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A group of UM6P scientists take a visiting forestry scientist from Penn State University on a tour of the experimental farm in Ben Guerir.

Morocco rolls out a phosphorous-fueled plan to heal soils across Africa

Marlowe Starling 31 Jul 2023
Florinda Dominga Par is an active participant in the agroecological and artisanal market

Agroecology schools help communities restore degraded land in Guatemala

Aimee Gabay 7 Jul 2023
Serge in a greenhouse.

One seed at a time: Lebanese project promotes agroecology for farmer autonomy

Áine Donnellan 29 Jun 2023
A worker fertilizing on oil palm plantation in Papua, Indonesia.

Sumatran farmers worry as government halts palm oil fertilizer subsidies

Agus Susanto 15 Jun 2023

Borders between Mercosur countries have become a hub for trafficking agrochemicals

Aldem Bourscheit, Aldo Benítez 30 May 2023
Separating the oil palm fruit.

Cycling oil palm biomass waste back into the soil can boost soil health, study says

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 22 May 2023

Ethiopia used chemicals to kill locusts. Billions of honeybees disappeared

Malavika Vyawahare 1 May 2023
On 22 June 2022 the farmers protest started in the Netherlands. Tractors from all over the country drove to Stroe. This picture was taken along the A27 near Houten, just in front of the Lunetten interchange. Image by Frank Magdelyns from Pixabay.

For Dutch farming crisis, agroforestry offers solutions: Q&A with Lennart Fuchs & Marc Buiter

Peter Speetjens 21 Mar 2023
Man spraying pesticides in woods. Image by Gilmer Diaz Estela via Pexels.

Poisoned by pesticides: Health crisis deepens in Brazil’s Indigenous communities

Aimee Gabay 16 Jan 2023
Chumki Mondol, a farmer.

Degraded soil threatens to exacerbate Bangladesh food crisis

Abu Siddique 30 Dec 2022
Farmers harvesting eggplants.

In Bangladesh, popular eggplant comes with a side of lead. And cadmium

Abu Siddique 29 Nov 2022
The successful use of microorganisms in the production of soybeans is driving R&D for the development of bioproducts focused on different crops. Image by Bruno Kelly/Greenpeace.

Biofertilizers cut costs and GHG emissions for Brazilian soybean producers

Juliana Ennes 26 Oct 2022

Farmer-to-farmer agroecology: Q&A with Chukki Nanjundaswamy of Amrita Bhoomi Learning Centre

Anna Lappé 3 Aug 2022
A huge swarm of locusts devours corn

High tech early warning system could curb next South African locust swarms

Anna Weekes 29 Jun 2022
The spotted tody-flycatcher, native to South America and the Caribbean, hunts insects alone or in pairs, and is well-adapted to humans, happy in forest or overgrown pasture. Image courtesy of Alexander Lees.

Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ 60 years on: Birds still fading from the skies

Sharon Guynup 23 May 2022

Tropical mammals under rising chemical pollution pressure, study warns

Sean Mowbray 2 May 2022

Brazil agrochemical bill nears passage in Bolsonaro’s ‘agenda of death’

Sarah Brown 18 Feb 2022

In Nepal, a messy breakup with hybrid seeds is good news for organic farming

Johan Augustin 18 Feb 2022

Polluting with impunity: Palm oil companies flout regulations in Ecuador

Alianza periodística tras las huellas de la palma 4 Feb 2022

Community in Ecuador punished for trying to stop alleged palm oil pollution

Alianza periodística tras las huellas de la palma 4 Feb 2022

More trees means healthier bees, new study on air pollution shows

Luís Patriani 3 Jan 2022

The complete guide to restoring your soil: Q&A with soil expert Dale Strickler

Liz Kimbrough 29 Nov 2021

For Kenyan farmers, organic fertilizer bokashi brings the land back to life

Isaiah Esipisu 16 Nov 2021

Poisoned city: The story of Brazil’s forgotten environmental disaster

Pedro Grigori - Agência Pública / Repórter Brasil 26 Oct 2021
UPL chemical warehouse on fire outside Durban, South Africa. Image by Sbonelo Dlamini.

Nature takes a beating after chemical explosion in South Africa civil unrest

Tony Carnie 23 Aug 2021

Swarm technology: Researchers experiment with drones to battle crop pests

Ashley Stumvoll 13 Aug 2021

Amazon palm oil has not lived up to its promise of sustainability (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 May 2021

Behind the scenes video unveils water contamination by ‘sustainable’ Amazon palm oil

Mongabay.com 12 May 2021
Banner image of an artisanal palm oil production in Yalifombo village. Image © Oskar Epelde courtesy of Oakland Institute.

Pension and endowment funds linked to conflict-plagued oil palm in DRC

John Cannon 22 Mar 2021

Communities struggle against palm oil plantations spreading in Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2021

Can agroecology feed the world?

Mike Gaworecki 10 Mar 2021

One year on: Insects still in peril as world struggles with global pandemic

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2020

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