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Translation: you have no idea how much pressure - there was in our community under the bolsonaro government. landowners, circling planes, soya farmers wanting to buy the land to deforest it. cockerel crows robson, though, didnt get bought out. instead, he wants to grow sustainable crops like acai. hes part of a booming carbon credit industry here. companies emitting carbon dioxide can buy credits from projects like robsons and that should help reduce emissions, but not everyone is convinced. bia...

90% of sri lankas crops depend on imported chemical fertilisers, and a sudden ban on them two years ago led to massive food shortages. is this rice from your own field? sri lanka, once self—sufficient in food, now had to import its staple — rice. even after the ban was reversed, farmers cant afford to pay for fertilisers.

 Viticulturists in Sicily have often been seen as expert complainers, finding grievances in every situation. Whether its...

On the increase of the welfare benefits which are being extended to the poor. and the public. so, yes, we have increased taxes, we have removed i subsidies from people - who do not require subsidies, but, at the same time, . people who should receive subsidies are being looked after by the government. for some, the crisis is still not over. nearly a third of sri lankas workforce is employed in agriculture, holding a key to the nations food security. but most are small—scale farmers, leaving th...

Opinion: part-time farmers have full-time responsibilities 2023-08-06

Illegally in that way. england have missed out on a historic first netball world cup title with a 61—45 loss to australia. now, the final was in cape town and the wheels, unfortunately, fell for england in the final period. they wanted to finish a different way but australia were relentless and they were not going to let this go. they have been gunning for this since 2019, said thatis gunning for this since 2019, said that is the result of that. australia has one that world netball trophy. its...

90% of sri lankas crops depend on imported chemicalfertilisers, and a sudden ban on them two years ago led to massive food shortages.

Which, for most of us, might mean a cancelled barbecue or a damp camping trip. we can grumble with it but most of us can just get on with it. for many farmers, however, its much more serious as the persistent rain delays harvests and damages crops. jo makel has spent the day on a farm in east yorkshire to find out more. when your whole year has been building up to the harvest, this is not what you want to see. gaps in the fields where the driving wind and rain has flattened the wheat. and its si...

To hospital now. the patient, fortunately, remains nice and stable and our main priority has been pain, really, and trying to keep him as comfortable as possible with some nasty injuries. another patient, one of nearly 2000 for londons air ambulance last year, a record number. one of the challenges is to make sure you are always ready, that you could be sent on one of the worst and biggestjob you will ever have to deal with. tomorrow, they will do it all again. karl mercer, bbc news. its been a ...

Wheat field conditions in Cavalier County, North Dakota, like across most of the northeastern part of the state, are dry, which has reduced yields.