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New Opium Policy Issued: Farmers Yielding Less Than 80 Kg Under CPS to Face License Suspension | Udaipur Kiran

[ad_1] Chittorgarh (Patrika English News): The Union Finance Ministry has released the 2025–26 opium cultivation policy, introducing stricter rules that could see several farmers lose their licenses while others regain previously suspended permits. According to the policy, farmers cultivating under the Concentrated Poppy Straw (CPS) method will face a one-year suspension of their licenses if […]

AED 8 million festival prizes, Golden Visas for date farmers: Why UAE cares so much about dates | World News

[ad_1] UAE hosts over 44 million date palms, produces 76,000 tons annually, with 160 varieties, ranking sixth globally in production In a country known globally for its steel and skyline, it’s the date palm, not the skyscraper, that’s emerging as the UAE’s most enduring emblem. This year, that symbolism took tangible form when H.H. Sheikh […]

Trump tariffs: US slaps 17% duty on Mexican tomato imports; commerce department calls move fair protection for farmers

[ad_1] The US government on Monday announced a 17% import duty on most fresh tomatoes from Mexico, aiming to protect and revive its own domestic tomato industry. The move comes after talks with Mexican officials collapsed without reaching a new agreement to avoid the tariff.Mexico currently supplies about 70% of the US tomato market, up […]

Why were so many Thai farmers among hostages held by Hamas? | World News

[ad_1] Why were so many Thai farmers among hostages held by Hamas? (PTI) BANGKOK: Israel says it has retrieved the body of a 35-year-old Thai hostage who was abducted into Gaza during the October 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war. Nattapong Pinta was among 31 Thais taken by the Hamas militant group. Thailand’s foreign […]

Watch: Karoline Leavitt spars with reporter over video of white South African farmers’ ‘burial sites’

[ad_1] White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt (File) White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt clapped back at an NBC reporter who raised doubts over the credibility of a video played by US President Donald Trump allegedly depicting burial sites of white farmers in South Africa.Also Read: Donald Trump shows Cyril Ramaphosa evidence of ‘white genocide’ […]

An E.U. Deforestation Rule Has Ethiopian Coffee Farmers Scrambling

[ad_1] Farmers in Africa that produce some of the world’s most prized coffee are in a scramble to comply with new European Union environmental rules that require them to document the origin of every shipment of beans. The new measure, coming into force at the end of this year, is designed to prevent deforestation driven […]