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Soaring fuel prices in the US have added thousands of dollars to farmers’ costs this year, according to Ty Higgins, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Agriculture. He told Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency this week that record-high diesel prices have resulted in the cost of sowing crops to double. …

The rush to impose sanctions on Russia, and the departure of scores of companies from the country, following the launch of the military operation in Ukraine was done with a specific calculus: To devastate the Russian economy. However, in a globalized world where everything is linked, all actions have consequences. …

Riot police fired volleys of tear gas, while protesters hurled stones and firecrackers, and used large garbage containers to set up makeshift barricades. Security forces were ultimately forced to retreat as farmers from a group called the Self-Defense Committee took over the market in the Villa Fatima neighborhood, where 90% …

Tens of thousands of farmers from the states of Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh have been protesting for over 100 days after the Indian parliament passed highly controversial new legislation last September.  The 50-year-old was named by a national farmers union as father of two, Rajveer Singh, from the Hisar …

Disha Ravi, a young activist from Bangalore, was taken into custody over the weekend and charged with sedition and criminal conspiracy on grounds that she was a “key conspirator” in creating and disseminating the toolkit, which police say advocated “disaffection with the Indian state” and “economic, social, cultural and regional …

India is rapidly becoming one of the most strategically significant countries in the world. With a vast population of 1.3 billion, it is now the anchor of the western ‘Indo-Pacific’ jargon, a vision that, as declassified White House papers set out, seeks to promote the “rise of India” as a …

Dozens of agricultural vehicles drove through the streets of the German capital on Friday, passing by Alexanderplatz, the Brandenburg Gate, and the Victory Column. The tractors and semis were carrying slogans like “Agriculture needs a future,”“When right becomes wrong, resistance becomes duty,” and “Schulze is getting rid of us.” The …

Day October 13, agrarians of Russia began with the greetings of Russian President Vladimir Putin on their professional holiday. Voicing warm wishes, the President elaborated on the importance of workers Agrosphere for every Russian citizen and the country as a whole.   First and foremost, sustainable development of agriculture in …

Tens of millions of Kazakhstani tenge loses agricultural science due to the bad practice of paying royalties (the royalties) breeders who create new varieties of crops. Given that the state scientists will nedofinansiruetsja, they have no incentive to work. At this time, the demand for quality seeds in the domestic …

The US President Donald trump will allocate $16 billion to support American farmers, who have to compete with the supply of agricultural products from China.   The American Ministry of agriculture has drawn up a plan of direct payments in the amount of $14.5 billion in three tranches, starting from …