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‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock
ByJoanna Partridge March 5, 2026

Iranian blockade of the strategic strait of Hormuz is hitting global fertiliser supply chainThe global fertiliser supply chain could face significant disruption if the effective closure by Iran of the strait of Hormuz persists, prompting concerns from …

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‘These trees may not survive’: Jordan’s ancient olive harvest wilts under record-breaking heat
ByMohamed Ersan in Amman January 1, 2026

Extreme heat and drought has destroyed 70% of Jordan’s olive crop, endangering livelihoods of 80,000 families and a centuries-old traditionAbu Khaled al-Zoubi, 67, walks slowly through his orchard in Irbid, northern Jordan, his footsteps kicking up dus…

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‘A gift that cannot be sold’: the Palestinian family fighting to save their West Bank farm
ByLorenzo Tondo and Sufian Taha in Wadi Salem December 29, 2025

For more than three decades, the Nassars have battled Israeli efforts to reclassify their property as ‘state land’In 1916, Daher Nassar, a Christian Palestinian farmer living south of Bethlehem, made a move considered more than unusual at the time. He …

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Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
ByGeorge Monbiot September 27, 2025

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all lifeA landless people and a peopleless land: these, it appears, are the aims of the Israeli government in Gaza. The…

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Farmers call for UK animal welfare rules to be upheld in Gulf states deal
ByJessica Elgot June 17, 2025

Prime minister urged to ensure £1.6bn trade agreement does not undermine industry with influx of lower-welfare meatA trade deal with Gulf states could severely undermine British farmers by allowing the importation of low-welfare meat, the National Farm…

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