Brazil says free of bird flu, will resume poultry exports
Brasília (AFP) - Brazil said Wednesday it was free of bird flu, paving the way for it to resume chicken ...
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Rice prices Japan’s hot political issue, on and off the farm
Sanjō (Japan) (AFP) - All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, ...
Aiming a blow at narcos, Colombia pays farmers to uproot coca
Argelia (Colombia) (AFP) - With cocaine production at an all-time high, Colombia's government is testing a pacific approach to its ...
Ecuador apologizes to farm workers deemed to live like slaves
Quito (AFP) - Ecuador's government apologized Saturday to some 300 people who worked as farmers for a Japanese textile firm ...
Recycling contaminated soil from Fukushima: Japan’s dilemma
Iitate (Japan) (AFP) - To reduce radiation across Japan's northern Fukushima region after the 2011 nuclear disaster, authorities scraped a ...
‘Moving forward’: the Gen-Z farmer growing Fukushima kiwis
Okuma (Japan) (AFP) - A short drive from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site, novice farmer Takuya Haraguchi tends to his ...
Ecuador apologizes to farm workers deemed to live like slaves
Quito (AFP) - Ecuador's government apologized Saturday to some 300 people who worked as farmers for a Japanese textile firm ...
New to South Africa, saffron holds promise
Graaff Reinet (South Africa) (AFP) - Livestock farmer Joe Kroon turned to saffron in desperation when drought threatened his livelihood ...
Zimbabwe’s farmers push on as land grab compensation flounders
Kwekwe (Zimbabwe) (AFP) - In a field of paprika plants in the heart of Zimbabwe, fourth-generation farmer Daniel Burger and ...
Fears for crops as drought hits northern Europe
Paris (AFP) - Parts of northern Europe have seen their worst drought in decades in recent weeks, with farmers from ...
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