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53
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Nigeria could earn more from farming by processing locally
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Indonesia’s rice output set to fall even as farmer pay improves
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Drought leaves Kenya’s Turkana facing a hunger crisis
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India raises wheat support price for 2027-28 season
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When a tree and a wayside stone becomes a shrine: Observations from nature
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Honoring the unparalleled life and legacy of Saalumarada Thimmakka
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Reclaiming the Midday Meal: How Muhammed Hadith Hussain is Cultivating a ‘Krishi Malayalam’
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Agriculture
Agriculture, Agritech, South A...
Kerala sets 2031 target for dairy self-sufficiency
Kerala, Smallholder Stories, S...
Kerala to release flood compensation to farmers in October
Africa, Editor's picks, Supply...
Nigeria could earn more from farming by processing locally
Editor's picks, Smallholder St...
Indonesia’s rice output set to fall even as farmer pay improves
Agriculture, Agritech, South A...
Indian agritech start-up GROWiT raises $3m for farm covers
Agriculture, South Asia, Susta...
India’s 2026 monsoon ends with worst deficit in a decade
Seeds & Inputs, South Asia...
India approves two new direct-seeded rice varieties
South Asia, Sustainable Farmin...
Delhi Declaration on Drylands caps climate-resilient summit
Agriculture, Seeds & Input...
Zimbabwe unveils climate-resilient wheat variety
Agriculture, Agritech...
Drones and AI start cutting costs for African farmers
Agriculture, Agritech...
Kerala rolls out AI-based wildlife defence policy for farms
Agriculture, Seeds & Input...
Brazil unveils 163 measures for climate risk management
Agriculture, Seeds & Input...
India seeks deeper India-Africa seed cooperation
Africa, Smallholder Stories...
Mpumalanga women farming cooperatives reshape rural economy
South Asia, Supply Chains &...
Weak monsoon drives India’s rice production decline
Agritech, Middle East & No...
UAE scales up vertical farming to cut food imports
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celebrity, Celebrity Interview...
Director-cinematographer Amal Neerad on ‘Iyobinte Pusthakam’
celebrity, Film, Film Reviews,...
Mammootty’s Munnariyippu: Why it is at once terrific and terrible
Celebrity Interviews
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Director-cinematographer Amal Neerad on ‘Iyobinte Pusthakam’
Celebrity Interviews, Culture ...
Interview – Vikram (Indian actor)
Cinema
celebrity, Celebrity Interview...
Director-cinematographer Amal Neerad on ‘Iyobinte Pusthakam’
Climate & Environment
Conservation & Biodiversit...
Philippine reefs are losing time to recover from bleaching
Climate Science, South Asia...
Nepal’s 200 glacial lakes risk bursting, scientists warn
Adaptation & Resilience, A...
Ireland funds mangrove restoration in south-east Liberia
Climate & Environment, Con...
Amazon deforestation falls to its lowest level in 13 years
Climate & Environment, Con...
Tamil Nadu races to save a vanishing island with reefs
Adaptation & Resilience, A...
Drought leaves Kenya’s Turkana facing a hunger crisis
Africa, Climate & Environm...
FAO warns world’s soils are degrading faster than repair
Climate & Environment, Con...
Probiotics help Red Sea corals survive a deadly heatwave
Adaptation & Resilience, A...
Kenya-Israel irrigation partnership targets scarce water
Climate Science, South Asia...
El Niño economic losses to cost India $50 billion in 2027
Africa, Conservation & Bio...
New regional biodiversity outlook launched ahead of COP17
Adaptation & Resilience, C...
Horn of Africa braces for another failed rainy season
Adaptation & Resilience, C...
Zimbabwe turns to cloud seeding as drought looms
Climate & Environment, Cli...
Warming puts tropical crop diversity at risk, study finds
Climate & Environment, Con...
Coral reefs losing time to recover as oceans heat
Climate & Environment, Cli...
Hindu Kush-Himalaya glaciers nearing tipping point
Culture & Society
Food & Culture, Southeast ...
Indonesia festival frames regional food as living heritage
Heritage & Indigenous Know...
NITI Aayog member calls for science to back tribal knowledge
Culture & Society, Food &a...
What Navratri’s nine fasting days bring to the table
Heritage & Indigenous Know...
New book documents indigenous food culture from Canada to Amazon
Africa, Food & Culture...
Gambian chef Saikou Bojang named Culinary Icon of Africa
Food & Culture, South Asia...
Sabarimala aravana payasam shortage prompts capacity rush
Culture & Society, Editor'...
Indigenous land guards Amazon forest as well as reserves
Culture & Society, Heritag...
Durban festival turns heritage month into a week of food
Culture & Society, Food &a...
South African chefs rework heritage food for new menus
Creative Voices, Culture &...
São Paulo food film festival returns for fifth year
Culture & Society, Editor'...
World Heart Day 2026 spotlights millets and Ayurveda
Heritage & Indigenous Know...
Indigenous food knowledge systems could ease nutrition crises
Africa, Food & Culture...
Kenya’s top chefs crowned at Ladha Za Afrika 2026
Culture & Society, Editor'...
India marks Ayurveda Day with a push for global reach
Creative Voices, Culture &...
Caine Prize shortlists five writers from across Africa
Culture & Society, Food &a...
South Africa marks Heritage Day through shared food traditions
Editor's picks
Africa, Editor's picks, Supply...
Nigeria could earn more from farming by processing locally
Editor's picks, Smallholder St...
Indonesia’s rice output set to fall even as farmer pay improves
Adaptation & Resilience, A...
Drought leaves Kenya’s Turkana facing a hunger crisis
Editor's picks, Food Policy, F...
India raises wheat support price for 2027-28 season
Culture & Society, Editor'...
Indigenous land guards Amazon forest as well as reserves
Culture & Society, Editor'...
World Heart Day 2026 spotlights millets and Ayurveda
Culture & Society, Editor'...
India marks Ayurveda Day with a push for global reach
Editor's picks, Food Security,...
Famine risk rises as hunger funding keeps falling
Climate & Environment, Edi...
India’s groundwater decline deepens as global reserves shrink
Agriculture, Agritech, Editor'...
Sharjah opens MENA’s first agri-tech innovation centre
Agriculture, Agritech, Editor'...
Rwanda’s AI voice assistant aims to reach 2.5m farmers
Editor's picks, Food & Cul...
Kerala’s Onam feast gets costlier as vegetable prices surge
Editor's picks, Food Security,...
El Niño and Middle East war raise Asia’s food security risk
Adaptation & Resilience, C...
Malaysia turns to diplomacy as haze warnings mount
Agriculture, Editor's picks, S...
UN experts urge protection for farmers’ seed systems
Editor's picks, Food Policy, F...
India weighs oil-duty cut before festival demand
Film
celebrity, Celebrity Interview...
Director-cinematographer Amal Neerad on ‘Iyobinte Pusthakam’
celebrity, Film, Film Reviews,...
Mammootty’s Munnariyippu: Why it is at once terrific and terrible
Film, Kerala, Malayalam Films...
Basheer, Chanthu or Sethumadhavan – who do you recall?
Academy Award, Ananthashayanam...
Tiger, Pi and Lord Vishnu: Random takes on Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’
Celebrity Interviews, Culture ...
Interview – Vikram (Indian actor)
Film Reviews
celebrity, Film, Film Reviews,...
Mammootty’s Munnariyippu: Why it is at once terrific and terrible
Food Systems
Exports & Trade, Food Syst...
Peru’s agro-exports climb to US$6.84bn despite global headwinds
Food Security, South Asia...
Bangladesh sees 15.3 million facing acute food insecurity
Exports & Trade, Middle Ea...
Hormuz tensions could push grain prices up 80%, ICC warns
Food Policy, Latin America...
Colombia’s minister tells rice farmers to stop planting
Food Systems, Nutrition & ...
India’s child nutrition improves but gaps persist, data show
Food Security, Food Systems, M...
Yemen’s displaced families face a daily fight for food
Editor's picks, Food Policy, F...
India raises wheat support price for 2027-28 season
Africa, Exports & Trade...
Ivory Coast holds cocoa farmgate price at $2.14 a kilogram
Food Policy, South Asia...
ASEAN-India agriculture cooperation plan unveiled
Africa, Food Policy...
Africa’s $70bn food import bill exposes investment gap
Food Security, Middle East &am...
Yemen hunger crisis hits record high as war deepens
Food Systems, Nutrition & ...
Haiti’s child hunger crisis deepens amid gang violence
Exports & Trade, Food Syst...
Manila raises rice import forecast as El Nino bites
Food Policy, Food Systems...
UAE warns supply chain strain threatens food security
Food Policy, Food Systems...
Jaishankar warns of a looming global food crisis
Exports & Trade, Food Syst...
Al Dahra begins Egypt wheat supply deal shipments
Investigations & Features
Climate & Environment, Con...
“Great Nicobar Is Being Re-Engineered, Not Developed”: An Interview with Pankaj Sekhsaria
Agriculture, Editor's picks, I...
The ?1,510-Crore Question
Editor's picks, Investigations...
I was fired because Cargill complained to my government employer about my LinkedIn posts
Global Food Systems Survey...
The Fourth Plate Global Food Systems Survey: Research Methodolgoy
Editor's picks, Investigations...
Kerala’s Killing Fields: How India’s Green Paradise is Failing Its Wild Elephants
Investigations & Features,...
The Grey Rhino of Wayanad: Dr. C.P. Rajendran on Landslides, Fragility, and the Future of India’s Hills
Global Food Systems Survey, In...
Farm or Malls: The Fourth Plate Investigative Series
Investigations & Features,...
Carbon Market Crisis Deepens as World Struggles to Meet Climate Goals
Kerala
Kerala, Smallholder Stories, S...
Kerala to release flood compensation to farmers in October
Culture & Society, Kerala,...
Malayalis alias irreverent rascals
celebrity, Celebrity Interview...
Director-cinematographer Amal Neerad on ‘Iyobinte Pusthakam’
celebrity, Film, Film Reviews,...
Mammootty’s Munnariyippu: Why it is at once terrific and terrible
Film, Kerala, Malayalam Films...
Basheer, Chanthu or Sethumadhavan – who do you recall?
Kerala, Malabar, Nair, Society...
Demystifying Kerala’s Nair identity
Culture & Society, Dhoti, ...
In praise of the humble Kerala mundu
Culture & Society, Drugs, ...
Meet Jeet Thayil, the author of Narcopolis
Kerala, Malayalam, Politics, S...
The death of the ‘murukkan kada’
Malayalam
Culture & Society, Kerala,...
Malayalis alias irreverent rascals
celebrity, Celebrity Interview...
Director-cinematographer Amal Neerad on ‘Iyobinte Pusthakam’
celebrity, Film, Film Reviews,...
Mammootty’s Munnariyippu: Why it is at once terrific and terrible
Culture & Society, Dhoti, ...
In praise of the humble Kerala mundu
Kerala, Malayalam, Politics, S...
The death of the ‘murukkan kada’
Malayalam Films
Culture & Society, Kerala,...
Malayalis alias irreverent rascals
celebrity, Celebrity Interview...
Director-cinematographer Amal Neerad on ‘Iyobinte Pusthakam’
celebrity, Film, Film Reviews,...
Mammootty’s Munnariyippu: Why it is at once terrific and terrible
Film, Kerala, Malayalam Films...
Basheer, Chanthu or Sethumadhavan – who do you recall?
Multimedia
News & Events
Exports & Trade, News &...
Kerala pepper prices near decade high as supply tightens
Africa, News & Events, See...
India-Africa seed summit opens with climate focus
News & Events...
Empower receives LEED Gold certification for its JBH plant
News & Events...
Formula One Confirms Abu Dhabi Grand Prix To Take Place in December
News & Events...
Dubai Business Events joins E&L MENA 2027 as Destination Partner
Middle East & North Africa...
Proudly ‘Made in the UAE’: Dolphin Bakery celebrates 7th year of fresh, homegrown baking
Opinion & Analysis
Agriculture, Opinion & Ana...
From Agriculture 4.0 to Agriculture 5.0: Preparing the Next Generation of Agri-Professionals
Agriculture, Commentary, Edito...
Financial Literacy, Islamic Finance and the Future of Sustainable Agricultural Development
Agriculture, Editor's picks, G...
Grains of Heritage: A Celebration of Rice, Culture, and Community in India’s North East
Commentary, Culture & Soci...
When a tree and a wayside stone becomes a shrine: Observations from nature
Commentary, Culture & Soci...
When the World is Not OK: Opening Safe Spaces to Talk About Climate Change and Mental Health
Creative Voices, Culture &...
ekõ: When nature is the hero, and she has the last word
Americas, Commentary, Editor's...
My Journey of Knowing Dr. Norman Borlaug: The Father of the Green Revolution
Commentary, Opinion & Anal...
Earth Economics Through an Islamic Lens: Reclaiming Stewardship in an Age of Ecological Strain
Commentary, Creative Voices, C...
Park Prescriptions: More Than a Walk in the Park
Climate & Environment, Com...
Bring the Forest to the City: Kerala’s ‘Greenprint’ for Social Forestry 2.0
Agriculture, Agritech, Guest C...
Sampangi Bio farms: Inspiring the World with Innovation, Sustainability, and Global Recognition
Editor's picks, Guest Columns,...
Kaziranga: Where the Wild Rhinos Roam
Commentary, Opinion & Anal...
Boycotting Unjust Corporations and Strengthening Local Economies: An Islamic-Ethical Approach
Americas, Editor's picks, Gues...
If Walmart can’t do it then why are we expecting others?
Africa, Editor's picks, Food S...
Forti Foods: Building Africa’s Future Through Food
Adaptation & Resilience, C...
Co-Creating Climate Futures with EQUINOCT Community Sourced Modelling Solutions
People & Profiles
Agriculture, Changemakers, Edi...
Rebelling for nature’s cause: How Vani V. built a natural agricultural ecosystem on her own terms
Changemakers, Innovators, Inte...
Dr Meenakshi Santra shares her story
Changemakers, Climate & En...
Honoring the unparalleled life and legacy of Saalumarada Thimmakka
Agriculture, Editor's picks, G...
Reclaiming the Midday Meal: How Muhammed Hadith Hussain is Cultivating a ‘Krishi Malayalam’
Agriculture, Editor's picks, I...
The Tray that Fights Hunger: Sandra Mariya Sony’s Blueprint for Urban Nutrition
Agriculture, Agritech, Editor'...
The Young Innovators of Kerala: How a Grassroots Revolution is Rewriting the Future of Global South Innovation
Americas, Commentary, Editor's...
My Journey of Knowing Dr. Norman Borlaug: The Father of the Green Revolution
Africa, Changemakers, Editor's...
The Confident Woman Conference 2025 and the Launch of a Holistic Mentorship Program Empowering Women Across Nigeria
Climate & Environment, Con...
“Great Nicobar Is Being Re-Engineered, Not Developed”: An Interview with Pankaj Sekhsaria
Changemakers, Climate & En...
Silent Valley’s Living Archive: The Muduga Man Who Guards India’s Last Great Rainforest
Grassroots champions, People &...
Small Loans, Big Impact: What’s Holding Back Kenya’s Waste Entrepreneurs
Creative Voices, Culture &...
The Lens of Change: Allan Okumu’s Visual Journey Through Africa’s Untold Stories
Changemakers, People & Pro...
The Magic of Abundance: Deepa Krishnan’s journey of purposeful entrepreneurship
Changemakers, People & Pro...
From Human Rights to Nutrition Innovation: A Journey of Purpose and Partnerships
Politics
Kerala, Malayalam, Politics, S...
The death of the ‘murukkan kada’
Profiles
celebrity, Celebrity Interview...
Director-cinematographer Amal Neerad on ‘Iyobinte Pusthakam’
Celebrity Interviews, Culture ...
Interview – Vikram (Indian actor)
Region
Exports & Trade, Food Syst...
Peru’s agro-exports climb to US$6.84bn despite global headwinds
Agriculture, Agritech, South A...
Kerala sets 2031 target for dairy self-sufficiency
Food Security, South Asia...
Bangladesh sees 15.3 million facing acute food insecurity
Kerala, Smallholder Stories, S...
Kerala to release flood compensation to farmers in October
Africa, Editor's picks, Supply...
Nigeria could earn more from farming by processing locally
Conservation & Biodiversit...
Philippine reefs are losing time to recover from bleaching
Editor's picks, Smallholder St...
Indonesia’s rice output set to fall even as farmer pay improves
Climate Science, South Asia...
Nepal’s 200 glacial lakes risk bursting, scientists warn
Food & Culture, Southeast ...
Indonesia festival frames regional food as living heritage
Exports & Trade, Middle Ea...
Hormuz tensions could push grain prices up 80%, ICC warns
Heritage & Indigenous Know...
NITI Aayog member calls for science to back tribal knowledge
Adaptation & Resilience, A...
Ireland funds mangrove restoration in south-east Liberia
Food Policy, Latin America...
Colombia’s minister tells rice farmers to stop planting
Food Systems, Nutrition & ...
India’s child nutrition improves but gaps persist, data show
Culture & Society, Food &a...
What Navratri’s nine fasting days bring to the table
Climate & Environment, Con...
Amazon deforestation falls to its lowest level in 13 years
Research & Insights
Changemakers, Innovators, Inte...
Dr Meenakshi Santra shares her story
Commentary, Opinion & Anal...
Earth Economics Through an Islamic Lens: Reclaiming Stewardship in an Age of Ecological Strain
Editor's picks, Policy Briefs,...
India’s Economic Reset: How the Nation is Driving a Virtuous Cycle of Growth
Interviews, Research & Ins...
“The Monsoon Is Changing Before Our Eyes,” Roxy Mathew Koll, India’s Leading Climate Scientist
Americas, Papers & Summari...
Cultivating Solutions: From Backyard Gardens to Biopesticide Research
Papers & Summaries, Resear...
The Potential of Muzara’ah Contracts in the Modern Agricultural Ecosystem
Interviews, Research & Ins...
From Lab to Land: Meet Dr. Manzoor Hussain Dar, the Scientist Who is Cracking Agriculture’s Last Mile Problem
Papers & Summaries, Resear...
Assam Agricultural University Unveils Groundbreaking Guidelines for Medicinal Crop Management
Society
Kerala, Malabar, Nair, Society...
Demystifying Kerala’s Nair identity
Culture & Society, Dhoti, ...
In praise of the humble Kerala mundu
Culture & Society, Drugs, ...
Meet Jeet Thayil, the author of Narcopolis
Kerala, Malayalam, Politics, S...
The death of the ‘murukkan kada’
Tamil Films
Celebrity Interviews, Culture ...