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Pests in a pandemic? India’s plant doctors will see you online now
When Victor Mary’s husband decided to travel abroad for work, he left her a plot of land to cultivate in southern India and a new mobile phone that would help them stay in touch.
Opinion: The next frontier of shopping will be livestreamed
Years before Covid-19 reared its hideous head and gave the world an urgent reason to shop from home, retail influencers were livestreaming inside of boutiques, offering product closeups and even trying on clothes, shoes and jewellery for an online audience.
Have a bee-autiful Earth Day with this Google Doodle game
Today's Google Doodle lets players become busy bees, to honour the insect's vital contributions to nature this Earth Day.
As Earth Day turns 50 amid lockdowns, environmental action goes digital
With many nations having banned mass gatherings to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus, green activists are marking the 50th anniversary of Earth Day online, urging environmental action through apps, webinars and digital campaigns.
With bees on decline, mechanical pollination may be solution
A mechanical hum replaced the buzzing of the bees in one Israeli community this season as farmers, concerned over the global drop in bee populations, tried out a new method of pollinating their crops.
MCO: The best video games to get lost in while self-isolating at home
As governments around the world advise citizens to stay at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, there are few better options for entertainment while self-isolating than diving into a new video game.
Supercomputer helps in tracking East Africa locust outbreak
A supercomputer is boosting efforts in East Africa to control a locust outbreak that raises what the UN food agency calls "an unprecedented threat" to the region's food security.
India buys drones, specialist equipment to avert new locust attack
India is buying drones and specialist equipment to monitor the movement of locusts and spray insecticides to ward off a new outbreak that could ravage crops, government officials said.
Smart drones to be tested in battle against E. Africa locust swarms
The United Nations is to test drones equipped with mapping sensors and atomisers to spray pesticides in parts of east Africa battling an invasion of desert locusts that are ravaging crops and exacerbating a hunger crisis.
Satellite data brings farming advice to remote areas of Zimbabwe
Deep in rural western Zimbabwe, where tarred roads are nonexistent, Japhet Ngwenya used to spend every season worrying that the people who advise him on how to protect his crops from dry spells and pest invasions would not be able to reach him.
