farmers fleeing drought face more hardship in camps

  For only the second time in his life, Afghan farmer Murad Khan Ishaqzai has been forced to leave the…
Egypt procured 2 million tons of wheat from local farmers
Egypt

Egypt procured 2 million tons of wheat from local farmers

Egypt has procured two million tons of wheat from local farmers since its harvest began in mid-April, the Minister of…
Agriculture Ministry to commence protection plan for 250 million domesticated birds
Egypt

Agriculture Ministry to commence protection plan for 250 million domesticated birds

The Agriculture Ministry will commence an urgent plan to protect 250 million birds that are being bred domesticaly in houses…
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