Why farmers are fretting across the world

Farmers globally are protesting rising costs and falling incomes, with demands for better support and policies, echoing similar movements across nations.

They come in long convoys of tractors, sometimes with months of food supplies with them, to stage protests. Their demands may differ, but concerns about rising costs and falling incomes are common. Farmer angst around the world has been intensifying since 2021, from Paris and London to Delhi. And increasingly, their protests have started looking similar.

A farmer holds a placard reading "The Last Straw" during a demonstration by farmers over inheritance tax changes, in London, UK, on November 19. (Bloomberg)

In London, hundreds of farmers stormed Britain’s heart of government, Whitehall, this week, protesting a proposed 20% inheritance tax they say will be