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Take a photographic tour around the world's first fully organic state

All farmland in the Indian state of Sikkim, shown in these images, has been certified organic since 2016, and local authorities say the change is already improving wildlife populations and the area's arid soil

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India - Sikkim - Farmers removing the hull from the rice in a paddy field located in the outskirts of Gangtok.

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Sticky oil sprayed onto plants offers alternative to pesticides

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Pigs seem less stressed if their barn is scented with lavender

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Aerial view of different coloured fields near the Werribee river in New South Wales, Australia

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Turning plants blue with gene editing could make robot weeding easier

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Spreading crushed basalt rock on a field in England

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Spreading rock dust on farms boosts crop yields and captures CO2

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Salmon farms are increasingly being hit by mass die-offs

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E5APW3 North Platte, Nebraska - The North Platte Livestock Feeders feedlot, operated by the Gottsch Cattle Company.

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If gene-edited meat eases the climate crisis, then we must embrace it

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The right microbes on plant roots can make your tea taste better

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Seaweed could save a billion people from famine after a nuclear war

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The Iceland Ocean Cluster House

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How an Icelandic scheme aims to use fish entirely and eliminate waste

The innovative green project 100% Fish is repurposing fish waste products to make everything from leather and skin grafts to collagen, finds Graham Lawton

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Fertilisers are a major source of microplastic pollution in soil

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A volunteer from the North Atlantic Salmon Fund with one of the escapee salmon

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On the hunt for thousands of salmon that escaped Icelandic fish farm

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Climate change will prompt expansion of farming in northern wilderness

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Robots could make farms more biodiverse with precision crop planting

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