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The apple snail, regarded as one of the world’s worst invasive species, is originally from South America. It was first reported in 2020 within the Mwea Irrigation Scheme, a key rice-growing area ...

Begum -- then just 18 -- was returning to Kalikot forever. "I had made up my mind," he says. "I wanted to do apple farming in Kalikot." A decade later, Begum has proved that he was not crazy. He has ...

Hariman Sharma, a 68-year-old progressive apple farmer from Himachal Pradesh, received the Padma Shri 2025 for revolutionizing agriculture by developing the low-chilling HRMN 99 apple variety. Hariman ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a new study suggests that, under certain conditions, the native ...

They are now a major cash crop for smallholder farmers in Kenya. But the key to reaping big while farming lies in knowing the best variety of tomatoes to grow in Kenya. Kenya's agroclimatic zones ...

"Sometimes, I sold apples for just Rs 10 or even Rs 5 per kg," he said. And yet, Basnet is upbeat about his experience. Both Basnet and Rawal are new apple farmers. They started farming apple as they ...

The farmers have no choice but to find alternatives. And while the changing climate — the average yearly temperature in the ...