farmers
Finance Ministry provides LE1.1 bln to buy local wheat from farmers
Egypt
April 4, 2022
Finance Ministry provides LE1.1 bln to buy local wheat from farmers
Finance Minister Mohamed Maait announced that LE1.1 billion will be provided to the General Authority For Supply Commodities and the…
Farmer anger will test Modi as India’s ‘grain bowl’ votes
World
February 20, 2022
Farmer anger will test Modi as India’s ‘grain bowl’ votes
FATEHGARH SAHIB, India (AP) — Amandeep Kaur Dholewal rose from a traditional Indian cot and began speaking to a small…
Iranian farmers protest, demand water be released from dam
Middle East
November 19, 2021
Iranian farmers protest, demand water be released from dam
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of farmers in central Iran joined a protest on Friday demanding authorities open a dam…
Protesting Indian farmers vow to amass more supporters outside capital Delhi
World
February 21, 2021
Protesting Indian farmers vow to amass more supporters outside capital Delhi
BARNALA, India (Reuters) – More than 100,000 farmers and farm workers gathered in India’s northern Punjab state on Sunday in…
Indian police arrest man suspected of leading farm protest violence
World
February 9, 2021
Indian police arrest man suspected of leading farm protest violence
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Police in the Indian capital arrested a man on Tuesday accused of leading a group of…
Tractors, trucks block India’s roads as farm protests widen
World
February 6, 2021
Tractors, trucks block India’s roads as farm protests widen
KUNDLI, India (Reuters) – Thousands of farmers across India blocked roads on Saturday with makeshift tents, tractors, trucks and boulders…
Protesting farmers return to camp after storming Indian fort
World
January 27, 2021
Protesting farmers return to camp after storming Indian fort
NEW DELHI (AP) — Leaders of a protest movement sought Wednesday to distance themselves from a day of violence when…
Indian farm protesters battle police to plant flags at historic Red Fort
World
January 26, 2021
Indian farm protesters battle police to plant flags at historic Red Fort
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades on Tuesday to enter the historic…
Pandemic pushes Peru’s vital peasant farmers to the brink
World
November 28, 2020
Pandemic pushes Peru’s vital peasant farmers to the brink
PISAC, Peru (AP) — Under a punishing Andean sun, Nazario Quispe digs his plow into the soil where he is…
Fire-hit Australian farmers vow to rise from the ashes
World
January 9, 2020
Fire-hit Australian farmers vow to rise from the ashes
Steve Bellchambers is digging pits to bury the carcasses of livestock killed by bushfires which swept through his farm in…