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Tailor climate insurance to needs of poorest - experts

Climate change – May 3, 2018

A farmer harvests his wheat crop on a field in the Beheira governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt April 4, 2018.

With an eye on the sky, Costa Rica's farmers harvest rain to beat drought

Climate change – May 11, 2018

Costa Rican farmer, Manuel Rojas, shows his rainwater storage tank to a group of farmers looking for ways to protect themselves from drought in Hojancha, Costa Rica on April 12, 2018.

Growing up - why the UAE's first vertical farm could be a regional gamechanger

Agriculture – May 10, 2018

Badia Farm in Dubai where one can grow argula, basil, cress, kale, mint, and mustard, March 22, 2018.

As wells dry, Zambia regulates use of groundwater

Water – May 16, 2018

Lusaka residents fetch water from a well in the capital's SOS Children's village, April 13, 2018.

Solar borehole protects Kenyan herders' children as drought deepens

Drought – Feb 8, 2017

Animals drink water pumped using solar energy in Pelekech village, Turkana County, Kenya, Jan. 9, 2017.

Can bees battle climate losses? Harvests aren’t sweet as hoped, farmers say

Climate change mitigation – May 17, 2018

Charles Ng’ongo’oni shows off one of his 164 traditional beehives made from trunks of indigenous trees on his 7-acre woodlot at Chemare village, in the Kuresoi area of Nakuru County, Kenya, April 29, 2018.

Kenyan herders take livestock health in their own hands

Drought – Feb 7, 2017

Ramathan Ekai vaccinating a goat in Songot, Kenya, January 7, 2016.

As Asians get rich and healthy, 'smart crops' replace rice on future menus

Food – May 21, 2018

A street vendor in Taipei, Taiwan where urbanisation, rising incomes and concerns about health are driving a move towards more protein-rich alternatives to the staple food, rice. April 11, 2018.

From camels to catfish, Algeria boosts fish farming in the Sahara desert

Farming – May 20, 2018

Camels on a 15-hectare farm co-owned by Milouda Mohammed and his brothers in Touggourt, a town in the Sahara, in southern Algeria, April 12, 2018.

Shorter, hotter, earlier: Shrinking spring slashes Pakistani harvests

Climate change – May 21, 2018

Fruit farmer Adil Khan shows apricots that have ripened nearly a month ahead of schedule in the town of Mardan, in Pakistan's northwest province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, April 26, 2018.

Costa Rica coffee farmers brew up a carbon neutral future

Climate change mitigation – May 22, 2018

Juan Umana Cascante tests COOPEDOTA's carbon neutral coffee in Santa Maria de Dota, Costa Rica, May 7, 2018.

Hit by wild weather, Kenya's herders fire up a hot new crop: chilli peppers

Drought – May 23, 2018

Chillies are seen on sale at a market in Jakarta, January 6, 2011.

For Malawi’s farmers facing harvest pests, the solution’s in the bag

Farming – May 24, 2018

Farmers in Mchinji district, central Malawi, rest near a PICS bag used to store their harvest, November 18, 2017.

Drought threatens millions of Afghans with hunger - U.N.

Drought – May 29, 2018

An Afghan man harvests wheat on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan July 11, 2016.

Vegan diet 'single biggest way' to reduce carbon footprint - researchers

Food – Jun 1, 2018

via The Guardian

Caffeine high? Climate-hit Ethiopia shifts coffee uphill

Climate change – Jun 4, 2018

An employee shows coffee beans at the Central Kenya Coffee Mill near Nyeri, Kenya, March 15, 2018.

In India, ice towers could turn deadly lake into water bank

Floods – Feb 6, 2017

Buddhist prayer flags drape an ice stupa in Ladakh, India.

Eating your greens could become more costly due to climate change

Climate change – Jun 11, 2018

A woman arranges vegetable in a market stall in Edsa Kamias in Quezon City, metro Manila, May 23, 2018.

Let's eat our way to a healthier planet

Food – Jun 12, 2018

A customer eats a salad at Tasty Beet Juicy and Healthy Food restaurant in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 29, 2018.

Brazilian farmers paid to "produce" water in fight against scarcity

Water – Jun 14, 2018

Farmer Daniel de Almeida poses for a photo in his farm on Planaltina, Brazil, March 21, 2018.