Farmers

Farmers

A nihang or Sikh warrior sits on makeshift bunker at a protest site where farmers are marching towards New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at Shambhu Barrier, a border between Punjab and Haryana states, India, February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

With spears and shields, India's Nihang Sikh warriors join farmers' protest

The farmers, who are also mainly Sikhs and who hail from the northern state of Punjab, are demanding higher prices for their crops, and began marching to the capital Delhi earlier this month to...

Farmers attempt to march to the frontline of a protest, at a site where there are farmers who are marching towards New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at Shambhu barrier, a border between Punjab and Haryana states, India, February 18, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

India offers protesting farmers support prices on corn, cotton, pulses

Workers harvest cantaloupe at a farm in California, on 13 July 2023. Photo: Bloomberg

War, extreme weather and aging workers makes farming a tough job

Trolleys belonging to farmers, who are marching towards New Delhi to press for better crop prices promised to them in 2021, are parked on a national highway at Shambhu, a border crossing between Punjab and Haryana states, India, February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Indian farmers to postpone protest march to Delhi as talks with govt continue

Police officers and workers erect a barricade on a national highway to stop farmers, who are marching towards New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Ghaziabad, India, February 12, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Indian police block roads to halt farmers marching to New Delhi

Agriculture Secretary Wahida Akter addressing a regional workshop of Program on Agriculture and Rural Transformation for Nutrition Entrepreneurship and Resilience in Bangladesh (PATNER) at the conference room of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Cumilla on 21 Jan. Photo: UNB

2.27cr farmer families will get smart cards: Agriculture secretary

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Farmers' investments fail to match returns: Study

Farmers prefer urea over other fertilisers because it makes leaves greener and plants grow faster. Photo: Reuters

Small scale farmers receive only 0.12% of total international public climate finance in Bangladesh: Report

The Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture and the US Department of Agriculture cohosted the “Dialogue on the Nexus of Climate Smart Agriculture and Innovative Biotechnology” on Monday (11 September). Photo: Courtesy

Innovative biotech stressed for farmers’ climate change adaptation 

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Revolutionising poultry farming: Contract growers embrace enhanced practices

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Marginal farms unsustainable with egg price below Tk13: Poultry Association

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Better profit and productivity: Poultry farmers flourish through contract farming support

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Maize farmers repay 100% under project initiated by iFarmer, UCB