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The sheep and goat farmers’ coordinating committee expressed dissatisfaction on Monday with decisions taken in their absence at last week’s presidential meeting with cheesemakers over halloumi production. The farmers ...

The government on Tuesday announced two schemes to compensate farmers in Limassol district for damage to their property and crops during the fires that raged this August and September. Both ...

Potato farmers will meet on Monday evening in Liopetri to decide whether to take dynamic measures to protest against the state subsidies this year. Speaking on CyBC radio, representative Andreas ...

Goat and sheep farmers on Saturday called off a planned strike over halloumi details although they reiterated they were not happy with the new specifications. The Coordinating Committee of Goat ...

Going rate has doubled in the last year The price of olive oil is set to skyrocket to as much as €10 per litre by the end of the year, and ...

With the participation of 50 to 60 tractors, farmers from western Nicosia closed the Kokkinotrimithia roundabout on Sunday in protest over the unequal treatment they receive. The farmers gathered at the Akaki ...

Cyprus is to release up to 7,000 tonnes of grains, corresponding to 30 per cent of strategic reserves, to offset shortages in supply, the Grain Advisory Committee announced after meeting on Thursday. ...

The European Commission has acknowledged some tweaking is necessary to their original regulation limiting pesticide use, but farmers must acknowledge change is coming By Alexandra Attalides Τhe recent mobilisation of ...

Regulation of public farmers’ markets is still in limbo, MP Giannakis Gabriel, head of the parliamentary committee for agriculture, said on Wednesday. “The fact that the President in his 100 days ...

The European Commission on Tuesday announced the allocation of €7 million for Cypriot sheep and goat farmers. The allocation of funds is aimed at ameliorating the financial losses faced by farmers ...

In view of the farmers’ protest in Nicosia on Monday, police have announced some road closures in the capital. Around 10.30am tomorrow the demonstrators in their tractors will move along ...

Cypriot farmers plan to protest against the proposal to further limit the use of hazardous pesticides across the European Union, saying this will bring “huge environmental consequences”. The demonstration will ...

Over a thousand farmers will receive compensation amounting to nearly €3 million, following a cabinet decision on Wednesday. The council of ministers approved a proposal tabled by the agriculture ministry, referring ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved revised plans to grant financial assistance to Greek Cypriot farmers living in the north, and also to beekeepers, fishermen and agricultural artisans there. Deputy government ...

Young farmers have shown a huge interest in state subsidies with applications reaching €10 million, double the amount of the available budget, the Cyprus agriculture payments organisation (Capo) said on Monday. ...

Chemical use to deal with rodents has been reduced by half since 2020, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Friday, saying that they are promoting more ecologically friendly ways to deal ...

Turkish commando forces are lying in wait to intervene along the UN buffer zone in Cyprus, Foreign Ministry Ioannis Kasoulides said on Friday. Speaking at a house finance committee session, ...

Farmers on Tuesday warned that they are on the verge of being “wiped out” due to untenable production costs, appealing to the state for immediate assistance. The matter came up ...

Fourteen tons of bulgur wheat was given to the Church of Cyprus on Tuesday by the Pancyprian Committee of wheat producers, to be headed on to the needy. Quantities are ...

Competent services need to cooperate more effectively to tackle the phenomenon of seasonal farm workers quitting their jobs to claim asylum in Cyprus, the House agriculture committee heard on Tuesday. ...

The Greens on Tuesday called on the government to ban glyphosate after a scientific study showed high levels of the herbicide in the urine of school children. “The time has ...

In the latest twist to the ongoing halloumi saga, the House agriculture committee on Tuesday decided to invite Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis to their next meeting to shed light on ...

A fourth suspect was charged in connection with a protest by goat and sheep farmers on Wednesday where they spilled gallons of milk and lit fires outside the presidential palace. ...

Cheese makers on Friday again clashed with the government, saying the agriculture minister is “adding fuel to the fire” by saying goat and sheep farmers should have protested against them ...