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Water management will play a vital role in New Zealand's agricultural future Abundant fresh water has long been part of New Zealand's agriculture competitive advantage. Now there are plans to better...
View ArticleRemarks by President Obama at Ubungo Symbion Power Plant (President of the...
(Source: President of the United States) The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 02, 2013 Ubungo Plaza, Symbion Power Plant Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 10:58 A.M. EAT...
View ArticleNational Rice Policy Committee agrees with new pledging price of 15,000 baht...
(Source: Royal Thai Government) Deputy Prime Minister Kittirat Na-Ranong revealed that the meeting of National Rice Policy Committee (NRPC) agreed with the new adjustment of pledging price of rice of...
View ArticleThe Nearly Foolproof Recipe to Make Poor Countries Richer
Could a "social movement" end poverty within a generation? That's what Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank, said last week in Washington. He may be right, but he's also got the wrong kind of...
View ArticleFarm Bill Defeat Shows Agriculture’s Waning Power
WASHINGTON — The startling failure of the farm bill last month reflects the declining clout of the farm lobby and the once-powerful committees that have jurisdiction over agriculture policy, economists...
View ArticleAquino sacks NIA chief, posts pro-RH solon in DoH
It was a day of political payback and penalty for President Aquino yesterday as he sacked National Irrigation Administrator Antonio Nangel for failing to make any headway in the Balog-Balog dam project...
View ArticleFarmers aim for stronger growth (Government of the Socialist Republic of...
(Source: Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) VGP - The Viet Nam Farmers' Union (VNFU) has admitted more than 2 million new members, bringing its total membership to more than 10 million,...
View ArticleCocoa Innovations Project Launched in Indonesia (ACDI/VOCA)
(Source: ACDI/VOCA) World Cocoa Foundation and ACDI/VOCA Join Forces to Bring Technology, Other Benefits to Indonesia's Cocoa Farmers ACDI/VOCA and the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) are launching an...
View ArticleGraham Turley: A new dawn for dairy farmers
Long-held assumptions are being turned upside down, writes Graham Turley As long as there has been dairy in NZ, grazing herds on pasture 365 days of the year has been the accepted production model -...
View ArticleThought for food
Brierley Penn looks at efforts to collaborate for innovation in the food sector The Government's target of an increase in the value of New Zealand's food sector exports from $25 billion to $60 billion...
View ArticleBayer CropScience and IFC, supported by Austria, partner to help small-scale...
(Source: Bayer AG) Monheim/Kiev, July 3, 2013 -Bayer CropScience and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announced today an innovative partnership to support...
View ArticleNathan Guy: Kick start for farming will be a boost for all
We need to do more to celebrate our innovative agriculture sector, says Nathan Guy The severe drought this year was a brutal experience for many farmers, but I believe it has had one important positive...
View ArticleAfDB and Global Environment Facility to Strengthen Climate Change Adaptation...
(Source: African Development Bank Group) The Global Environment Facility Council has approved a grant of USD 11.3 million, to be channeled through the AfDB, for climate adaptation activities in...
View ArticleGogoi mission to bring more areas under flower cultivation
GUWAHATI: The Assam government plans to increase the area under flower cultivation to 5,000 hectare in 2013-14 through a mission called "Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's Special Floriculture Mission" to...
View ArticleObama Aid for Africa Can't Keep Pace With Population-Driven Hunger
President Barack Obama spoke in Tanzania today, ending his visit to sub-Saharan Africa by highlighting what the U.S. and other countries are doing to alleviate poverty among the world’s hungriest...
View ArticleECOSOC HOLDS IMPLEMENTATION FORUM AND PANEL ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN...
(Source: UN - United Nations) ECOSOC HOLDS IMPLEMENTATION FORUM AND PANEL ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA President of Colombia Addresses Economic and Social...
View ArticleObama drops hundreds of millions on (Kenyan) farmers
Although the House and Senate remain in a stalemate over what to cut or keep in the controversial Farm Bill, the Obama administration is proceeding with its own plan for farmers – in Kenya. The East...
View ArticleAnalysis: Time for a new poppy policy in Afghanistan
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE HIGHLIGHTS High levels of drug addiction Poppy eradication underfunded Farmers’ needs must be understood Alternative livelihood programmes generally failed...
View ArticleCoffee Made Happy Vietnam Click here to view (Mondelez International Inc)
(Source: Mondelez International Inc) EMBARGO 0900 CET THURSDAY, JULY 4 2013 Contacts: Tom Armitage +41 79 267 46 97 news@mdlz.com Mondelēz International Helps Coffee Farmers in Vietnam to Become More...
View ArticleSurplus catfish a tasty bipartisan item in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending $10 million on frozen catfish for poor Americans this year as part of a Great Depression-era program that hasn't drawn a peep of...
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