Portrait Series: FiBL Women in Agriculture
10 October 2026, Switzerland: The United Nations has designated 2026 as the “International Year of the Woman Farmer.” We are taking this
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Farming and Agriculture
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Christine Badertscher joins the FiBL Foundation Council
07 October 2026, Switzerland: At the end of August, the FiBL Foundation Council unanimously elected Christine Badertscher as a new member of
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East Africa Braces for Poor Harvests After One of Its Driest Rainy Seasons on Record
05 October 2026, Africa: Large parts of East Africa are heading into poor harvests after the June to September rainy season came
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Thailand Floods Damage 1.64 Million Rai of Farmland, Kill Nearly 4 Million Farm Animals
05 October 2026, Bangkok: Flooding that has affected Thailand since late August has now damaged 1.64 million rai (about 263,000 hectares) of
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Thailand Floods Damage 1.64 Million Rai of Farmland, Hit 144,000 Farmers
05 October 2026, Bangkok: Flooding across Thailand has damaged more than 1.64 million rai of farmland, roughly 263,000 hectares, and affected 144,738
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US Farm Bill Lapses Again, Pausing Conservation Program Enrollment
05 October 2026, Washington, D.C.: The United States’ Farm Bill expired for the latest time on September 30, 2026, after Congress failed
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Voices On Climate: “A Hot Summer Costs Several Hundred Million Francs”
03 October 2026, Frick: Jürn Sanders is Chairman of the FiBL Management Board. In this interview, he discusses the consequences of the
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Indonesia Raises October Palm Oil and Cocoa Reference Prices
02 October 2026, Jakarta, Indonesia: Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade raised its crude palm oil export reference price for October to 1,042.15 dollars
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Cocoa Price Gap Between Ivory Coast and Ghana Widens Sharply for New Season
01 October 2026, Ghana: The two countries that together grow more than half the world’s cocoa have set sharply different farmgate prices
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Invisible, Indispensable: Why COP31 Must Put Microbial Ecosystems on the Climate Agenda
Author: Dr Kanika Chowdhary, Associate Fellow, Social Transformation & CSR, TERI and Dr Mayurika Goel, Fellow, Sustainable Agriculture, TERI 30 September 2026, New Delhi: As
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