Tag: farmers
Philippine coconut farmers express hope new government to release coco levy...
About 3.5 million coconut farming families are seen to benefit from the coconut levy funds
After 34 years of Philippines’ agrarian reform law, farmers continue to...
“It’s not only about land distribution, but the condition that the farmers are in now. Are they tilling their own lands?”
Rights groups call for release of arrested activists, farmers in Philippine...
“We condemn these dirty tactics that seem bent on sabotaging the distribution of the 200-hectare sugarcane estate to rightful beneficiaries"
North Korea investigates farmers for unregistered cattle
Owning a cow without registering it with the government is a crime in North Korea
SPOTLIGHT: “We didn’t die from COVID, but certainly, we are all...
Seva Kendra Silchar, a Catholic social service initiative is empowering women in India to cultivate their way out of poverty and starvation
Asian farmers turn to drones, apps for labor, climate challenges
Falling technology costs, labor shortages are driving popularity of digital tools to improve crop yields, farm incomes in Asia
Start ups bringing Pakistan’s farming into digital age
Agriculture entrepreneurs are bringing the digital age to Pakistan's farmers, helping them plan crops better and distribute their produce
35 years after massacre of Filipino farmers, struggle for agrarian reform...
Every time poor farmers attempt to pursue their claims for land reform, they are attacked by state security forces and goons
Thai farmers fear loss of land to mega industrial zone
The Eastern Economic Corridor is key to Thailand's growth, but residents fear it will hurt the environment and their livelihood
India’s Catholics welcome end of farmers’ protests
Catholics said the farmers showed their determination to carry on with the struggle “with a strong faith in non-violence”
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