Livestock farmers urge end to mass culling as foot-and-mouth disease threatens industry

Cypriot livestock farming is under siege as an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease threatens to decimate the industry and cause retail prices to skyrocket ahead of Easter. President Nikos Christodoulides convened an emergency meeting at the Presidential Palace on Sunday morning with agricultural organisations and stakeholders to address the crisis. Farmers are demanding an immediate suspension […]

By Angelos Nicolaou