Agricultural sector will be supported, minister says
The rural world must and will be supported by the government, agriculture minister Costas Kadis said on Monday after a visit to Protaras and Paralimni...
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Farmers say storms wiped out one year of labour
A delegation of the agricultural ministry and the agricultural insurance organisation (OGA) visited the Statos-Ayios Photios community in the Paphos district on Tuesday, where a...
Paphos growers call on state to record Monday’s crop damage
Paphos communities on Tuesday called on the competent state services to promptly record the damage to the crops caused from extreme weather conditions in their...
Early morning hail destroys crops
Hail devastated potatoes, onions and kohlrabi in the Famagusta district early on Thursday, farmers said. While torrential rain fell in the evening, hail fell from...
Crop-growers to receive hail compensation
Officials from the agriculture insurance organisation will immediately inspect areas affected by Tuesday’s hailstorms and record damage caused to trees and crops, the agriculture ministry...
Stricken farmers to receive 50% of compensation immediately
The government will reimburse fruit producers whose crops were destroyed in the recent hail storms, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Wednesday. The minister said...
Glyphosate rarely found in crops in Cyprus, state lab says
Cyprus, like Greece and seven other EU member states opposed the renewal of the use of weed-killer glyphosate for the next five years after a heated debate...
Millions in compensation approved for farmers
Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis announced on Wednesday that more than €18m was given as compensation to farmers for damage their crops suffered from last year’s...
Crops destroyed by hailstorm
PRODUCERS in the semi and mountainous regions of Paphos and Nicosia saw their crops destroyed on Wednesday afternoon by huge hail the size of walnuts....
Fruit and veg prices four times higher this Green Monday
By Evie Andreou The Green Monday picnic will be four times more expensive than last year as fruit and vegetable prices have soared due to...
