JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Aerobotics is utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) in helping fruit and nut farmers improve crop yields. Although the Cape Town-based company only started nine years ago, it is already operating in 18 countries, with the U.S. being their largest
Britain could face food shortages as farmers voice concerns about the record rainfall that could bring the first season without a harvest on some farms since the end of the Second World War. Large areas of farmland remain flooded due to an
Farmers threw beets and sprayed manure at police on Tuesday as hundreds of tractors again sealed off streets close to the European Union headquarters, where agriculture ministers sought to ease a crisis that has led to months of protests across the 27-member
Dozens of tractors on Tuesday sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU agriculture ministers were planning to discuss the crisis in the sector that has led to months of protests across the bloc. The farmers were protesting
Furious farmers have descended on London for a tractor protest over fears of threats to food security. The campaign groups Save British Farming and Fairness for Farmers of Kent are assembling for a “go-slow” convoy and drive around Westminster. Organisers are expected
Polish farmers blocked two border crossings with Germany on Monday, local police said, as protests against European Union environmental regulations and cheap imports sweep the bloc. Farmers in Poland and across the EU have been calling for changes to restrictions placed on
Thousands of farmers protested on Thursday in India’s capital, demanding a new law for minimum crop prices. Due to barricaded highways, they traveled to New Delhi by crowded buses and trains instead of tractors. Authorities imposed conditions like banning farm vehicles and
Polish farmers increased the number of trucks they let through the Dorohusk border crossing with Ukraine on Wednesday but backpedaled on a promise to unblock it completely, state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday. Protest leader Wojciech Los told PAP that the
Rishi Sunak has been urged not to take farmers for granted (Image: GETTY) Voters will punish Rishi Sunak at the next general election if the Tories do not deliver for rural Britain, the Prime Minister has been warned. People living in the
The Polish government attributes violent clashes during farmer protests to hooligans and provocateurs, promising to prosecute offenders. Warsaw police reported that 14 officers were injured, one seriously, as aggressive protesters pelted them with stones and other objects. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said