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Farmers protest against the planned trade deal between the EU and South American nations within Mercosur, in Paris, January 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Europe

Farmers' convoys head for Paris to restart protest movement

Farmers from France, the European Union's biggest agricultural producer, led European-wide protests at the start of 2024, but demonstrations fizzled out as the year went on

Trolleys belonging to farmers, who are marching towards New Delhi to press for better crop prices promised to them in 2021, are parked on a national highway at Shambhu, a border crossing between Punjab and Haryana states, India, February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Analysis

India's farmer protest fuels opposition hopes of denting Modi's appeal

Smoke flares are lit as Polish farmers protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe and against the import of agricultural produce and food products from Ukraine, near the Parliament in Warsaw, Poland, 27 February 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Europe

Poland mulls wider ban on Ukrainian food imports as farmers warn of more protests

Protesting farmers stand facing the police barricade near Shambhu border that divides northern Punjab and Haryana states, almost 200 kilometers (125 miles) from New Delhi, India, Friday, 16 Feb. 2024. Farmers are blocking highways and holding demonstrations in many rural areas in northern India to protest over a range of grievances that have also led tens and thousands to march toward the capital. Photo: AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
South Asia

Indian farmers reject support price contract offered by government

Farmers attempt to march to the frontline of a protest, at a site where there are farmers who are marching towards New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at Shambhu barrier, a border between Punjab and Haryana states, India, February 18, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
South Asia

India offers protesting farmers support prices on corn, cotton, pulses

A protester runs from tear gas, as farmers march towards New Delhi to press for better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at Shambhu, a border crossing between Punjab and Haryana states, India, 14 February 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
South Asia

India ministers, farmer unions to hold talks aimed at ending protests

Farmers, who are marching towards New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021, run for cover amidst tear gas smoke fired by police to disperse them at Shambhu, a border crossing between Punjab and Haryana states, India, 13 February 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Rohit Lohia/File Photo
South Asia

Protesting farmers clash with security forces 200km from New Delhi - TV

Police officers stand guards as barricades are erected on a national highway to stop farmers, who are marching towards New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at the Singhu border in New Delhi, India, 13 February 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
South Asia

India police use tear gas on farmers demanding higher crop prices

Polish farmers slow down traffic on a road with tractors during a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Poznan, Poland, 9 February 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
World+Biz

Ukraine seeks action against Polish farmers for grain spillage

Farmers protest in Brussels using 1,300 tractors to clog the streets as the bloc’s leaders met for a summit, on 1 February Photo: Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg
World+Biz

Farmers’ revolt threatens election year upsets around the world

Police barricades are erected on a national highway to stop farmers, who are marching towards New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Ghaziabad, India, 12 February 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
South Asia

Indian farmers to march to Delhi after talks with ministers fail

File Photo: A person throws eggs towards the police officers as Belgian farmers use their tractors to block the European Union headquarters, as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, on the day of the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Europe

EU unveils 2040 climate goal under pressure from farmer protests

Irish farmers hold a demonstration, in solidarity with EU farmers protesting against policies, on a road near Galway City, Ireland, February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Karen Cox
Europe

French farmers head home but anger spreads elsewhere in Europe