Agriculture/farming

High-nutrition S’pore tomatoes and fish could soon be on the menu on flights, in schools, for NSmen

Some possible recipes are chicken rice using TLL’s Temasek Rice, tomato and bocconcici salad and ikan asam pedas using the jade perch.

India urges crop shift for monsoon planting as rains falter

Authorities have identified 315 districts vulnerable to below-normal rainfall, including 111 high-priority areas with limited irrigation coverage.

Those British strawberries are being picked by Central Asian workers

Activists and political campaign group Led By Donkeys mow a huge message into a farmer’s field for the 10-year anniversary of Brexit, near Cricklade, Wiltshire, Britain, on June 19, 2026.

Australia detects first case of contagious H5 bird flu

The H5 strain has caused severe disease and high death rates in poultry, wild birds and affected mammals across the globe.

India monsoon starts almost 40% short as El Nino curbs rain

The monsoon season runs from June through September and is responsible for the bulk of India's annual rainfall.

Russian attacks could cut Ukraine grain exports by a third, say officials

FILE PHOTO: An agricultural worker operates a combine during wheat harvesting in a field, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine July 6, 2024. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/File Photo

UN food agencies seek $260 million to shield 8.8 million people from El Nino

Drone view shows farmers planting rice seedlings in a paddy field, as the government urged farmers to immediately replant their plots, responding to the erratic forces of weather for a possible prolonged dry spell linked to El Nino, in Cirebon regency, West Java province, Indonesia, June 3, 2026. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

China’s unusually heavy downpours fill dams and put crops at risk

Heavy rain could disrupt grain production at a time when Chinese imports are under scrutiny.

South Africa's DA leader seeks to demote agriculture minister

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis delivers his acceptance speech after being announced as the leader of South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA) during a meeting to elect the party's federal leader, in Midrand, near Johannesburg, South Africa, April 12, 2026. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

India braces itself for El Nino-linked dry conditions

In India and South-east Asia, El Nino typically causes drier conditions.

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