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Libyan economic failures are forcing farmers to go out of work and abandon farming moving towards alternative sources of incomes. Libyan farmers are losing hope as they are starting to desert their cultivations are moving elsewhere. The reason is high rise of prices of raw materials and supplies that are being used in agriculture. This has been confirmed by a report published by the London-based newspaper that writes on the Middle East . Cost of living is high, and farmers are having to look for alternatives to fend for themselves and their families. According to many farmers who have spoken to this media source, price of agricultural inputs have doubled in the recent years and that imported goods have also caused severe damage to their local crops yields. Financial losses are difficult to mitigate as the economy is already in doldrums for the longest time. Lack of supplies in the market and cost of living escalations has forced most farmers to shift to alternate modes of employmen...

  Amidst all the turmoil that the world is going through due to the ever mutating Covid-19 virus and its strange will to wipe out humanity, there are places that are making sense out of all the turmoil. Tajikistan is one of them Photo courtesy: Tajikistan News The small country of Tajikistan has to its credit a harvest of almost 500 tonnes of green house tomatoes. This is part of its rich bounty of 900 and more tonnes of vegetables harvested. Green house tunnels or overhead artificially created greenhouse environments are becoming a preferred way to cultivate nutrient rich vegetables and fruits.  According to the Department of Crop Production of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan, greenhouse vegetables grow on a surface of ​​about 86 hectares. With the way environmental conditions have been ravaging the crop in Tajikistan, this is a huge bounty of naturally grown fruits and vegetables for the country.  Economic instability and environmental concerns...