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Agriculture

The latest stories and analysis on agriculture

Farmers sit besides their tractors on a motorway heading towards New Delhi, in India's Punjab state. Reuters

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Indian farmers walk off fields in strike for higher crop prices

WorldFebruary 16, 2024

A container ship in the Gulf of Suez. Shipping volumes between Asia and Europe through the waterway have plunged. Reuters

Red Sea disruption threatens the Middle East's apple a day

UKFebruary 04, 2024

Abu Dhabi issued 219 new tourism licences in 2023, part of a drive to attract more international visitors. Photo: Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development

Abu Dhabi records 51% rise in issuance of industrial licences

EconomyJanuary 30, 2024

A Maersk container ship sails southbound to exit the Suez Canal in Egypt in December. Bloomberg

From clothes to cars, prices could rise due to Red Sea attacks

EconomyJanuary 29, 2024

Nada Ghanem started Dooda Solutions after realising what a major role earthworms play in producing fertile soil. Photo: Dooda Solutions

Generation Start-up: How Lebanon’s Dooda is removing the squirm from earthworms

Start-UpsDecember 18, 2023

Curious crowds are drawn to rows of cucumbers and lettuce growing at the Expo City Farm in Dubai. Photo: Expo City Dubai

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Dubai's Expo City Farm shows how to grow food in the desert

GovernmentDecember 16, 2023

Sky Kurtz (left), co-founder of Abu-Dhabi start-up Pure Harvest, shakes hands with Ryan Lefers (right), co-founder of RedSea, upon announcement of a transaction between the two companies.

Pure Harvest to acquire agriculture production facility in Saudi Arabia

FutureDecember 10, 2023

Sadhguru, an Indian spiritual leader, has called for more soil preservation to tackle the climate crisis at Cop28 in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Save the soil to save the planet, says Sadhguru at Cop28

Cop28December 10, 2023

Manhat founder Saeed Alhassan wants to use his invention to build floating farms, using the fresh water collected to irrigate and grow crops at source. Photo: Manhat

UAE start-up shows freshwater and floating farm plans at Cop28

Cop28December 09, 2023

Visitors can register for entry to the Cop28 Green Zone that will open from December 3 to December 12 at Expo City Dubai. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

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Cop28 Green Zone passes now available

Cop28November 14, 2023

View of the Dubai skyline. Earlier this week, Dubai government approved the emirate's budget for 2024 to 2026, allocating $67.14 billion of expenditure. Pawan Singh / The National

Sheikh Hamdan approves initiatives to boost industry and agriculture

EconomyNovember 09, 2023

The parents of Natthaporn, who was working in Israel and was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, show photos of him at their house in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. Reuters

Thai farm workers evacuated from Israel after 34 killed in Hamas attack

Palestine-IsraelNovember 08, 2023

Uma Mondol wants a better life for her daughter Ayonti who she hopes will study further and contribute to create change in villages in Bangladesh reeling from water scarcity. Photo: LEDARS-Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society

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Bangladeshi NGO wants world leaders to hear plight of water-deprived people

Cop28October 23, 2023

Concerns have been raised over plans for the world's first commercial octopus farm. Getty Images

Campaigners and scientists raise alarm over octopus farm plan

EnvironmentOctober 16, 2023

Thailand ambassador Sorayut Chasombat says he is looking forward to an inclusive Cop28. Victor Besa / The National

Thailand envoy to UAE says ‘hard work’ needed to curb climate change

GovernmentSeptember 28, 2023

A farmer harvests dates in the south-western Tunisian oasis of Nefta, by the endorheic Chott el-Djerid salt lake. AFP

Tunisian farmers squeezed by Europe’s energy transition

TunisiaSeptember 22, 2023

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