World food prices dip 2% in 2024: FAO
Paris (AFP) - World food commodity prices declined by 2. 1 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, the ...
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Ecuadoran workers accuse ‘monster’ Japanese company of exploitation
Quito (AFP) - Ex-employees of a Japanese textile company in Ecuador told Tuesday of their dire living and working conditions, ...
‘Huge demand’: Portugal dreams of becoming medical cannabis hub
Serpa (Portugal) (AFP) - "We should be the new El Dorado of medical cannabis production," said agronomist Jose Martins as ...
The farm fires helping to fuel India’s deadly air
Jind (India) (AFP) - Blazing flames light the sky as Indian farmer Ali Sher burns his fields to clear them ...
Global wine output to hit lowest level since 1961
Paris (AFP) - Global wine production is set to fall again this year to its lowest level since 1961 due ...
French farmers wall off public buildings in protest over regulations
Paris (AFP) - French farmers blocked off entrances to two public buildings in Paris on Thursday in protest at "constraints" imposed ...
Carrefour attempts damage control against Brazil ‘boycott’
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - French supermarket group Carrefour attempted Tuesday to end a supplier "boycott" of its stores in ...
Brazil minister says supports meat supplier ‘boycott’ of Carrefour
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazil's agriculture minister on Monday threw his support behind national meat suppliers that have halted ...
French farmers lift border blockade after talks with PM
Paris (AFP) - French farmers protesting pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal on Wednesday lifted a ...
French farmers threaten ‘chaos’ over proposed EU-Mercosur deal
Paris (AFP) - French farmers stepped up their protests Tuesday against a proposed trade pact between the European Union and ...
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