A group of French winemakers has been planting hybrid grape varieties resistant to vine diseases like mildew, aiming to eliminate the need for pesticides and other chemical sprays widely used in traditional viticulture. But partisans of hybrids are few in number, and both producers and consumers will have to be convinced to give up their cabernet sauvignons, chardonnays and pinot noirs.
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Vietnam's Mekong Delta threatened by rising sea levels
Vietnam's Mekong Delta is under serious threat from climate change. The agricultural region, which produces half of the country’s food...
