Surrounded by the waters of the Strait of Sicily in the far south of Italy, the island of Pantelleria is made up of 32 square miles of black volcanic rocks with no source of freshwater other than the ...

This is the last of three stories on terracing hillsides. To read the first two stories, "Slippery slopes" and "Know your hillside," go to sfgate.com and type in Deborah K. Rich. "Almost all ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In southern Ethiopia, the Konso people have maintained a 400-year-old stone terracing system, essential for farming in the region’s semiarid ...

Indigenous people have lived with unpredictable weather for centuries. They did not live by predictions or machines, but by a proper watching of land, water, weather, and seasonal changes, which had ...

In Madagascar, where farming has moved toward modern intensive agricultural practices in recent decades, a study has demonstrated that the country’s farmers would be much better off if they returned ...

‘Terrace farming’ is becoming a big hit in the district. As part of the ‘promotion of urban clusters’, the ambitious project of the agriculture department has made inroads in the district. According ...

A team of international archaeologists including Christian Cloke of the University of Cincinnati is providing new insights into successful and extensive water management and agricultural production in ...

Indigenous communities have lived with changes to the climate for centuries. Their adaptations over those many years are based on their close observation of weather, water, soils and seasonal change, ...

PATHANAMTHITTA: At a time when farmers suffer huge losses due to wildlife menace, a school aimed at uplifting the tribal children near the Sabarimala forests, is experimenting with large-scale terrace ...

Rice farming in Indonesia could be harmed significantly by long-term climate change, according to a new study led by Stanford University researchers. This terraced farm in Bali is typical of many ...