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Tag: Farming

German farmers: Ukraine membership would spell end of EU farming system

18/11/202318/11/2023 - Leave a Comment

Following last week’s recommendation by the European Commission to open formal accession talks with Ukraine, Joachim Rukwied, the president of the German Farmers’ Association (DBV), warned of its consequences on the …

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Environment plan for England asks farmers to restore nature – but changes are likely to be superficial

04/02/2023 - Leave a Comment

The UK government’s environment improvement plan pledges to restore 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) of wildlife-rich habitat, create or expand 25 national parks, invest in the recovery of hedgehogs and …

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China’s uncertain wheat harvest engenders fear for global economy

13/05/2022 - Leave a Comment

Deluges and strict lockdowns in China have disrupted farming in a way that country’s winter wheat harvest next month remains one of the big uncertainties in a global economy that is already struggling with high commodity …

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A Puerto Rican recipe for food sovereignty

26/03/202204/07/2022 - Leave a Comment

Georges Félix tells why farmers in the Caribbean are turning down dependency and taking up the yoke. The foods we choose to consume and the strategies we use to produce …

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The ‘potato crisis’ at the heart of Algeria’s imploding economy

21/01/2022 - Leave a Comment

Algeria is facing a multifaceted crisis, one of the most serious since the North African country gained independence in 1962. Boiling social and economic unrest has combined with continuing political …

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Rainbow Trout Aquaculture in Nepal: Promise Amid Shocks

05/02/2021 - Leave a Comment

The 2015 Gorkha earthquake was a singular natural disaster that has defined Nepal’s economic development in the latter half of the 2010s. Hit particularly hard by the earthquake was the …

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Returning to the Roots of Community Resilience in Hawai‘i

04/02/202108/05/2021 - Leave a Comment

“There are four things you should know,” says David Fuertes to the youths he mentors. “You should know your origins, because your ancestors have paved the way. You should know …

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Community-supported agriculture is thriving during the pandemic

28/04/202001/05/2020 - Leave a Comment

Small farms are seeing an avalanche of sudden growth, and trying to ramp up to meet it. The CSA (community-supported agriculture) model—where an upfront membership fee gets you a weekly …

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Eastern Europeans flown in for ‘vital’ jobs on UK, German farms

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Seasonal workers from Romania were flown into the United Kingdom on a special charter flight on Thursday evening to help fill a huge shortage of workers to pick fruits and vegetables on the …

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The lie of the land

02/04/202002/10/2021 - Leave a Comment

Is small holding the future of farming? Nick Meynen reports from Flanders’ field. There’s a fast-spreading farming model that gives farmers hope, spares soils and cures our climate. Belgium farmer, …

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