Intentar ORO - Gratis
EU farmers protest Ukraine, Mercosur bloc trade deals
Down To Earth
|June 16, 2025
HUNDREDS OF farmers in Madrid, Spain, held protests on June 4 against cheap grain imports from Ukraine and other countries which, they said, had decreased food prices below production costs.
-
The protests were a day before the EU's temporary free trade deal with conflictridden Ukraine ended, which would now be replaced with a quota system. The farmers in Spain, quoted in media reports, are also against foodgrain imports from the Mercosur bloc (Argentina, Brazil,
Esta historia es de la edición June 16, 2025 de Down To Earth.
Suscríbete a Magzter GOLD para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9000 revistas y periódicos.
¿Ya eres suscriptor? Iniciar sesión
MÁS HISTORIAS DE Down To Earth
Down To Earth
The life of water
A THREE-PART FILM SERIES THAT LOOKS AT ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY OF WATER IN INDIA THROUGH A SOCIO-ECONOMIC PRISM, HIGHLIGHTING THE NATURAL RESOURCE'S INTEGRAL LINK TO AGRICULTURE, HEALTH AND POLITICS
4 mins
November 01, 2025
Down To Earth
Rays of change
From dark nights to uninterrupted electricity, rooftop solar has brought independence, health and prosperity to a Maharashtra village
3 mins
November 01, 2025
Down To Earth
FATAL NEGLECT
A spate of child deaths from contaminated cough syrup exposes deep flaws in India's drug oversight
5 mins
November 01, 2025
Down To Earth
In unsettled state
Battered by disasters, land- scarce Uttarakhand must relocate villages deemed unsafe. Forestland is the only available option, but the state faces resistance from forest department
5 mins
November 01, 2025
Down To Earth
Battle for reefs
Scientists are helping corals fight back against warming seas
10 mins
November 01, 2025
Down To Earth
Green shoots in wreckage
Even with deepening ecological collapse, from vanishing species to fractured habitats, signs of hope emerge
3 mins
November 01, 2025
Down To Earth
Back to the roots
Over 200 tribal villages in Madhya Pradesh are turning to forests to restore food security, breaking free from years of market dependence
5 mins
November 01, 2025
Down To Earth
How to slash a drug price by 97 per cent
Rulings that bar patent extensions on flimsy grounds by drug giants are opening the gates to dramatically cheaper generic medicines
4 mins
November 01, 2025
Down To Earth
TAINTED FLOW
Panipat shows an overreliance on groundwater even as residents remain wary of its contamination due to untreated discharge of textile recycling wastewater
3 mins
November 01, 2025
Down To Earth
Wetland walks
Thiruvananthapuram's Vellayani-Punchakkari wetland turns into a climate classroom to help people learn about local biodiversity, agriculture and practices that harm them
2 mins
November 01, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size