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2 June 2010
Uganda's wetlands have provided drainage and prevented flooding during rainy seasons for centuries. But rice is rapidly replacing traditional crops, and becoming an environmental liability in the process.
7 April 2009
Ugandans are looking for alternative fuel. Currently, firewood and wood-based-charcoal are the most popular household fuels. But wood for charcoal is becoming scarcer and demand for it has led to soaring prices and created environmental destruction.
7 April 2009
Jamaica’s farmers are worried about the weather. High winds, frosts in August and dryer conditions on the tropical island are making it harder to grow crops.
2 December 2008
Each year vast areas of the world's remaining forests are lost, increasing global greenhouse gas emissions. Can poor countries profit from keeping their forests and help stop climate change too?
11 April 2008
In Bangladesh Shamsur Rahman Shaq and Mosamot Amena Begaumin are flooded for a third of the year round. But they have found a way to survive on their waterlogged land.
11 April 2008
A UN backed report suggests that weather insurance could help raise farmers out of poverty. We report from a project in central Malawi; the first to adopt it in Africa.
11 April 2008
Droughts are devastating the lives of many Kenyan farmers. Some are learning to adapt using drought-resistant seeds, while others may be forced to give up working on the land.
5 March 2008
What happens to the old computers, televisions and mobile phones when people go in for newer models? They probably end up in India's junkyards, waiting to be recycled.
1 February 2007
For decades, Maasai land for raising livestock has been taken over by private farms, government projects or wildlife parks. Drought and hunger means Maasai people have been forced to adapt.
28 May 2006
India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh has been at the heart of the controversy over BT cotton. We spoke to farmers and to the academic Dr Shiv Visvanatan.
28 May 2006
The biotech industry is looking at ways of producing wood and paper more efficiently. But environmental campaigners are worried that future genetically modified forests could pose risks.
28 May 2006
Farmers in the Makhathini Flats in South Africa have been growing BT cotton since 1998. But there are contradictory reports about their success.
28 May 2006
Biotech cotton failed many farmers in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh - but it worked for some. Three cotton farmers give accounts of their gamble with biotechnology.
3 May 2006
In the Senegalese village of Poponguine, a women's group has decided to conserve land afflicted by environmental degradation by setting up a tourist camp to bring money into their village.
3 May 2006
In the Jharia coalfield in India's Bihar state, underground fires caused by mining are threatening the safety of the local residents. But many don't want to leave. Nilanjana Bhowmick reports.
16 February 2006
In Bangladesh shrimps are a major export earner. But the sector has been fraught with controversy, including consumer safety standards negotiated at the World Trade Organisation. Qudrate e Moula reports.
12 May 2005
Nigeria is one of the richest countries in Africa but its farmers are anxious. Michael Jaiyeola told Eniwoke Ibagere why he believes the younger generation will head for the cities.
7 April 2005
Zambia was catapulted into the heart of the GM controversy when it famously refused American food aid during a famine because it contained GM maize. Pamela Mnyantha reports.
6 April 2005
Kenyan Nobel prize winning researcher Wangari Maathai talks about genetically modified food, and why she believes Africa needs to have more confidence in its own scientific research.
21 February 2005
With cities growing and swallowing up land, China needs to improve its rice yields. Some scientists think GM farming is the answer. Others disagree. Chen Xuefei reports.
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