Manipur lost a staggering 52,000 acres of forest area in just four years between 2021 and 2025, a study by space analytics ...

Despite state discouragement, indigenous communities in northeast India persist in practicing shifting cultivation, an agricultural system used over centuries. A new study published in the journal ...

Banana exports are hit by infrastructure issues. But there is also an urgent need to counter the Western narrative on ...

Shifting cultivation is an indigenous farming practice prevalent in forested highland communities of the Eastern Himalayas. Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) is a part of Eastern Himalayan ...

Hin Lad Nai, Thailand — In the dark, unfurnished room where Chaiprasert Phokha sits, in a house on stilts, a sunbeam falls through the pane-less window and fills a glass jar with amber light.

Due to widespread use in many cultures, slash-and-burn has a host of other names, such as also shifting cultivation, swidden, and fire-fallow cultivation. In its traditional form, the practice inv ...

"We have had a very serious problem." As part of a broader policy shift, the government plans to "start from scratch" regarding marijuana cultivation permits. Bullrich said she has already formed ...

The increase in rice imports is driven by a shift in rice cultivation trends. A rice warehouse of Dương Vũ Co in the southern province of Long An. — VNA/VNS Photo According to the General Department ...

The Taliban's supreme spiritual leader banned the cultivation of narcotics in April 2022. That prompted opium farming in the country to plummet an estimated 95% in 2023, according to an annual ...

NEW BEDFORD — Since changing ownership this past summer, Cultivator Shoals is shifting in a new direction to cater to its guests by offering a fresh new menu, cocktails and igloos. "They didn't ...