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Thousands of Indian farmers rally against new agricultural laws
Hundreds of thousands of farmers gathered in India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, the biggest rally yet in a months-long series of ... World News -
Indian farmers to block major road outside New Delhi to mark 100th day of protests
Indian farmers who have been protesting for months against deregulation of produce markets plan to block a major expressway outside New Delhi on ... World News -
Man suspected of leading farm protest violence arrested by Indian police
Police in the Indian capital arrested a man on Tuesday accused of leading a group of farmers who clashed with police and stormed the historic Red Fort ... World News -
Poland finds first mink COVID-19 case: Agriculture ministry
Poland has found its first case of COVID-19 in mink, the agriculture ministry said, raising fears of costly culls in an industry that counts over 350 ... Coronavirus -
Indian farmer protests persist after standoff with police
Thousands of Indian farmers marched overnight to reinforce protesting colleagues camping out on the outskirts of the capital, New Delhi, to press the ... World News -
World Food Program chief highlights urgent need to support vulnerable supply chains
The head of the World Food Program said Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to strengthen vulnerable supply chains to ... Coronavirus -
Indian farmers back at protest camp, tensions rise amid Republic Day aftermath
Tens of thousands of farmers who stormed the historic Red Fort on India’s Republic Day were again camped outside the capital Wednesday after the most ... World News -
India’s Supreme Court urges government to delay farm law reforms
India’s Supreme Court on Thursday suggested that the government consider delaying implementation of new agricultural reform laws to restore a dialogue ... World News -
'We had to get our land back': Tunisian date farm proves to be quite fruitful
As revolution swept Tunisia 10 years ago, the people of Jemna saw their chance to settle a colonial-era score - seizing a 185-hectare (460-acre) date ... North Africa -
Indian farm widows protest against agricultural reforms
Hundreds of Indian women, including many widows of farmers who were believed to have killed themselves over debt, joined a protest on Wednesday ... News -
India resumes talks to break deadlock with farmers protesting over agriculture reform
Indian government ministers began talks with farmers’ leaders on Thursday to try and break a deadlock over laws passed earlier this year seeking to ... World News -
Thousands of Indian farmers protest at New Delhi border, face-off with police
India deployed hundreds of police and paramilitary forces at a New Delhi border on Saturday as thousands of farmers from neighboring states blocked ... World News -
China urges food producers to resume production amid coronavirus outbreak
China’s agriculture ministry on Thursday urged feed producers and slaughter houses to speed up the resumption of production, in a bid to ... World News -
Locust invasion destroys crops in northwest India
A massive locust invasion has destroyed thousands of hectares of crops in northwest India, authorities said, with some experts on Friday terming it ... World News -
Lebanon’s food importers face challenges paying for goods
Food producers and agro-industrialists in Lebanon are facing pressures from restrictive monetary policies and a shortage of dollars, amid an ongoing ... Business -
Egypt’s farmers tackle climate change with comedy and community
In a small village 45 minutes from the city of Assiut, in southern Egypt, a group of farmers and their families gathered to watch a theatre ... Variety -
China halts purchase of US farm products
China has halted its purchases of US agricultural products and will not rule out levying import tariffs on American farm imports purchased after ... Economy -
Chinese companies seeking new purchases of US farm products
Some Chinese companies are seeking new purchases of US agricultural products, China’s official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, citing ... Economy -
Free chickens for Syria’s struggling farmers
The Syrian government will distribute free chickens and feed to farmers to support rural areas ravaged by years of conflict, an agriculture ministry ... Variety -
‘Nobel for food’ winner tells ailing world to eat more veg
With poor diet now topping smoking as a health hazard, the world must put good nutrition over empty calories, especially in emerging Asian economies, ... Healthy Living -
Bridging Divides: Ignore farmers’ plight as they are away from our sight?
On this New Year’s Eve, I am starting a series called Bridging Divides. In this series, I will raise some challenges facing the developing world ... Middle East -
VIDEO: Afghan farmers fleeing drought face more hardship in camps
Wheat and opium farmer Murad Khan Ishaqzai, 80, has never seen a drought as bad as the one ravaging western Afghanistan where more than 250,000 people ... Economy -
US paves way to get cell-cultured ‘lab meat’ on plates
US authorities on Friday agreed on how to regulate food products cultured from animal cells -- paving the way to get so-called “lab meat” ... Healthy Living -
Houthi militias storm houses belonging to a member of Yemen negotiating team
The Houthi coup militias in Sanaa stormed on Saturday, the houses of Othman Mujali, the Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation in the Yemeni ... Gulf -
IN PICTURES: Saudi Arabia’s picturesque Tanouma cradles between greenery and fog
Surrounded by high mountains with fog and waterfalls flow throughout the year, with historical monuments, green pastures, green parks, and beautiful ... Travel and Tourism -
WATCH: Why are Spanish farmers going nuts for almonds
Surging worldwide demand for almonds is pushing Spanish farmers to replace traditional wheat and sunflower fields with almond orchards, transforming ... Economy -
IN PICTURES: The Saudi farms that produce 30,000 tons of pomegranate a year
Over 1,000 farms in Saudi valleys host about 200,000 pomegranate trees, which produce 30,000 tons of the popular fruit, all of which are located in ... Travel and Tourism -
How Iraq’s agricultural heartland is dying of thirst
One day in June, a giant irrigation pump deep in the Mosul Dam Lake sputtered briefly into life. The successful test brought a rare moment of ... Features -
VIDEO: Iraq’s treasured amber rice crop devastated by drought
Standing on his farm in southern Iraq, Amjad al-Kazaali gazed sorrowfully over fields where rice has been sown for centuries -- but which now lie bare ... Economy -
Iraq bans farming summer crops as water crisis grows dire
Iraq has banned its farmers from planting summer crops this year as the country grapples with a crippling water shortage that shows few signs of ... Features