Urban agriculture makes China’s cities more liveable

Beijing is leading the way in using smart-city technologies to make urban farming more viable

Lack of data, openness could obstruct soil clean up

China's soil pollution plan will require much greater clarity to be effective, writes Zhang Chun

Weatherman learns to warn, but must do better

To tackle increasing extreme weather events, nations around the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region need to share data, and devise and implement joint early warning ...

A call to conserve crops' wild cousins

Wild cousins aren’t always appreciated at family gatherings. But when it comes to crops, the opposite is often true.

South Asia creates regional groundwater forum

Participants from across South Asia met to discuss the crisis relating to groundwater depletion in the region, and set up a regional forum to address the issues

Smart innovations: Boosting resilience to a changing climate

Approximately 4.5 million people, over 30 percent of Zimbabwe’s population, will be in need of food aid by next March.

The developing world is awash in pesticides. Does it have to be?

Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides threaten the environment and human health in many parts of the world. But research is pointing to a better approach.

Climate blight is harming the mango

Erratic rainfall and unexpected humidity, a fallout of increasingly unpredictable weather due to climate change, is hurting the cultivation and harvest of ...

Rooibos farmers go wild to survive

Some farmers believe it is the wild rooibos plant that holds the secret to keeping climate change at bay, rather than its domesticated cousin. Yolandi ...