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In Food & Agriculture

Small-scale farming

  • A Mexican scientist inspects a field of olotón maize near Oaxaca, Mexico.

    Indigenous Maize: Who Owns the Rights to Mexico’s ‘Wonder’ Plant?

    By Martha Pskowski

  • A worker harvests coffee near the town of Santuario, Risaralda department, Colombia in May.

    As Climate Changes, Colombia’s Small Coffee Farmers Pay the Price

    By Richard Schiffman

  • Ethiopian farmers examine the results of a trial of wheat varieties.

    How Crowdsourcing Seeds Can Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

    By Virginia Gewin

  • Trees felled for a cocoa plantation inside the Scio Forest Reserve in western Ivory Coast.

    The Real Price of a Chocolate Bar: West Africa’s Rainforests

    By Fred Pearce

  • Partially submerged houses in Kerala, India last August.

    Water

    In India, Nature’s Power Overwhelms Engineered Wetlands

    By Fred Pearce

  • Sparing vs Sharing: The Great Debate Over How to Protect Nature

    By Fred Pearce

  • An Asian elephant.

    Interview

    Understanding How Elephants Think Is Key to Protecting Them

    By Richard Schiffman

  • Farmer plowing in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. 

    Running Dry: Seeking Solutions to South Asia’s Looming Water Crisis

    By Richard Schiffman

  • Seeds of Commerce: Saving Native Plants in the Heart of Appalachia

    By Nancy Averett

  • A farmer waters coffee saplings on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.

    Agriculture

    On the Slopes of Kilimanjaro, a Shift in Climate Hits Coffee Harvest

    By Daniel Grossman

  • Hard-Pressed Rust Belt Cities Go Green to Aid Urban Revival

    Gary, Indiana is joining Detroit and other fading U.S. industrial centers in an effort to turn abandoned neighborhoods and factory sites into gardens, parks, and forests. In addition to the environmental benefits, these greening initiatives may help catalyze an economic recovery.

    By Winifred Bird

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