Sri Lanka appeals for farmers to plant more rice as food shortage looms
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Sri Lanka wants farmers to plant more rice as part of plans to avert a severe food shortage, a top official said on Tuesday, as experts warned of a 50 per cent drop in production that would worsen the impact of its already-severe financial crisis. Sri Lanka is in the throes of […]
North Korea mobilises office workers to fight drought amid food shortages
Seoul, South KoreaReuters North Korea’s office workers and factory labourers have been dispatched to farming areas around the country to join a fight against drought, state media reported on Wednesday, amid concerns over prolonged food shortages. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had called for measures to improve a tense food situation caused by the coronavirus […]
Planning for dry times: Women plant ‘water farms’ to fight drying soil in north-east Brazil
FABIO ZUKER, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how women farmers are using the umbu tree, which stores water in its roots, to help reforest the country’s semi-arid north-east…
Some Australians return home as others evacuated in floods crisis
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australians hit by devastating floodwaters began returning to their homes on Thursday as skies cleared and authorities accelerated clean-up efforts, though fresh evacuation orders were issued in some areas where water levels were still rising. Relentless rains for five straight days – the worst downpour in more than half a century – burst […]
SOUTH AFRICA: TOUGH LIVESTOCK FARMERS TOUCHED BY DROUGHT DONATIONS
PETRO KOTZE reports for the Thomson Reuters Foundation from drought-stricken South Africa’s Northern Cape province…
AGRICULTURE: INNOVATION RUSH AIMS TO HELP FARMERS, RICH AND POOR, BEAT CLIMATE CHANGE
LAURIE GOERING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports how technological innovations are helping farmers adapt to a hotter world…
PIGS FOR PEACE: WINDING BACK FROM WAR IN COLOMBIA
THIN LEI WIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how peace is being settled in the conflict-torn South American nation…