Cyprus farming faces a critical phase of adaption to technology
Bringing Cyprus farming out of what is almost a 19th century mindset is a huge challenge with a raft of cultural and economic obstacles to...
farming
Agriculture minister ‘ready’ to support farmers, reforms to be unveiled
Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said the ministry is ready to support farmers in Cyprus, especially after the registration of halloumi by the EU as a...
Commission releases €7.9m for rural development in Cyprus
The European Commission is set to release €7.9 million for Cyprus` rural development programme. The amount was initially withheld pending intermediate targets that needed to...
More innovative methods to be used in farming, says Kadis
Crop farming is to be modernised through investment, precision farming, and the use of anti-hail netting, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis told farmers at a briefing...
When the buffer zone is a land of opportunity
By Annette Chrysostomou The buffer zone is an area of opportunities, or at least this is what Andros Karayiannis, mayor of Dherynia, believes. He probably...
Turkish army accused of kicking farmers off buffer zone land
The community leader of Deneia village in the Nicosia buffer zone said on Saturday farmers have been kicked off their fields over the past week...
Farmers told to leave fields in buffer zone spat
Greek Cypriot farmers working their land in the Nicosia buffer zone were asked by the UN to leave on Saturday morning after Turkish soldiers complained...
Farmers compensated for damages
Some €1.5m will be paid to farmers for damages incurred almost four years ago following a cabinet decision on Wednesday. Speaking after a cabinet session,...
Cabinet approves support schemes for enclaved farmers
The cabinet approved on Wednesday two support schemes with the total budget of almost €1m for enclaved farmers and fishermen. According to Agriculture Minister, Nicos...
Bronze sculpture honours farming mothers in Argaka
A stunning sculpture honouring rural mothers was unveiled by the minister of agriculture in Argaka in Paphos on Sunday at an emotional event. The...
Arson destroys farming equipment
Watering equipment worth some €10,000 was destroyed by fire in Paphos in what police say was a deliberate act. The equipment was located in a...
Sheep disease affecting milk, halloumi production
THE deputy head of the state vet services, Christodoulos Pipis, on Friday rejected claims that the government was not quick to deal with the outbreak of...
Big plans for carob farming
Farmers and scientists alike are interested in the cultivation of 40,000 carob trees planned by the University of Cyprus, a senior university officer said on...
Antibiotic use in Cyprus’ animal farming is eight times recommend limit (Updated)
Antibiotic use in Cyprus’ animal farming eight times recommend limit Cypriot farmers use more than 400mg of antibiotics per kilo of livestock – eight times...
Hemp farmers invite the public to first harvest
By Constantinos Psillides EVERYONE is invited to help, or even just watch, the island’s first hemp harvest in recent time being reaped on Sunday… except...
In search of organic souvla
By Peter Stevenson During times of boredom I find myself clicking on one of the more famous daily English newspaper websites. It was on one...