India police use tear gas on farmers demanding higher crop prices
New Delhi, India Reuters Police in India fired tear gas on Tuesday at hundreds of farmers and their supporters during a protest march towards New Delhi to pressure the government to honour a promise it made in 2021 to pay more for crops. The march is the latest in a series of similar protests which […]
Indian police block roads to halt farmers marching to New Delhi
New Delhi, India Reuters Indian police on Monday blocked roads to halt farmers who were marching to New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021 when thousands of growers camped out on major highways leading to the country’s capital. Some government ministers are expected to meet farm union leaders […]
Farmers block Dutch-Belgian border as protests spread across Europe
Brussels, Belgium Reuters Farmers blocked the Dutch-Belgian border and occupied roads in Greece on Friday, while a Polish union announced plans to shut border crossings with Ukraine as European protests over prices and red tape spread. Protests have erupted in several countries, exposing anger about low prices for produce, rising costs, cheap imports and constraints […]
Farmer protests spread in Europe ahead of EU summit
Jossigny, France/Brussels, Belgium Reuters French and Belgian farmers angry about rising costs, EU environmental policies and cheap food imports blocked highways and access roads to a major container port on Tuesday as the protests spread across Europe. In France, farmers, who have been protesting for over two weeks, stepped up their pressure on the government […]
Delayed by war, Gaza’s olive harvest is too little, too late, say farmers
GazaReuters Farmers in Gaza were taking advantage of the truce between Israel and Hamas to harvest what was left of their olives after weeks of fighting during which they dared not go to their lands for fear of getting killed. In a normal year the harvest would have started weeks earlier, but until the truce […]
“Pan-European questions”: Greek floods and fires expose Europe’s frail climate defences
ANGELIKI KOUTANTOU and RENEE MALTEZOU, of Reuters, report from Greece…
Islamist militants behead at least 10 farmers in Nigeria’s Borno state – residents
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters Islamist militants have beheaded at least 10 farmers in Nigeria’s northern state of Borno after attacking their farms, residents said on Monday. Last week, militants killed at least 25 people and wounded others in attacks on two villages in Borno state, a hotbed for insurgency and the center of a more than […]
Sudan conflict: Fighting leaves farmers struggling to get crops planted
SARAH EL SAFTY, KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NAFISA ELTAHIR, of Reuters, report…
Shortages exacerbate hardships: Ukraine farms lose workers to war, complicating a tough harvest
ELIZABETH PIPER and PAVEL POLITYUK, of Reuters, report on the impact staff shortages is having on farmers during critical sowing and harvesting periods…
Some people living near Colombian volcano are loath to evacuate
Bogota, ColombiaReuters Colombia’s government is trying to speed up the evacuation of some 2,500 families living closest to the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, which is being monitored for a possible eruption, but some residents are refusing to leave. The volcano’s eruption in 1985 killed more than 25,000 people in Colombia’s biggest-ever natural disaster, with avalanches […]