Farmers

Farmers are individuals or businesses engaged in the practice of agriculture, cultivating crops and raising livestock for food, fiber, and other products.

Why it’s in the news: They are in the news due to being significantly impacted by extreme weather events, geopolitical conflicts, and technological innovations affecting their livelihoods and production.

Latest on Farmers

• Deadly heat pushes Japan’s farmers to go nocturnal
• Former Chua Chu Kang MP Tang See Chim, advocate for displaced farmers, dies at 94
• Ukraine’s farmers despair as Russia’s Black Sea blockade traps their harvest
• Italy’s record-low Po River forces farmers to weigh crop switch
• How China’s ‘magic’ rice seeds are transforming the fortunes of Nigerian farmers
• Lithium mining for green power triggers eco-outcry from South African farmers

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