agriculture

A person walking through a dense olive grove, with expansive rows of olive trees visible in the background.
DW
Spain debates using the sun for olive harvests or solar park projects
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A green combine harvester working in a field of brown crops under a clear blue sky.
Climate Change
As COP30 ends, a closer look at a major source of emissions: agriculture
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The Big Fix
When in drought, plant fonio
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The Big Fix
‘Floating Farm’ in the Netherlands wants to keep food above rising seas
5:24
Immigration
Meet the Jamaicans who harvest the Champlain Valley’s apples
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A man holds soybeans in his hands.
Business, Economics and Jobs
How soybeans became China’s most powerful weapon in Trump’s trade war
GMO corn
Health
Congress approves rules for GMO labeling, but not everyone is happy
Masahiko Kakutani is now the main grower or farmer behind ‘Tokyo Salad,’ the Tokyo Metro’s new farming enterprise, which is housed underneath the Tozai Line.
Food
If you run out of space for farming, look to the subway
Workers pick strawberries in a field on a farm in Oxnard, California, on February 24, 2015.
Environment
Agriculture is thriving in bone-dry California, and that’s not a good thing
Various kind of rice that are indigenous to the Sundarbans. Such native kinds of rice are able to withstand salty and austere conditions better than modern high-yield rice.
Environment
When climate sinks high-tech rice, older varieties may save the day
Opening up a box of imported cherries.
Economics
In China, imported fruit is the must-have luxury item for the new year
A child plays at the Prado Boulevard in downtown Havana.
Business
When will Starbucks pop up all over Cuba? Don’t count on it
George Washington Carver
Science
George Washington Carver overcame segregation and Jim Crow laws to become one of America’s most influential scientists
Terragator
Health
EPA approves a new herbicide for GMO crops and lawsuits follow
Cyanobacteria, or "green slime," is wreaking havoc with Lake Erie's water supplies and fishing industries. The outbreaks are caused largely by runoff of fertilizers and other nutrients from farms, and they're a growing problem in the Great Lakes and aroun
Environment
In the fight against green slime on Lake Erie, farmers try to clean up their act
A trader checks stacked boxes of cotton before loading them onto a truck inside a cotton processing unit in Kadi near the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
Environment
Are GMOs really behind India’s farming success?
Corn and field
Environment
China says no to a shipment of US corn contaminated with GMOs — and surprising lawsuits follow
Jim Eklund and Frank Forcella conduct an early test of the concept with a single-nozzle blaster. Jim is driving the ATV and Frank is applying the grit.
Technology
A new organic-approved weed control technique is poised for the big time
Sweet corn
Food
A former critic of genetically modified crops changes his tune and sings the praises of GMOs
Soybeans with field
Environment
Rising carbon dioxide levels may reduce the nutritional value of important foods
Field workers transplant rice on a farm in Soc Trang Province, Vietnam.
Environment
Rising sea levels mean trouble for Vietnam’s rice farmers
No-till farming
Environment
Old-school farming methods could save the planet
Chickens and other livestock grown without the use of antibiotics are a small but growing part of the U.S. market. Perdue is now the largest producer of antibiotic-free chicken in the country, and other big players in the food industry are following the l
Environment
Consumers are demanding antibiotic-free meat, and Big Food is starting to listen
Chickens and other livestock grown without the use of antibiotics are a small but growing part of the U.S. market. Perdue is now the largest producer of antibiotic-free chicken in the country, and other big players in the food industry are following the l
Environment
Consumers are demanding antibiotic-free meat, and Big Food is starting to listen
A billboard for soybeans in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The region is likely to make Brazil the world's top producer of soybeans, but the boom in production has come at the same time as a rise in deforestation.
Environment
Brazil is set to become the world’s biggest soy producer — and that might be bad news for its forests
Southeastern and southwestern Australia have experienced some of the country’s most severe rainy season droughts over the last two decades (L). These are also some of the country’s most productive agricultural regions (R).
Environment
Faced with dire climate change, denial may actually help Australian farmers cope
Red jungle fowl
Environment
Scientists pinpoint the origins of human influence on everything from chickens to chili peppers
Red jungle fowl
Environment
Scientists pinpoint the origins of human influence on everything from chickens to chili peppers
A mountain of grain in a Chinese warehouse. China is importing more of its supply of thirsty and land-intensive crops like corn and soy, often from leased or purchased land that guarantees a supply outside of the regular international market.
Environment
Guaranteed lunch? China’s food ‘pipeline’
Environment
China’s big hog farms pose a big antibiotic resistance risk
Conflict & Justice
School Poisoning Provides Window into India’s Pesticide Problem
One of a fleet of trucks in the Bangalore area that brings untreated sewage from homes to farms, to be used as fertilizer.
Environment
Recycled lunch: Using human waste to grow food, and fight climate change
Environment
Low-water lunch: A Chinese breakthrough on irrigation?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Canadian Apple Farmer Uses Helicopter to Save Crops from Frost
Conflict & Justice
US-Mexico Trade Concerns Over Tomato Imports
Environment
Unemployed Italians Try Organic Farming
Business, Economics and Jobs
Kenyan Start-Up Offers Farm in a Backpack
Business, Economics and Jobs
Why the US Drought May Be Felt Around the Globe
Global Politics
The Importance of Phosphorus in the Global Food Supply
Global Politics
Organic Farming in China
Environment
Climate Change Raises New Challenges for Uganda’s Coffee Farmers
Global Politics
Why Some Chinese Worry That Buying Organic Isn’t Good Enough
Arts, Culture & Media
Video: Indoor Farming is a ‘Plant Paradise’ in the Netherlands
Global Politics
E. Coli Outbreak: Source Still A Mystery
Environment
The Benefits of Eco-Sanitation
Arts, Culture & Media
New spice for Sichuan’s cuisine
Business, Economics and Jobs
Worries for Argentine soy farmers
Business, Economics and Jobs
Hungry grasshoppers threaten cows
Environment
Native grasses making green lawns greener
Global Politics
Documentary highlights animal abuses on factory farms
Business, Economics and Jobs
Food prices and the dairy farmer
Business, Economics and Jobs
Rice profits are being canceled by the spike in oil and other farming costs
Environment
More on global food solutions
Development & Education
Geo answer
Environment
Can genetically engineered crops help feed the world?
Arts, Culture & Media
Home of the potato
Arts, Culture & Media
Urban beekeeping
Arts, Culture & Media
Corn in Africa
Business, Economics and Jobs
Australia’s harvest forecast
Environment
Potash boom