Bangladesh has launched the world’s first country investment plan to tackle challenges to environment, forestry and climate change
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New BASF Rice Knowledge Centre to help farmers in Asia boost yields
![Demonstration plots and field trials at the new centre will provide farmers on hands training. (Trung Hieu Dang/Pixabay)](/images/jch-optimize/ng/images_rice-in-vietnam-1491868__640.webp)
Demonstration plots and field trials at the new centre will provide farmers on hands training. (Trung Hieu Dang/Pixabay)
BASF has inaugurated a new Rice Knowledge Centre at its Agricultural Research Station in Bay, Laguna, Philippines
France remains at the top of 2017 Food Sustainability Index
France remains at the top of the 2017 Food Sustainability Index (FSI), which ranks 34 countries according to their food system sustainability
FAO recognises sustainable farming systems in Spain, China and Korea
![In ancient times, farmers in La Axarquía used manual labour and mules because of the steep slopes where mechanisation was not possible. (Image source: FAO)](/images/Spain.jpg)
In ancient times, farmers in La Axarquía used manual labour and mules because of the steep slopes where mechanisation was not possible. (Image source: FAO)
The UN FAO has designated five traditional farming systems in China, Korea and Spain as globally important agricultural heritage systems
Smart technologies enable food to be grown in the world's harshest climates
![Haakon said that this project has great potential for future agricultural practices in the world’s harshest landscapes. (Image source: The Royal House of Norway)](/images/jch-optimize/ng/images_Haakon.webp)
Haakon said that this project has great potential for future agricultural practices in the world’s harshest landscapes. (Image source: The Royal House of Norway)
The recent opening of the Sahara Forest Project (SFP) launch station outside Aqaba, the Jordan port city, has highlighted the possibility of using some of the world’s harshest landscapes to produce food, fresh water and clean energy