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MADRID, Feb 21, 2024 (AFP) – Hundreds of tractors rolled into Madrid Wednesday for fresh protests by Spanish farmers angered by what they say is unfair competition, with similar moves taking place in France, Poland and Greece. Spain’s Union of Unions syndicate rallied farmers at the crack of dawn, demanding fair product prices and competition with non-EU importers, AFP reporters said. “We have to protest in Madrid, because that’s where everyone is,” said Jose Angel […]
By Myriam LEMETAYER, Tom BARFIELD PARIS, Feb 1, 2024 (AFP) – France’s government offered a slew of new concessions Thursday to farmers, hoping to calm anger behind tractor blockades of major roads nationwide. Farmers have been out in force for more than a week in protests triggered by an agricultural fuel duty hike, complaining their pay is squeezed, taxes are too high and regulations too onerous. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said he wanted to “better […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe said Tuesday that only foreign farmers protected by international investment treaties qualified to retrieve land seized by the government two decades ago. Former president Robert Mugabe launched land reforms in 2000, grabbing parcels from 4,000 white farmers on the grounds that he was reversing historical land ownership imbalances that favoured the minority whites. On Monday, the government said white farmers could apply to regain the titles to their land. Information ministry […]
(Eagle News) –Consumers can now order their needed fruits, vegetables and other agricultural produce online and direct from the farmers and agripreneurs themselves. This was made possible after the Department of Agriculture (DA) and private sector partners launched on May 4, the “eKadiwa,” an online marketing platform that directly links producers and agripreneurs to consumers. It’s an innovation introduced by the DA amid the COVID-19 pandemic that will help both farmers and other agricultural […]
(Eagle News)–Leftist lawmakers on Sunday, March 31, slammed the killing of 14 people in Negros Oriental in separate police operations on Saturday, March 30. “The state-sanctioned terror act should be condemned by all sectors as [President Rodrigo] Duterte and his warmonger minions are hell bent to impose martial rule in a nationwide scale,” Anakpawis partlyist Rep. Ariel Casilao said, saying the President’s Memorandum Circular 32 which sought to increase troops in provinces where there is […]
Kabataan slams killings; says many killed were farmers (Eagle News)–Fourteen people were killed in separate police operations in Negros Oriental on Saturday, March 30. A report from the Philippine National Police said eight were killed in Canlaon, four in Manjuyod and two in Sta. Catalina. The report identified the fatalities as Gene Palmares, Eric Acabal, Ano Enojo Rapada, Gonzalo Rosales, Steve Arapoc, Manolo Martin, Sunny Palagtiw, Franklin Lariosa, Melchor Panared, Mario Pañares, Edgardo Avelino and […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that allows farmers holding agricultural free patents to sell their land or use it as collateral without restrictions. Republic Act 11231, or the Agricultural Free Patent Reform Act, signed by Duterte on Feb. 22, essentially amends the Commonwealth Act 141 or the Public Land Use Act which prohibits land owners from selling and mortgaging their land within the first five years of the patent grants. The time restriction allows […]
(Eagle News) –The country’s economic managers assured farmers they would have the necessary assistance to protect them from the possible adverse effects of the lifting of the quantitative restrictions on rice imports under the Rice Tariffication Law. Budget Benjamin Diokno said at least P5 billion has been released under the 2018 national budget for this purpose. He said this was apart from the P5 billion in Special Allotment Release Order issued to the Department of […]
MOROCCAN (AFP)- Saffron farmers in southern Morocco have long taken pride in the coveted spice they produce from the purple-petalled Crocus sativus, but some are worried knockoff versions are threatening their business. “The pure saffron of Taliouine is the best in the world, according to experts,” local grower Barhim Afezzaa boasted, proudly noting his spice’s designation of origin (PDO) label. But the 51-year-old is worried that “counterfeit” crops are tarnishing Taliouine’s reputation and its PDO […]
(Eagle News) — Tutol ang National Food Authority (NFA) sa Region 1 sa isinusulong na Rice Tarrification Bill na pumasa na sa Bicameral conference committee kamakailan. Ayon kay NFA Region 1 Director Jaime Hadlocon, hindi sila payag na mabawasan ang trabaho o responsibilidad ng kagawaran sa ilalim ng nasabing batas. Dapat aniyang malaman ng mga mambabatas na kailangang-kailangan ng mga magsasaka ang NFA para sa kanilang karapatan. “Ang ating mga mamamayang Filipino ay niloloko ang […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s pins-in-punnets strawberry crisis prompted a spate of social-media driven hoaxes, but sites like Facebook and Twitter are also helping stir a revival in sales that has left some farmers struggling to meet resurgent demand. For almost two weeks, reports of pins and needles being found in fruit across Australia have delivered a gut punch to industry, set grocery-shoppers on edge and left police struggling to […]
Langkat, Indonesia (AFP)- Indonesian palm oil farmer Kawal Surbakti says his livelihood is under attack, but the threat is not from insects or hungry orangutans eating his prized crop. Half a world away, the European Parliament is moving to ban the use of palm oil in biofuels, while British grocer Iceland has announced it will stop using the commodity over concerns that it causes widespread environmental destruction. Losing the key European market worries small farmers like Surbakti and […]
