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The people of Damoh district in Madhya Pradesh have been facing an acute shortage of fertilisers, including urea, which has caused frustration among the farmers. A recent video has gone viral on social media, showing desperate farmers looting bags of fertiliser from a truck. This incident highlights the mismanagement in
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The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is intensifying its call for action from Congress and the administration as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's World Agriculture and Supply and Demand Estimates report projects a record 16.7-billion-bushel corn crop this year. This projected crop, coupled with record-low corn
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Wengeng Town in Inner Mongolia's Urad Middle Banner has been actively promoting grassland ecological protection and increasing herders' incomes in recent years. By leveraging the "courtyard economy" approach, which combines specialized livestock farming with ecological benefits, the town has helped herders transform their business models
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Pig diseases are spreading quickly across Vietnam, causing significant damage to the livestock industry and threatening the essential food supply. According to recent reports, the Central region has been hit hard, with large numbers of pigs infected and forced to be destroyed. In Da Nang, the number of infected pigs
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Haiti's agriculture sector faces significant challenges, with low-quality seeds being a major concern for farmers. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is working with the Ministry of Agriculture in Haiti to localize the seed economy through the Groupements de Production Artisanale de Semences (GPAS) program. This initiative aims
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins recently visited Nebraska to discuss the state's economic challenges, particularly in the agricultural sector. The visit came after a severe storm on Saturday, which highlighted the vulnerabilities of farmers in the region. Rollins met with the state's congressional delegation, including U.S.
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Amid increasing pressure from US tariffs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to have rediscovered his concern for farmers, promising to protect their interests, despite his government's past actions against them. In a recent statement at an international conference, Modi declared that India would never compromise on farmers'
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Ukrainian farmers have achieved a significant milestone in the harvest season, with almost 20 million tons of grain and leguminous crops already harvested. According to the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, as of August 8, 2025, 19,909,800 tons of early grain and leguminous crops have been harvested
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The Government of Para, through the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company of the State of Para (Emater-Para), has been working to promote agricultural production and provide technical assistance to riverside farmers in government programs. This effort aims to increase access to rural credit and federal public policies, such as
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi reinforced his government's unwavering commitment to the country's agricultural producers, effectively signaling to the US that concessions on agricultural imports were non-negotiable. The statement came on the backdrop of stalled bilateral trade talks between India and the US, with
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The government has received over 500 applications from farmers and livestock breeders for financial aid in the form of "reactivation plans" in the wake of the wildfire that tore through the Limassol district last month. Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou stated that the measures announced by the government have
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The SAARC Development Fund has launched the AquaLivelihood Project, a three-year initiative to uplift smallholder fish farmers and improve nutrition security across the region. The project, valued at $3.97 million, will directly benefit over 120,000 rural households, 30% of whom are women, across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and
