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    Virus sparks boom for local farmers in import-dependent Hong Kong

    Virus sparks boom for local farmers in import-dependent Hong Kong

    06 Apr 2020

    After a coronavirus-fuelled wave of panic-buying briefly left Hong Kong's supermarket shelves bare, residents are turning to local producers for fresh food in a city almost entirely reliant on...

    In Costa Rica, farmers destroy flowers as coronavirus spoils exports

    In Costa Rica, farmers destroy flowers as coronavirus spoils exports

    02 Apr 2020

    Costa Rican Flower farmers have started destroying lilies, roses and chrysanthemums they have lovingly tended for months after the coronavirus outbreak led to the suspension of flights to markets...

    Panic buying, lockdowns may drive world food inflation, warns FAO

    Panic buying, lockdowns may drive world food inflation, warns FAO

    22 Mar 2020

    Lockdowns and panic food buying due to the coronavirus pandemic could ignite world food inflation even though there are ample supplies of staple grains and oilseeds in key exporting nations,...

    Pakistani farmers struggle to combat devastating locust plague

    Pakistani farmers struggle to combat devastating locust plague

    05 Mar 2020

    Pakistan's farmers are struggling to combat the worst locust plague in nearly three decades as insect swarms decimate entire harvests in the country's agricultural heartlands and send food prices...

    China farmers, firms feel worry as customers stay at home due to virus outbreak

    China farmers, firms feel worry as customers stay at home due to virus outbreak

    05 Feb 2020

     Li Zimin, a Strawberry farmer in Jiujiang, a Chinese city usually experiences peak season during the beginning of the year. With the case of coronavirus epidemic that has killed...

    Livelihoods impacted by climate change

    Livelihoods impacted by climate change

    03 Dec 2019

    A study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Guwahati has found that farmers are the most sensitive to climate change, followed by drivers and street food sellers in...

    Argentina’s wheat farmers hit hard by drought in key areas

    Argentina’s wheat farmers hit hard by drought in key areas

    10 Nov 2019

    Argentina’s wheat farmers hit hard by drought in some of the key farming areas. Wheat yields nationwide had been expected at 3.2 tonnes per hectare. But the drought knocked that...

    Australia offers drought ravaged farmers $688.10m in cheap loans

    Australia offers drought ravaged farmers $688.10m in cheap loans

    07 Nov 2019

    Australia will offer farmers hurt by drought up to A$1 billion ($688.10 million) in cheap loans, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, as the government seeks to curb rising...

    Australia pledges $68 million more in aid to drought-stricken farmers

    Australia pledges $68 million more in aid to drought-stricken farmers

    27 Sep 2019

    Australia will set aside an additional A$100 million ($68 million) to support drought-stricken farmers as continued dry weather threatens business for many growers, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on...

    Shah’s ‘one nation, one language’ idea draws fury

    Shah’s ‘one nation, one language’ idea draws fury

    14 Sep 2019

    Nirmala Joseph Prominent south Indian leaders have flayed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s proposal for “one nation, one language” formula. Shah pitched the idea on Saturday on the occasion...

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