By Mongabay.com In the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh, Indigenous farmers are increasingly abandoning jhum ...

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Jhum, or shifting agriculture, has long been a common practice among the farmers in in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh. However, due to growing demand for arable lands and ...

Emily Chebeya harvests Irish potatoes from her farm in Endebess, Uasin Gishu County. [Harold Odhiambo, Standard] Over the years, post-hunter-gatherer societies have adopted modern agricultural ...

India, March 10 -- Agriculture has been the backbone of human civilisation since the earliest settlements. From ancient subsistence farming to modern precision agriculture, the sector has continuously ...

In Greece's fields, Dimitris, a fourth-generation olive farmer, once relied solely on traditional cultivation methods passed down through his family for generations. Today, critical decisions about ...

From threshing hay to pulverizing stone to sawing logs using a steam engine, traditional farming methods were on display Saturday at the annual Big Spring Farm Day in New Holland. Those coming to the ...

Zabo farming in Nagaland shows how communities harvest rainwater, prevent soil erosion, and grow crops sustainably using a ...