Colombia shifts strategy in drug war away from coca eradication | Drugs News
Bogotá, Colombia — After promising to radically change Colombian drug policy, the administration of President Gustavo Petro has announced plans
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Agriculture
Bolivia sees more unrest following opposition leader’s arrest | Protests News
Protesters in farming hub of Santa Cruz province block highways amid ongoing calls for release of Luis Fernando Camacho. Protesters
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Guerrilla Garden: A food forest in Cape Town | Food
From: Africa Direct Plants, produce and empowerment – a collective response to a community’s needs in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Ivory Coast battles chocolate companies to improve farmers’ lives | Agriculture
Soubre, Ivory Coast – On a small cocoa plantation in the southwest of Ivory Coast, a group of men hack
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COP15: Why does the UN biodiversity conference matter? | United Nations News
Montreal, Canada – Scientists, rights advocates and delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Canada this week to tackle
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Herd of fugitive cows frustrates tiny village in Canada | Agriculture News
Montreal, Canada – Marie-Andree Cadorette was getting desperate. After being punted between government, police and animal welfare agencies, each saying
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First shipment of Russian fertiliser en route to Africa | Food News
Fertilisers currently stored in Europe will ‘prevent catastrophic crop loss on the African continent,’ UN says. The first shipment of
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Ukraine grain export deal extended for four months | United Nations News
UN chief Antonio Guterres, Turkey’s Erdogan welcome the continuation of the agreement days before it was set to expire. A
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Photos: Climate change puts Cuba’s agriculture under threat | Climate Crisis
Like the rest of the Caribbean, Cuba is suffering from longer droughts, warmer waters, more intense storms, and higher sea
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‘Preserving oases’: The fight for water by Morocco farmers | Climate Crisis News
Dades Valley, Morocco – At the foot of the High Atlas mountain chain in southeastern Morocco, each village is named
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