Posts By MONGABAY
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113EnglishTransgenics contaminate a third of Brazil’s traditional corn in semiarid region
Eighteen years after transgenic crops were legalized in Brazil, a new study has warned that traditional corn crops in Brazil’s semiarid Northeast...
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81Edible Oil News in EnglishIndigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network where Karla Mendes is a fellow. “Guys, Dayane [Tembé] is very...
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126Edible Oil News in EnglishIndonesia’s No. 2 palm oil firm faces global backlash over community conflict
CENTRAL SULAWESI, Indonesia — Karolus Kolong, a 62-year-old villager on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, has spent nearly two decades fighting to get his...
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97EnglishClimate emergency may channel millions in resources toward corn-based ethanol in the Amazon
The American agribusiness magnate Bruce Rastetter, who is already the biggest producer of corn-based ethanol in Brazil, has plans to triple processing...
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87EnglishMadhya Pradesh ranks second in India in stubble burning, farmers unaware of government schemes
Madhya Pradesh ranks second in the country in terms of wheat production, which is a matter of pride for the state. However,...
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152EnglishAmid changing climate, Bangladesh farming groups conserve indigenous rice seeds
Salinity intrusion triggered by different factors, including sea-level rise, commercial shrimp cultivation and a decrease in water flow from transboundary rivers upstream,...
