German Farmers Rail Against Insect Protection Plans By Florian CAZERES
02/10/21 AT 12:50 AM
The German government is set to unveil legislation on Wednesday to halt a dramatic decline in insect populations, but farmers are up in arms over measures they say threaten their livelihoods.
Hundreds of farmers drove their tractors into central Berlin on Tuesday, braving snow and frosty temperatures, to protest against the government s insect protection draft law. No farmers, no food, no future read a sign fixed to one tractor near the city s famed Brandenburg Gate. We are here, talk to us read another.
The policy package, two years in the making, aims to restrict the use of pesticides on German agricultural land to save insects, whose numbers have drastically fallen across Europe in recent decades.
German farmers rail against insect protection plans » Borneo Bulletin Online borneobulletin.com.bn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from borneobulletin.com.bn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.