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Doha, Qatar:Minister of Municipality H E Eng. Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Attiyah participated in the Berlin Conference of Agriculture Minister...

Farming has always been hard work. Machinery and technology made big improvements but come at a huge cost. Each year fewer people step into the shoes of their ancestors. Why is that?

German farmers continued their series of protests on Saturday calling for a sustainable agriculture policy outside where the Berlin International Green Week is being held. Representatives of an alliance calling itself "We are fed up!" handed a note of protest to Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir entitled "Stop injustice and hunger ­ strengthen farmers' rights around the world." It contained criticism of government hesitancy in planning and financing reforms to a...

A thousand German farmers continued their series of protests on Saturday calling for more environmental and animal protection and opposing genetic engineering and unfair prices. Several hundred people gathered in front of the governing Social Democratic Party headquarters at midday for the start of the agricultural demonstration, police said. Some 1,000 demonstrators with several dozen tractors marched from there to the chancellery in Berlin's government district, to the sound of honking ho...

How much should a liter of milk cost? How much is a schnitzel worth? Food is comparatively inexpensive in Germany — and it's farmers who pay the price. At the Green Week agricultural fair, that price is a hot topic.

ROUNDUP 2: BASF comes under greater pressure - investors with dividend hopes LUDWIGSHAFEN - The chemical company BASF is coming under increasing pressure due to weak demand and high costs....

BERLIN, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The International Green Week, a leading trade fair for food, agriculture and horticulture, opened to visitors on Friday in the German capital Berlin amidst protests by farmers against planned subsidy cuts.

Chip maker TSMC counts on an upswing in the new year - 2023 ends unexpectedly well HSINCHU - The Taiwanese chip company TSMC has ended a difficult 2023 on an unexpectedly strong note. The...

The leader of the German Farmers' Association has threatened further protests from Monday if government plans to cut agricultural subsidies for diesel fuel are not reversed. "We don't even need to ask the farmers. They keep calling and asking: 'Is anything moving? If nothing moves, we'll take to the streets again," Joachim Rukwied said on Thursday, ahead of a key government budget committee meeting scheduled for the evening. The conflict over government plans to pha...

The European Commission, despite the protestations of European countries neighboring Ukraine, is preparing a draft resolution to extend the duty-free mechanism for Ukrainian exports through mid-2025, Ukrainian media reported, citing an interview with Polish Minister of Agriculture Czeslaw Siekierski in Business Insider.