NEW DELHI (AP) : India’s top court on Tuesday temporarily put on hold the implementation of agricultural reform laws and … More
Tag: Farmers
Month on, women hold the fort at India farmer protests
NEW DELHI (AP) : The men arrived first. And they arrived with a bang. Tens of thousands of them, marching … More
Indian PM makes fresh appeal to farmers protesting over new laws
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (Dec 25) offered to hold fresh talks to end a stalemate … More
Struggling Syrian farmers turn to tropical fern for fodder
Syria’s economic crisis has driven up food prices by 249 percent, with the cost of animal fodder also rising sharply, … More
India farmers intensify protests as deadlock over new farming laws continues
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (REUTERS) : Tens of thousands of Indian farmers on Sunday (Dec 13) intensified their protests against three new agricultural … More
Durian farmers’ incomes rise after improving quality, yield
TIỀN GIANG – Farmers in Cai Lậy District, the largest durian producer in Tiền Giang Province, have raised their income … More
National Strike Intensifies Protests Against New India Farm Laws
Tens of thousands of farmers across India took to the streets Tuesday during a nationwide strike demanding the scrapping of … More
Angry Indian farmers are ‘ready to die’ in showdown with Modi
NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) – As India’s coronavirus numbers swell and the economy stumbles, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has another crisis … More
Indian government to meet protesting farmers again as talks continue
NEW DELHI: A fourth round of talks between the Indian government and 40 farmers’ unions over divisive farm laws failed to … More
Angry Indian farmers besiege capital in trucks
NEW DELHI (AP) : Instead of cars, the normally busy highway on the outskirts of New Delhi that connects most … More
The Cameron Highlands farmers supplying ethical, organic produce to Singapore
A collective of farmers growing cold-climate European herbs, vegetables and edible flowers in Cameron Highlands, Weeds & More is proving … More
Water already dwindling, Egypt’s farmers fear impact of dam
SECOND VILLAGE, Egypt (AP) — In the winter of 1964, Makhluf Abu Kassem was born in this agricultural community newly … More
Spice is right as Indonesian startups eye value in vanill
JAKARTA: Indonesian Sofa Arbiyanto had a manufacturing job in South Korea two years ago when he learned about the high … More
Farmers walk 1,800km to Jakarta in protest
JAKARTA: A group of 170 farmers walked more than 1,800km to demand that President Joko Widodo resolve a land dispute … More
Philippines : Job loss the greatest fear in a new world order
In his commentary, the writer says that many of the unemployable in an IT world could transition to agriculture as … More
Kundasang Farmers Overcome MCO Challenges
KOTA KINABALU (Bernama) : It was a double blow for Hali Lasin when his two sources of income were badly … More
NST Leader: Food, a big think
We do not even produce enough to meet our needs. Take three common food on an average Malaysian table. We farm only 70 per cent of the rice we eat.
