Malaysian farmers warn of threats to country’s seed and food sovereignty
Malaysian farmers warn against dangers posed by joining International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plant (UPOV), which imposes strict restrictions on saving and using seeds.
Dispatches from India: Farmers lead country-wide shutdown
We take a look at a national shut-down organised by the farmers’ movement and trade unions, protests demanding unemployment and against last year’s labor laws, and the latest in the COVID-19 situation
Police crackdown leaves one farmer dead in Pakistan
Malik Ashfaq Langarial died in hospital on Wednesday after the police dispersed a sit-in by farmers in Lahore in Pakistan. The farmers were demanding a better price for their produce such as wheat and sugarcane
We must make sure hunger does not emerge as a bigger killer
We talk to Vijoo Krishnan on the issues being faced by Indian farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic and the steps the government needs to take.
PepsiCo boycott campaign results in company offering out-of-court settlement to farmers
A boycott campaign was launched against the US food and beverage company PepsiCo after it sued nine Gujarati farmers over patent rights
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- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
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