[ad_1] OVIEDO: Across Europe, farmers have jammed roads, burned tyres and dumped manure in protest at a host of pressures threatening their livelihoods and way of life. In the province of Asturias, Spain, authorities are preparing for worse. Last spring, in an unprecedented conflagration there, nearly 300 wildfires leapt across …
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[ad_1] Indian security forces fired tear gas on Tuesday to stop thousands of farmers demanding minimum crop prices from marching on the capital New Delhi after talks with the government failed. Local broadcasters showed thick clouds of tear gas fired to disperse protesters near Ambala, about 200 kilometres north of …
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[ad_1] New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after assuming office, had said that the farmers’ income should be doubled. The Government has made plans in this direction, doors have also been thrown open to private investment and technology in the agriculture sector. The Narendra Modi government in the recent …
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The cabinet has aired serious concerns over alleged fleecing of farmers by fertiliser manufacturers despite getting heavy subsidy on gas supply. According to sources, the cabinet in a recent meeting noted that a high subsidy was being given to fertiliser companies, but its impact was not being passed …
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[ad_1] LAHORE: Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) President Khalid Mahmood Khokhar has said that urea shortage is being faced by farmers as its consumption is estimated at 6.7 million tons per annum following an increase in plantation area and growing use of the commodity in cereal and cotton crops. Talking to …
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