For generations, ploughing fields has been traditionally viewed as a job reserved for men while women were often tasked with harvesting and processing crops. However, this gender-based division of labour may be shifting as more and more women are utilising mini tillers in Bhutan.
In a study, Akhil Ramesh and Rob York of Pacific Forum map the supply chains of critical minerals, showing how China assumed a central role in harvesting and distributing them, and offer suggestions on diversifying the industry.
As per Dawn, ginning data shows that the cotton harvest declined by a hefty 34 per cent this year from 7.44 million bales the previous year, mainly because of the catastrophic summer floods in Sindh and southern Punjab where this industrial crop is mostly grown.
"Our operation is underway and hundreds of acres of land has been cleared of poppy in different districts," said Hayatullah Rouhani, head of the counter narcotics department of Herat, as quoted by TOLO News.
The harvest festival similar to Baisakhi, Onam and Pongal is majorly celebrated by the tribal population of Jharkhand on the third moon day of Chaitra month.
The communist regime's systematic act of forcibly taking organs from prisoners of conscience for sale first came to light around 2006 after several whistleblowers came forward to The Epoch Times, This has gained growing attention in recent years. The European Parliament as well as dozens of
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Sohan Lal Commodity Management (SLCM), one of India's leading comprehensive service providers in the global post-harvest space for agricultural commodities, has received the coveted accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Testing &a
New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI/SRV): Westfalia Fruit India is delighted to announce the arrival of the first avocado container of the season from Tanzania and parallel, the first air shipments to India from Westfalia Fruit Peru have been received, marking the beginning of another strong an
Jammu and Kashmir government has embarked upon multi-pronged strategies to increase number of bee colonies through cluster formation, encouraging bee-preneurship and bee-startups besides developing infrastructure for post harvest management, value addition and marketing.
The villagers in Trashigang's Leyphu village have discovered a straightforward solution, which entails harvesting and storing water in pits lined with tarpaulin sheets