World Jan 08 Farmers drive through Paris and block traffic in Greece to protest free trade deal By Sylvie Corbet, Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press
World Mar 25 UK farmers in tractors head to Parliament to protest rules they say threaten livelihoods U.K. agriculture has been heavily affected by Britain's exit from the EU. Many farmers say post-Brexit trade deals have opened the door to cheap imports that are undercutting British producers. By Associated Press
World Mar 15 As farmer protests grow, the EU offers more environmental concessions The European Union's executive arm has proposed weakening even more climate and environmental measures in the bloc's latest set of concessions to farmers apparently bent on continuing disruptive tractor protests until the June EU elections. By Raf Cassert, Associated Press
World Mar 14 Thousands of Indian farmers protest in New Delhi demanding a law guaranteeing minimum crop prices The protest comes at a crucial time for India, which will start a national election within weeks in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to secure a third term. By Rishi Lekhi, Ashok Sharma, Associated Press
World Feb 17 Watch 5:28 'We have reached the end of our rope.' Why farmers around the world are protesting From quiet fields to busy city streets, farmers around the world have launched protests in recent weeks, demanding relief from what they say is a crisis driven by climate change policies, red tape and crop prices. Ali Rogin reports. By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson
Feb 20 Farmer anger will test Modi as India's 'grain bowl' votes By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press The polls will indicate whether riding the crest of the yearlong protests that forced Modi to make a rare retreat and repel the farm laws could be enough to prevent his party from making inroads in a state considered the “grain bowl”… Continue reading
Feb 05 India clamps down on free speech to fight farmer protests By Sheikh Saaliq, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press Media coverage around the tens of thousands of protesting farmers at the edges of the Indian capital have prompted a furious reaction from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Continue reading
Feb 01 India's farming protests resonate with U.S. agriculture communities By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press The dispute raises questions not only about agriculture in India but larger issues about the country's rural areas — issues that are familiar to anyone who has watched as populations dwindle in rural America and many small communities struggle to… Continue reading
Jan 30 Indian farmers begin hunger strike amid fury against Modi By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press Indian farmers taking part in more than two months of protest against new agriculture laws began a daylong hunger strike Saturday, as they sought to reaffirm the peaceful nature of their movement following recent violent clashes with police. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 6:54 Indian farmers converge on Delhi to protest agricultural deregulation For more than two months, farmers in India have camped just outside the capital, Delhi, demanding the repeal of new laws that deregulate agriculture, which directly employs near half the country’s 1.3 billion people. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro… Continue watching