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Sustainable Development

This Giant Vertical Farming Robot Is Coming For Your Crops

In 2011, the number of people on Earth passed 7 billion and by 2050 that number is expected to jump up to almost 10 billion. Aside from trying to feed all these people, we'...

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Environment

Pesticides Stop Bees Buzzing And Releasing Pollen, Says Study

The world’s most widely used insecticides harm the ability of bees to vibrate flowers and shake out the pollen to fertilise crops, according to preliminary results fr...

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Sustainable Development

District Collectors Software Solution Helps Farmers Control Urea Use

The district administration of Visakhapatnam is working on a software-based solution to regulate the excessive amount of urea used by farmers. Earlier this year, District C...

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Sustainable Development

This App Helps Citizens Report Deadly Mosquito Sightings

For the past two years, Spanish citizens have been using an app dubbed ‘Mosquito Alert’ to report sightings and breeding grounds of Aedes albopictus, or Tiger m...

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Environment

Honey Bee Extinction Will Change Life As We Know It

Biologists have been warning the agriculture industry about colony collapse disorder (CCD) for more than a decade. Between 2006 and 2007, beekeepers around the US began to ...

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Human Rights

The Brutal Ways In Which Some Clan Councils In South Asia Punish Women

In India and other parts of South Asia, clan councils have long worked outside the legal system as enforcers of centuries-old social codes and traditions. Experts say these...

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Sustainable Development

In India, Profitable Farming With Fewer Chemicals

The earth beneath Lakshmi Karre’s sparse cotton crop is hard and dry. Dressed in a flowery orange sari, she squats in the large gap between two plants and tugs at som...

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Environment

Honeybees Suffer Learning Difficulties After Ingesting Tiny Quantities Of Pesticides, Study Finds

Honeybees can suffer from “severe” learning difficulties and memory problems after ingesting tiny quantities of a type of pesticide, new research indicates. Bee...

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Environment

Here's Why It's A Very Bad Idea To Wipe Mosquitoes Off The Face Of The Earth

It would be hard to find an insect more despised these days than the mosquito. The blood-sucking pest is considered more lethal to humans than any other animal in the world...

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Environment

This Pesticide Might Be Killing Off Bees

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said residues of the pesticide imidacloprid, which is sold under a variety of brand names, "potentially poses risk to hives whe...

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