Okinawa farmers, once finding wealth in pineapples, search for successors
The pineapple, a representative fruit of Okinawa Prefecture, brought about a richer life for people in ...
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High grain prices prompt Japan farmers to grow wheat rather than rice
More Japanese farmers are planning to lower their rice production and switch to wheat and soybean ...
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Record-high fertilizer prices are battering Japan’s farmers
Soaring prices of fertilizers could potentially deliver a heavy blow to farmers in Japan. The National ...
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Ukraine’s embattled farmers running on empty as world faces food crisis
PARIS/LONDON – After making it through the spring planting season, sometimes with the help of bulletproof ...
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Tohoku farmers cast doubt on government’s organic farmland goal
Last month, a bill was passed into law to promote Japan’s green food system strategy — ...
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Florida farmers battle tree blight to keep their fruit on Japan’s tables
VERO BEACH, Florida – With Florida’s citrus farmers facing some of their toughest times due to ...
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Ukraine’s farmers fight on the front line of global food crisis
Around this time of year, Yaroslav Andrushko would normally be overseeing the sowing of crops on ...
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Japanese farmers hit by higher grain and fertilizer prices
Japanese farmers are being hit by higher prices of grain, fertilizers and other supplies necessary for ...
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Funds for farmers meant to offset trade pacts underused for years in Japan
Japanese government subsidies for agriculture and other industries affected by major free trade pacts, such as ...
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Asian farmers turn to drones and apps for labor amid climate challenges
BAN MAI, Thailand – As a child, Manit Boonkhiew watched his grandparents plow their rice farm ...
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