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Representatives of the majority farming unions, Arnaud Rousseau (FNSEA) and Arnaud Gaillot (Jeunes Agriculteurs), arrive at Matignon to meet French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and obtain "concrete measures" to deal with farmers' anger. IMAGES
Thousands of Indian farmers riding tractors resumed their push towards the capital New Delhi on Wednesday after failing to reach a deal with the government on their demands for higher crop prices. IMAGES
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen recommends the bloc drop a plan to cut pesticide use in agriculture as a concession to protesting European farmers. The original proposal, put forward by her European Commission as part of the European Union's green transition, "has become a symbol of polarisation," she tells the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. SOUNDBITE
Another day of demonstrations by farmers in Rennes, while the government is eagerly awaited by the profession to come up with a response to their anger. IMAGES
Thousands of Indian farmers continue to protest against agricultural reforms by the government that they fear will leave them at the mercy of big corporations. The group aims to march to New Delhi and has clashed with the police.
Arnaud Rousseau, President of the FNSEA, France's top farmers' union, welcomes Marc Fesneau, the French Agriculture Minister, to the 78th FNSEA Congress in Dunkirk, northern France, at a time when the beginning of the year has been marked by a vast movement of anger in the farming world. IMAGES