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The UAE and most other Gulf states import the bulk of their food, largely because their arid climates make crop and livestock cultivation difficult.   Dubai: A freezone in Dubai has established an agricultural trading platform to connect Indian farmers with food companies in the United Arab Emirates, as the Gulf Arab country seeks to enhance …

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Global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, have soared over the past decade, according to two new studies that tracked growing sources of the odorless, colorless gas. By Denise Chow Earth’s climate crisis is starting to look even worse than scientists had feared — in part because of just how much meat we eat …

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Bhagwan Chowdhry and Prachi Deuskar One hundred and eighty bright, idealistic young men and women are selected every year in the Indian Administrative Service – arguably the most selective career choice in India. The prestige of being selected for IAS is so high that parents even boast of their sons’ and daughters’ mere attempt to …

How to reform the IAS: At present, the system instituted by our colonial rulers has shackled us Read More »

“We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.” – John Lewis Whenever I start to feel overwhelmed because – well – a pandemic, a new job, a cross-country move, a new house, remote work with spotty internet, kids studying at home, I think about these words attributed to the late …

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BENEFITS INCLUDE EARLIER SPRING PLANTING, IMPROVED YIELD, AND SLASHED INPUT COSTS, ACCORDING TO NATIONAL COVER CROP SURVEY. More than 90% of farmers participating in a national cover crop survey reported that cover crops allowed them to plant earlier or at the same time as non-cover-cropped fields in 2019. Among those who had “planted green,” seeding …

AS COVER CROP ACREAGE ADDS UP, MORE BENEFITS EMERGE Read More »