Even as the plant-based meat industry is snapping up more ingredients like cocoa butter and coconut oil, small farmers say they’re not seeing any benefit. (via voxdotcom)
to hit the region since 2020. Many experts connect the growing intensity and frequency of typhoons to climate change.
Coconut trees flourish along the Agos River in General Nakar, Quezon Province, in the Philippines. Coconuts are among the major produce in the town, where most coconut farmers are involved in either whole nut farming or copra farming.Jalil, the farmer from Palopo, Sulawesi, says he was surrounded by other cacao plantations until a few years ago.
There’s a reason for this. At his farm, Jalil quickly identifies a sickened fruit, tearing it from the branch and with a quick jab with his machete, opening it up for me and tearing out the mushy, white seeds.Because Sulawesi’s dry seasons have been getting hotter due to climate change, plant diseases can spread more easily in lowland-regions like Palopo. According to experts, this is a growing challenge globally.
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