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| Mar.27 |
 Madagascar |
Madagascar hit by plague of locusts A severe plague of locusts has infested about half of Madagascar, threatening crops and raising concerns about food shortages
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| Mar.15 |
 New Zealand |
NZ hit by worst drought in 30 years A drought has been declared on the entire North Island of New Zealand. Farmers are especially hard hit
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| Feb.10 |
France |
 Horsemeat scandal widens across EU| French consumer, agriculture and food ministers are to hold crisis talks with key players in the meat industry as the horsemeat scandal widens | |
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| Jun.8 |
Eastern Germany |
Tons of fresh produce trashed in Germany  Werder Frucht's workers empty crate after crate of vine-ripened vegetables into a giant garbage container on the company's premises
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| Jun.5 |
Hamburg |
E. coli 'linked' to German farm Map of Uelzen West Germany| A farm in northern Germany has been identified as the most likely source of many of the infections in the outbreak | |
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Germany |
Beansprouts 'likely E.coli cause'| Locally grown beansprouts are suspected to be the source of an E.coli outbreak that has left at least 21 people dead | |
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| Jan.6 |
West Germany |
Dioxin scare shuts German farms Map of Lower Saxony Germany More than 4,700 German farms have been closed after large amounts of animal feed were found to be contaminated with a poisonous chemical
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| Dec.29 |
 Haiti |
 Cholera could hurt rice production A chunk of Haiti's rice harvest will probably be lost because of farmers' fears of cholera contamination, the United Nations said
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| Aug.5 |
 Moscow |
Russia to impose grain export ban Russia is to ban the export of grain from 15 August to 31 December after drought and fires devastated crops
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| Dec.6 |
 Sumatra |
Rainforests turned into smoldering ruins Already 85 percent of Sumatra's forests are gone, transformed into a lifeless plain, soon to be replanted with monocultures
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| Oct.12 |
 UN |
Food production 'must rise 70%' United Nations food agency: Food production will have to increase by 70% over the next 40 years to feed the world's growing population
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| Jun.26 |
 India |
Farmers cursed with severe drought A rain deficit is 85 percent below normal. The Monsoon has been delayed in some parts of the country
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| May.3 |
 Cairo |
 Farmers protest swine slaughter Pig farmers threw rocks at police in Cairo, as health workers gathered the farmers' herds for slaughter as a precaution against the swine fl...
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| Feb.12 |
China |
Farmers struggling under severe drought
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| Feb.3 |
Afghanistan |
Afghan farmers give up opium for wheat
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| Jan.29 |
Argentina |
Farmers face ruin as drought kills cattle
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| Sep.14 |
China |
Farms be inspected over baby formula
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| Jul.28 |
South Korea |
First U.S. beef arrives in Korea after ban The first shipment of U.S. beef under a controversial import deal arrived following a ban after a case of mad cow disease
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| Jul.18 |
Argentina |
President drops farm tax after protests| Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is dropping an agricultural export tax that has provoked months of protests from farmers | |
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| Jul.13 |
 Australia |
Drought hurts vital Australian wheat One of Australia's worst droughts on record is hurting wheat farming just as the world needs it most. Australia's wheat exports dropped 46%
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| Jun.24 |
Belgium |
Oxfam: Caution needed on biofuel boom
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| Jun.17 |
Argentina |
Fernandez defends grain export tax
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| Jun.15 |
Argentina |
Farmers renew protests Thousands of farmers protesting grain export tax increases returned to road blockades nationwide, angry over a police crackdown
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| Jun.4 |
Argentina |
Traffic snarls latest bump in farm crisis Disagreements between the government and farmers over export taxes flared up as drivers used their trucks to snarl traffic
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| Jun.3 |
South Korea |
South Korea backs off importing U.S. beef
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| May.31 |
Argentina |
Farmers say no to tax changes
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| May.28 |
Argentina |
Farmers resume strike against export tax
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| May.7 |
Argentina |
Farmers resume strike
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| Apr.21 |
UN |
  Leaders warn on biofuels and food Bolivian President Morales and President Garcia of Peru have issued warnings about the effects of biofuel production on food supplies
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| Apr.17 |
South Korea |
S Korea 'due to lift US beef ban' Map of Seoul South Korea Seoul's farm ministry: South Korea has agreed to relax restrictions on beef imports from the US
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| Apr.16 |
Cuba |
President looks to boost food production
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| Apr.15 |
Paris |
Farming practices 'must change'
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| Mar.28 |
Argentina |
Farmers move to end strike
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| Mar.25 |
Argentina |
Farmers strike leaves shelves bare A strike by farmers, who are protesting an increase in export taxes for their products, continued for a 13th day with no solution in sight
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| Feb.17 |
Southern California |
US orders massive recall of beef
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| Feb.4 |
Afghanistan |
Report urges Afghan farmer boost
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| Jan.25 |
 Switzerland |
Bill Gates new project: Farming Microsoft billionaire announced a new direction as he pledged $306 million in grants to develop farming in poor countries
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| Jan.20 |
Venezuela |
Chavez to farmers: Sell within Venezuela
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| Aug.8 |
England |
UK eases foot-and-mouth farm ban
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| Aug.6 |
England |
UK disease outbreak prompts ban
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| Jul.26 |
Japan |
Japan lifts U.S. beef imports ban
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| Dec.18 |
 Hong Kong |
 WTO seals farms deal| Ministers from 149 states saved long-running talks with an interim deal to end farm export subsidies by 2013 | |
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| Dec.16 |
Hong Kong |
WTO deadlocked over agriculture
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| May.10 |
European Union |
EU set to scrap farm export aid
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| Jun.25 |
European Union |
EU agrees radical farm reform
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| Jun.13 |
Germany |
Germany backs France on farm aid
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| Oct.25 |
European Union |
Farming deal gives EU talks boost
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| Aug.2 |
Canada |
Farmers despair in Prairie drought
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| Jul.10 |
European Union |
Row looms over EC farm shake-up
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| Dec.29 |
India |
Sugar cane farmers use WWW
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