List of Agriculture articles
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In black and white, a crowd of protestors and workers ride along an urban street in tractors and cars. The vast crowd reaches and disappears into the top left of the frame down the long street surrounded by trees on either side. In the near foreground a man riding in the front carriage of a car holds a tall sign that reads (in French): Ah ! Mansholt. You tell us that milk is too expensive but you benefit from third countries which produce the expensive margarine. The Enduring Power of ‘La Terre’
Why farmer protests in France are different.
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French farmers drive their tractors on the A71 highway in protest. Europe’s Farmer Protests Are Part of a Bigger Problem
The unrest exposes the trade-offs that governments must confront on climate policy.
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Tractors are lined up ahead of Brandenburg Gate. Germany’s Farmers Have No Reason to Complain
A nationwide protest against a move to repeal agricultural subsidies has earned public sympathy—but doesn’t deserve it.
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Rafet Kurse, a former fisherman, stands next to an abandoned boat on the former shores of Marmara Lake. A dry, dusty landscape stretches into the distance behind him. King of the Dammed
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s mega-infrastructure projects are enriching construction companies while reshaping his country’s waterscape for the worse.
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Protesters hold torches as they take part in a banned demonstration against the government's pension reforms and a water basin project near Sainte-Soline, in Poitiers, western France. France’s Water War Has No End in Sight
As the country’s water reserves run low, tensions are running high.
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A lone wolf faces the camera appearing to snarl on a dry winter field on the edge of the forest in Hukkajarvi, eastern Finland. Who’s Afraid of Europe’s Big, Bad Wolves?
Conservationists face off against farmers in a familiar man-versus-nature conflict.
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A man balancing a wooden crate of fish on his head walks through the crowd at an outdoor fish market at night. The masts of boats are visible from the harbor behind the market. The Other Global Food Crisis
World leaders need to care about fish as much as they do about semiconductors.
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This aerial photo shows rescuers evacuating residents down a flooded street using a kayak after heavy rains in Xiamen, in China's eastern Fujian province Climate Change Could Drown China’s Food Security
China has a fifth of the world’s population but just 9 percent of its arable land—and that bit is increasingly underwater.
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A crew member prepares a grain analysis on board a ship en route from Ukraine. The Black Sea Grain Initiative Is Not About Hungry Kids in Africa
The image of starving Africans may score propaganda points for the West, but Russia’s suspension of the deal arguably does more harm to wealthier countries.
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A ship is loaded with Ukrainian wheat at a port on the Black Sea. Russia Declares War on Wheat, Peas, and Barley
Moscow used to bang shoes to get attention. Now it blows up grain warehouses.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen leans in to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as they walk away from a press conference. They stand elbow-to-elbow and smile as they walk, von der Leyen wearing a blue suit jacket and Zelensky in a military-green polo shirt. The EU Isn’t Ready for Ukraine to Join
If you think Kyiv’s path to NATO is hard, wait until you see its struggle to enter the EU.
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A crew member prepares a grain analysis on board the ship Nord Vind. Russia Is Holding Ukraine’s Farms Hostage
Moscow is weaponizing resources that aren’t even its own.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an event at Tsinghua University in Beijing on April 26, 2019. China Won’t Let Russia Starve the World
The end of the Black Sea Grain Initiative would hurt Beijing, too.
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Farmers harvest a wheat field in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on July 19, 2022, Wheat Is the New Fault Line for Ukraine in Europe
Eastern Europe is irate over imports of Ukrainian grain. That’s by design.
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A man works in a wheat field. he is seen hunching over the wheat crop. How to Prevent a Meltdown of the Global Food System
Last year’s collapse was averted. Here’s what we need to do to solve this year’s.
