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Agricultural organisations on Monday slammed the government’s decision to allocate just €4.6 million in EU funds to partially cover the impact of drought and soaring temperatures on crops in 2025, saying ...

Women managed just 6.5 per cent of Cyprus’ utilised agricultural area in 2023, well below the EU average of 17.5 per cent, according to figures published by Eurostat on Thursday. The figures place ...

Three sheep and goat farms in the Nicosia and Limassol districts have been affected by bluetongue, with 46 animals infected and 10 deaths recorded so far, veterinary services director Christodoulos Pipis said ...

The government should introduce targeted financial support to help farmers meet the rising cost of fertilisers and plant-protection products, the Panagrotikos farmers’ association said on Monday. The association’s secretary-general ...

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved two financial support schemes worth €1.5 million for farmers facing higher production costs as a result of the crisis in the Middle East, particularly ...

A revised proposal for the allocation of water for irrigation purposes will be submitted to cabinet on Wednesday by Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis, taking into account the current hydrological situation ...

Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis said on Saturday that his ministry aimed to hear the views and needs of farmers ahead of the revision of agricultural policy, with particular emphasis on ...

The ‘voice of the livestock breeders’ condemned the veterinary services on Monday over its handling of compensation payments to farmers whose animals were culled during this year’s foot-and-mouth disease ...

A new bridge loan scheme allowing farmers to access funding before receiving grants under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be introduced this year, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on ...

The government is rolling out a €168 million package of measures to address Cyprus’ water shortage, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said, while highlighting broader plans to invest €454 million in the agricultural ...

Agricultural organisations on Tuesday urged the government to allocate more irrigation water to seasonal crops, arguing that current supplies are inadequate despite significantly higher dam levels than last year. Head ...

It is impossible not to feel sympathy for the livestock farmers who are seeing everything they have worked for – their livelihoods – destroyed by foot and mouth disease. It is also ...

A livestock farmer was arrested on Friday in Kofinou for assaulting a veterinary officer. Larnaca police spokesman Spyros Chrysostomou said veterinary officers arrived at a farm in Kofinou at 11am ...

Local potato farmers are feeling the effects of the war in the Middle East as shipping costs for exports surge, leaving many uncertain about how much produce they can sell ...

The state should consider closing crossing points to and from the north as a “drastic measure” to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, the Pancyprian grain producers’ organisation said on ...

An urgent appeal was issued on Tuesday by Turkish Cypriot conservationist Kemal Basat after an injured donkey died in the Karpass region days after being shot. In his post issued ...

The community leader of Avlona village reported on Thursday another violation of the buffer zone by ‘Turkish farmers’, saying he has alerted both the Cyprus foreign ministry and the United ...

A Turkish army officer allegedly threatened a farmer in Deneia on Monday afternoon, while he was tending to his field in the buffer zone. Deneia community leader Charalambos Alexandrou said ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli announced on Friday he will sue the north’s animal producers’ and breeders’ union chairman Mustafa Naimogullari over what he described as “slander” ...

The European Commission has proposed to mobilise €574,000 in funds, as part of a proposal for a total of €330 million for farmers across the EU impacted by adverse climatic events, high ...