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Scorching heat in Kazakhstan turns farm fields into grave site

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A heatwave in Central Asia is making a severe drought in Kazakhstan even worse. Record temperatures have had a major effect on farmers’ livelihoods. Al Jazeera’s Jillian Wolf reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Kazakhstan #Drought

Young Zimbabweans turn to farming to survive

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High unemployment in Zimbabwe makes it hard for young people to find work. Some are becoming farmers to earn a living. They are leasing land or using farms their parents acquired during the government’s land reforms. More than 20 years after land was seized from whites, several farms are still not being fully utilised. Young farmers like Terence Maphosa say that needs to change. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Zimbabwe

UK farmers worried over effects of Brexit on agriculture

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0 United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told farmers the sector can be more profitable and productive – now that it is free of the “shackles” of the EU’s common agricultural policy. He was addressing the annual meeting of country’s National Farmers’ Union – its first since the end of the Brexit transition period. Agricultural organisations have warned some sectors are in crisis, due to the twin challenges of Brexit and coronavirus. Al Jazeera’s Nadim Baba reports on how some farmers are worried. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Brexit #UKfarmers #AljazeeraEnglish

Why are India’s farmers angry?| Start Here

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Hundreds of thousands of farmers in India have been protesting for months because of new farming laws they say will hurt them. But the government says it’s to fix an agriculture industry that everyone agrees needs fixing. So why aren’t they on the same page? Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #Al_Jazeera_English #Start_Here #Al_Jazeera_Digital_Shows

How coronavirus impacts Africa’s battle with locusts | Start Here

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Swarms of locusts — some the size of a city — are eating their way through the Horn of Africa and have now arrived in Pakistan. The UN says the insects could devastate crops and the livelihoods of farmers — leaving millions of people hungry. Lockdowns because of the coronavirus pandemic are also stopping shipments of badly needed pesticides. How did these swarms get so big? And how are people coping? Start Here explains. #AlJazeeraEnglish #StartHere #Locust

Chad declares emergency in east after ethnic killings

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President Idriss Deby has declared a state of emergency in two eastern provinces after dozens of people were killed in intercommunal clashes earlier this month. The state of emergency will run for three months in Sila and Ouaddai regions where 50 people have died since August 9 in fighting between cattle herders and settled farmers, the president’s office said on Sunday. The government of Chad is deploying the military to these provinces. Al Jazeera’s Alexi O’Brien reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #Aljazeeraenglish #Chad #StateEmergency