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France's far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour (Reconquête!) arrives at the Salon de l'Agriculture in Paris, where he talks to farmers, surrounded by his campaign team. IMAGES
French presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse (Les Républicains/LR, Eds.) visits the 'Salon de l'Agriculture' in Paris. It is brief visit, due to a scheduled afternoon talk with Prime Minister Jean Castex over the crisis in Ukraine. IMAGES
Brasilia, Jun 22 (EFE).- The Brazilian government announced Tuesday that it will allocate $50 billion public credits for agriculture between 2021 and 2022, which represents an increase of 8 percent compared to the previous period."We feed billion of people in the world," declared President Jair Bolsonaro when announcing the credits and referring to Brazil as a major exporter of agricultural products. (Camera: ALEX MIRKHAN).SHOT LIST: THE LAUNCHING OF AN AGRICULTURE PROGRAM AT PLANALTO PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL. SOUND BITES: BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO AND MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE TERESA CRISTINA (IN PORTUGUESE).TRANSLATIONS: 1. BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO.- We now feed more than a billion people outside of Brazil, obviously, and our tendency is to increase this percentage. We have (agricultural) borders.2. BRAZILIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE TERESA CRISTINA.- Again, we prioritize family farming and investment, especially in low-carbon agriculture, which increased by more than 100 percent in this plan. This is a plan that is already heavily painted green.
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, his Ukrainian counterpart Denis Shmygal and their delegations pose for a photo in Warsaw ahead of bilateral talks on a dispute over farming imports and blockades by disgruntled Polish farmers on the shared border. While Poland has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine, ties have soured over the past months amid ongoing economic disputes, and as farmers complain imports from Ukraine have undercut prices for their own produce. IMAGES
Arnaud Rousseau, President of the FNSEA, France's top farmers' union, welcomes Marc Fesneau, the French Agriculture Minister, to the 78th FNSEA Congress in Dunkirk, northern France, at a time when the beginning of the year has been marked by a vast movement of anger in the farming world. IMAGES
Polish Prime Minister Donal Tusk welcomes his Ukrainian counterpart Denis Shmygal in Warsaw for bilateral talks over farm imports. Polish farmers have been blocking border crossings with Ukraine since last month to protest at what they say is unfair competition from goods from the war-torn country. The border blockades and grain dispute have strained ties between the neighbours, even as Poland has shown staunch support for Ukraine since the Russian invasion. IMAGES