2013 U.S. Engagement in the Lower Mekong Initiative (US Department of State)
(Source: US Department of State) On July 1, Secretary of State John Kerry led the United States' delegation to the Sixth Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial Meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan,...
View ArticleRemarks by President Obama at Business Leaders Forum (President of the...
(Source: President of the United States) The White House Office of the Press Secretary Hyatt Kilimanjaro Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 7:30 P.M. EAT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Please have a...
View ArticleAgriculture
KOLKATA: Rains in Rajasthan have favourably impacted the sowing process of guar. Latest reports from Rajasthan Agricultural Department shows that area under guar cultivation at 69100...
View ArticleColorado Editorial Roundup
A sampling of recent editorials from Colorado newspapers: STATE: ___ The Coloradoan, June 29, on purchase of a self-help "Grow Rich" book by the Poudre School District: At the beginning of the school...
View ArticleThe economists
JUNE 18, 2013 -- In 2006, the Princeton economist Alan Blinder estimated that in 10 years the U.S. would offshore 30-40 million jobs. Today, Corporate America continues to enfeeble the U.S. economy as...
View ArticleLagyan ng lason ang shabu
RECENTLY, anti-drug enforcers proved again that they’re always on their toes in their keen drive against the distribution of illegal drugs. Almost every week, multi-million pesos worth of shabu are...
View ArticleCan Ghana increase food yield through GMO techniques?
Share Twitter Ghana News plugins View Comments In many developing countries across the world, food shortage is a major issue. Apart from the lack of rain and poor irrigation, there is also the serious...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: The President’s Young African Leaders Initiative (President of...
(Source: President of the United States) The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 29, 2013 President Obama launched the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) in 2010...
View ArticleUWR Tractors Made Redundant Due To New Technology
Farmers in two communities in the Upper West Region have adopted a new technology that does not require ploughing their fields with tractors or hoes before planting their crops. Under this new method...
View ArticleHedge Funds Cut Gold Bets as Goldman Lowers Outlook: Commodities
Hedge funds cut wagers on a gold rally to a five-year low as a record quarterly drop drove prices below $1,200 an ounce for the first time since 2010 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. forecast more...
View ArticleUrban-rural alliance breaks down on farm bill vote
Click photo to enlarge FILE - Cows line up to feed at a farm in Danville, Vt. on Oct. 16, 2012. For decades, country and city interests had come together every few years to pass the farm bill, a...
View ArticleJune 30: Letters to the editor
readers' views Kentucky should revoke ban on gay marriage In 1996, I wrote a letter to the editor that expressed my feelings that Congress and then President Bill Clinton should be ashamed for passing...
View ArticleHaryana to bring 25k hectares under poplar cultivation
CHANDIGARH: The Central government has approved financial assistance of Rs 98.50 crore to Haryana to shift 60,000 hectares of land from paddy to alternative crops like maize and guar under the crop...
View ArticleImproving Crop Yields in a World of Extreme Weather Events (University of...
(Source: University of California) Improving Crop Yields in a World of Extreme Weather Events UC Riverside-led team develops new chemical for improving drought tolerance Water was withheld from the...
View ArticleThe ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial Meeting (US Department of State)
(Source: US Department of State) On July 1, Secretary of State John Kerry met on the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Brunei with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign...
View ArticleWhere are the bananas?
BANANAS have for ages been the foundation for the economic livelihood of the north-eastern parish of St Mary. So much is the cultivation of banana revered and respected, that the crop has been...
View ArticleRudd? Gillard? Australians have bigger problems
Australia has been called many things: Oz; the land Down Under; the lucky country. But the equivalent of a collateralised debt obligation (CDO) Canberra can’t be happy to hear its AAA-rated economy...
View ArticlePAC all set for full state university status
MAGALANG -- The Pampanga Agricultural College (PAC) is now preparing requirements to gain its full status as state university. PAC president Honorio M. Soriano Jr. said they should submit the...
View ArticleCrop-raiding wild animals force farmers to plant rubber in Malabar
KOZHIKODE: Marauding jumbos are inadvertently making Malabar the rising star in the state's rubber plantation landscape. Faced with surging menace from crop-raiding wild animals, ranging from...
View ArticleCentral Institute for Cotton Research reaches out to farmers nationally
NAGPUR: Though a agriculture research institute is not primarily responsible for taking its knowledge to farmers, effective transfer of technologies and information directly with beneficiaries is...
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