Agriculture & Forestry

Tea farmers struggle for survival in fields of gold

Soaring demand for food and land may not stop the world's rural communities from plunging deeper into poverty The villagers of Thatarber Manihatty in south India knew they had no choice but to mortgage their small plots of...

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Kraft set to sweeten Cadbury offer, but unions fear a bitter ending

Fate of hundreds of British workers hangs on the decision of major shareholders Warren Buffett and Nelson Peltz The fate of Cadbury as a proudly independent confectioner, and the security of hundreds of jobs in the UK and...

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German pork sold as 'Lincolnshire sausages' in new labelling row

'Lincolnshire' sausages sold by one of Britain's most famous food brands are actually made with frozen pork from Germany, a Sunday Telegraph investigation can reveal. Walls source their meat from Denmark, Holland, Germany and...

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Winter warmer: Need a sophisticated, yet no-fuss bloom to give your frosty garden a colourful...

It sometimes feels as though there is very little colour in my garden over the winter, though I currently have a tide of orange growing up the back fence, where some late nasturtiums suddenly decided to germinate in early...

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Why Cadbury's Fruit & Nut isn't the same in the land of stars and stripes

Hershey currently holds the licence to make Cadbury's bars in the US. But many feel they lack a certain je ne sais quoi With familiar purple packaging and a swirly "C", the Cadbury chocolate bars found in American shops look as...

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Is man on course to cause the sixth extinction?

Forthcoming book examines the role of humans in the eradication of species, and its findings are not likely to be pleasant At first sight it seems an unlikely topic for a landmark publishing deal: a fee of about half a million...

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Fairtrade is the best hope for India's tea producers

The Chamraj estate in Tamil Nadu is thriving thanks to the Fairtrade Foundation - but the same cannot be said for the south Indian tea industry The price of basic farm commodities has been hammered over the past 40 years,...

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Comedian reveals unsavoury truth of food production

With his gangly frame and thick-rimmed spectacles, Alex Riley makes an unlikely assassin. Unfortunately for Britain's £182bn-a-year food and drink industry, his wisecracks about its unsavoury practices in a new BBC TV series...

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West African Giraffes Defy Extinction

Numbering Only 50 in 1996, Niger Subspecies of Giraffe Swells to 200 Today Thanks to Conservation Efforts (AP) A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a...

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Tuna: The Hidden Cost of the World's Priciest Fish

Nearly every day at dawn, John Heitz falls a little bit in love. That's why he lives and works in General Santos City in the southern Philippines, one of the planet's great tuna-fishing ports. In September, the European...

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