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Black farmers look to next Congress, Biden to dismantle ‘culture of discrimination’
Groups representing Black farmers said they are especially hoping that Biden’s Agriculture Department will follow through on his campaign pledges.…
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How hybrid maize helps farmers get through dry spells
I’ve been a farmer for six years, mainly of maize, but also coffee and sweet potatoes. Two years ago, I…
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How technology might finally start telling farmers things they didn’t already know
As a machine operator for the robotics startup FarmWise, Diego Alcántar spends each day walking behind a hulking robot that…
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Will Modi bend? India’s farmers dig in against reform
Issued on: 17/12/2020 – 20:33 Has Narendra Modi met his match? For nearly a month, farmers have dug in for…
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Arya raises $21M to provide farmers in India finance and post-harvest services – TechCrunch
Only about a third of the yields Indian farmers produce reaches the big markets. Those whose produce makes it there…
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Black farmers, civil rights advocates seething over Vilsack pick
Biden chose Vilsack because he wanted someone at USDA with deep knowledge of the department’s operations and who can immediately…
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Indian farmers intensify protests, testing Modi’s promised market miracle
If Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government calculated that the pandemic would enable it to rush through reforms deregulating the…
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India’s Farmers Protest and Burn Fields in Challenge to Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI — Before India’s farmers rose up in anger, presenting an increasingly difficult challenge to a government already grappling…
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Scores killed in massacre of farmers in Nigeria
Issued on: 30/11/2020 – 23:03 In tonight’s edition: Thousands of Nigerians displaced by an islamist insurgency are encouraged to return home…
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Angry Farmers Choke India’s Capital in Giant Demonstrations
NEW DELHI — Mewa Singh said he wasn’t going anywhere. On Monday afternoon, Mr. Singh, who farms a small plot…
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