The Grim Reaper: Major farmer protests around the world in the past 100 years
One of the largest protests in human history got the world's attention as hundreds of thousands of farmers marched to India's capital and set up camp at its borders to protest the new farm laws. As this visual survey of past protests show, farmers the world over have been trapped by bureaucratic and oppressive government policies, exploitation by landholders, crippling debts, losses on marketed goods, and devastating weather, leading to some significant protests in those countries
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
SPAIN, 2019
Olive oil producers marched to the Agriculture Ministry in Madrid, Spain on October 10, 2019, to denounce low prices of olive oil and against the 25 percent tariff that Spanish olives and olive oil will face in the US. The banner reads 'fair prices for a living olive grove'. The US is the world’s biggest consumer of olive oil outside of the EU, and consumes it to the tune of around 320,000 tonnes annually, according to Asoliva, the Spanish association of olive oil exporters. Of that, 120,000 tonnes or 37 percent comes from Spain.
