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IIT Kharagpur researchers adopted 14 acres in Khentia village as a living lab — SRI rice, vermicompost, and rainwater harvesting for small farmers.
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Okanagan Specialty Fruits' genetically engineered non-browning Arctic Apple promised fresher sliced apples — and set much of the apple industry against it.
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In 2011-12, guar gum prices exploded from Rs 30 to over Rs 500 a kilo as America's shale-fracking boom devoured the crop — turning Rajasthan's farmers into
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In Herat, Afghanistan, farmers swapped opium poppies for saffron — the world's priciest spice — at the cost of Taliban threats and kidnappings.
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