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Afghan farmers stick to growing opium in the face of less lucrative options

Reuters Apr 30, 2018

KANDAHAR: Afghan farmers are busy in their poppy fields as the annual opium harvest begins, underscoring the government’s failure to stamp out a crop that yields much of the world’s supply of heroin. Aided by corrupt bureaucrats,…

Mutant calf born with six legs becomes farm tourist attraction

Web Desk Mar 22, 2018

A mutant calf born with six legs and two bottoms growing from its stomach has stunned farmers in southern China's Chongqing City. The animal was reportedly a healthy 15 kg when it was born and appears to still be doing well, despite…

Sindh CM holds center responsible for deadlock between farmers, sugar millers

Web Desk Dec 12, 2017

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that his government has vowed to give additional subsidy for export of sugar so that crushing could start but still the federal government has not issued notification for the…

Babar Awan terms budget 2017 death sentence for labourers, farmers, working class

Web Desk May 26, 2017

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Senator Babar Awan on Friday termed the federal budget 2016-17 a death sentence for labourers, farmers, working class and fixed income groups. He alleged that the budget was formulated by…

At least 13 dead in Indian truck crash: police

AFP Apr 21, 2017

NEW DELHI: A truck ploughed into a crowd of farmers staging a protest in southern India on Friday, killing at least 13 people and injuring several others, police said. The accident occurred when the driver lost control of the vehicle and…

Uzbek farmers offered lemon trees and chickens

Reuters Feb 9, 2017

TASHKENT: Uzbekistan's government plans to provide almost two million households with chickens and lemon trees so they can feed themselves and sell their produce, according to a draft document published for public discussion. The cabinet…

New Zealand farmers use choppers to dry their cherries

Reuters Jan 18, 2017

WELLINGTON: New Zealand cherry producers are flying helicopters low over their orchards to dry off raindrops and protect thousands of tonnes of their product headed to Asia to feed rapidly growing demand from Chinese New Year revelers.…

India eases cash rules for weddings

AFP Nov 17, 2016

NEW DELHI: India announced new measures Thursday to allow farmers and marrying couples to withdraw more money from banks, as frustration mounted over a cash crisis triggered by the withdrawal of all high-value notes. The shock move last…

‘Pakistan Kissan Ittehad’ asks government to release arrested farmers

Web Desk Sep 28, 2016

LAHORE: Although police had detained hundreds of farmers across the province of Punjab yesterday, a fair number of them rallied and staged a sit-in in front of the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday under the banner of the Pakistan Kissan Ittehad…

Bilawal Bhutto condemns crackdown against farmers in Punjab

Web Desk Sep 27, 2016

KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto has strongly condemned the crackdown against the farmers and peasants by the Punjab Police to thwart the peasants sit-in scheduled in Lahore tomorrow.

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