Business
Tanzania’s smallholder farmers struggle to benefit from digital agriculture
Poor training and delayed responses leave farmers struggling to access useful market information.
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World
Chadian farmers suffer from intensifying drought and take stock of their losses
In Chad, Wadi Fira is one of the two regions hardest hit by the drought. Just a few kilometres outside Biltine, the regional capital, farmers take stock of their devastating losses. FRANCE 24's Harold Girard reports.
World
Malawi cattle farmers travel farther as El Nino worsens drought
For many families, keeping cattle alive is becoming an increasingly costly struggle.
Politics
As US midterms approach, farmers decide what to plant and how to vote
In Arkansas, rising costs spurred farmer Hallie Shoffner’s long-shot Senate campaign. Will farmers back her?
World
Afghan farmers pushed to opium farming to make a living
Farmers in Afghanistan say they're being pushed into poppy seed cultivation to make a living despite a ban.
World
Argentina farmers evacuate cattle by boat as El Nino escalates
Argentina’s farmers are evacuating their cattle by boat to higher ground as El Nino raises water levels.
World
Farmers blocked from olive harvest in occ. West Bank, volunteers detained
Palestinian farmers are still being blocked from accessing their olive groves by Israeli settlers and the military
World
Midterms 2026: The farmers calling for more migrant workers
As the US midterms approach, immigration is once again dominating the country’s political discourse and Arizona’s largely agricultural Yuma County, just miles from the Mexican border, is no exception. But here, farmers like John Boelts are calling for more legal migrants, warning that without the labour they provide essential crops may go to waste or never be planted at all. France 24’s Sam Ball and Barbara Gabel sent this report.
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Business
The world needs Ukraine’s grain. Its farmers are running out of reasons to plant
Cash-strapped farmers have no incentive to sow for 2027 with exports remaining trapped, as analysts say commodity markets could "flip fast."
Business
Half the harvest, twice the bills: how drought hit farms
Farmers gathered much less wheat in 2026 and dairy farmers' costs rose.
World
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers during olive harvest
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers during olive harvest
World
How a farmers’ protest in Bucharest was inflated online, then hijacked
Over 1,180 Facebook posts and 100 TikTok videos analyzed showed how a genuine farmers’ protest was inflated by clusters of accounts sharing identical messages, then folded into anti-government, anti-EU and pro-Kremlin narratives.
World
Israeli settlers attack farmers in West Bank pogrom, soldiers hit reporters
Israeli forces detain and assault journalists in Jabal Qamass area in Beita, south of Nablus.
Science
The AI telling farmers when to harvest
Will farmers want AI tools to help judge when to pick fruit, or is their own intuition enough?
World
More than 80 reported abducted in Nigeria as police find human remains
Farmers and women abducted in northern Niger and Zamfara states as police find human remains at suspected gang camps.
World
Why farmers are pairing crops with solar panels
From cooler soil to paid grazing land, farmers in the US are finding that solar panels can do more than generate power.
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Business
Farmers down 240 million litres of milk after heat
Milk yield was affected by a series of extreme heatwaves which led to poor grazing conditions, researchers say.
Science
Farmers' fury as race for £233m funding compared to 'scramble for Oasis tickets'
Farmers fear they may not be able to carry out environmental work because they lost out on funding.
World
French farmers turn to tropical crops amid rising temperatures
In the south of France, climate change is reshaping the region’s fruit production. Rather than fighting against it, a growing number of farmers are learning how to work with it – turning to tropical crops, now well-suited to the local climate. Bananas, papaya and even dragon fruit are being grown in greenhouses but also in open fields, without heating or pesticides. Our Down to Earth team reports.