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Added on the 20/10/2022 18:41:00 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Hundreds of tractors block streets around the EU's headquarters in Brussels as ministers met to seek ways to streamline farming rules and red tape that have fuelled protests around the bloc. IMAGES
Valladolid (Spain), Mar 19 (EFE), (Camera: Álvaro Gómez).- Agrarian organizations protested Friday in Valladolid (Spain) with a caravan of about 200 vehicles and four tractors against the inclusion of the wolf in the list of protected species as the country's Ministry of Ecological Transition has proposed. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN VALLADOLID (SPAIN)
New Delhi, Jan 15 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of farmers on Friday continued their protest against new farm laws in the Indian capital, New Delhi. Several agricultural organizations have expressed their opposition to a series of controversial reforms that seek to deregulate the prices and quantity sold of certain crops, as well as establish pathways for contract agriculture. (Camera: HARISH TYAGI). SHOT LIST: FARMERS PROTEST IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
Amritsar, Jan 12 (EFE/EPA).- Farmers in Amritsar, in northen India's state of Punjab, on Tuesday began tractor march towards New Delh to protest against new agriculture laws. They will join farmers taking part in sit-in protest against the new agriculture bill and demanding to repeal the laws at New Delhi borders. Scores of tractor trolleys are expected to move towards Delhi between 12-15 January from Punjab and Haryana in preparations for the 'parallel parade.' However, the Supreme Court on 12 January has put a hold on the new controversial agriculture laws and has formed a four-member panel to hold talks with the farmers on the issue. Several agricultural organizations have expressed their opposition to a series of controversial reforms that seek to deregulate the prices and quantity sold of certain crops, as well as establish pathways for contract agriculture. (Camera: RAMINDER PAL SINGH). SHOT LIST: FARMERS IN AMRITSAR BEGIN THEIR MARCH TOWARDS NEW DELHI TO JOIN FARMERS TAKING PART IN SIT-IN PROTEST AGAINST THE NEW AGRICULTURE LAWS AND DEMANDING TO REPEAL THE LAWS AT NEW DELHI BORDERS, IN AMRITSAR, INDIA.
India has some of the highest farmer suicide rates in the world, and experts fear the crisis could worsen if three laws affecting them aren't repealed. The new laws that they have passed, we call them death warrants of farmers and laborers. Kewal Singh Farmer, Punjab According to Business Insider, the laws deregulate the buying and selling of agricultural goods. That's led farmers to fear they will be exploited by corporations. The massive country's government is in talks with farmers, who continue to block road and rail routes across the country.
Kolkata, Dec 16 (EFE/EPA).- Activists and farmers marched Wednesday in Kolkata to protest against three Agri-bills that liberalize the agricultural sector and the new Electricity Bill 2020, stating that these are against the interest of the farmers.(Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY)SHOT LIST: ACTIVISTS AND FARMERS PROTESTING IN KOLKATA, INDIA.