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Kenya yet to recover from financial crisis
Nairobi :: Kenya | 15 minutes ago
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Kenya is yet to recover from the negative effects of the financial crisis that affected most world economies this year. President Kibaki said even though the country recorded little signs of recovery, it was very much still reeling from the shocks of...
Tags: Kibaki, president kibaki, Kenya, Nairobi, Famine, Agriculture, Agricultural productivity, Kenyan crisis, Economy of Kenya, Politics of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, Environment
New website to debate agriculture and development
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 hour ago
Credibility The site, launched by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on Friday, is part of the Global Agricultural Development Initiative, a body that informs the US government, as well as interested companies and organisations, on global agricultural development.
Tags: agriculture development, global agriculture, United Kingdom, London, Non-governmental organization, Organic food, Global Forum on Agricultural Research, Malnutrition, Agriculture, World Food Programme, Environment, Business Finance
Pesticide expert oversees product use
Toronto :: Canada | about 3 hours ago
Credibility She currently works with farmers to register pesticides and rodenticides they would like to use on their crops. Kachadoorian, 51, lives in Salem. She has a master's degree in entomology from the University of Wisconsin. Question: What does your job...
Tags: Canada, Toronto, Rodenticides, Soil contamination, Zinc phosphide, Agriculture, Pesticides, Environmental effects of pesticides, Phosphides, Environment
In Mississippi Delta, a Promising Summer Washed Away by the Fall
Lexington :: KY :: USA | about 7 hours ago
Credibility It was a long day for John Hart, a farmer in the hills just east of the Mississippi Delta. An insurance company had decreed that, though Mr. Hart's crop of soybeans and rice was ruined, he would have to harvest it and haul it to a salvage company for...
Tags: agriculture, farming, harvest, Mississippi Delta, allnews, Mr. Hart, crops, Mr. Clark, black farmers, Lexington, Family farm, Mississippi, Environment, Farms, Agricultural economics
Farmers Take Advantage of Unseasonable Temps to Harvest
Delayed by rain throughout much of October, farmers in the upper Midwest region are feeling the pressure now to finish harvesting corn and soybeans before snow starts falling on the area. Statistics released by the United States Department...
Tags: harvest, agriculture, corn, Midwest, crops, farming, allnews, Monroe, Statistics, Energy crops, Environment, Southern Wisconsin
Time to push for positive perspective on GM crops
Brussels :: Belgium | about 14 hours ago
Credibility Time to push for positive perspective on GM crops Published Date: 23 November 2009 ONE of the workers on my father's farm was a Polish ex- serviceman who struggled manfully with the English language. When he chose the wrong word or pronunciation, his...
Tags: gm crop, Belgium, Brussels, Environmental issues, Genetically modified food, Genetically modified organism, Agriculture, Plant breeding, Molecular biology, Biotechnology, Genetic engineering, Business Finance, Environment
Africa: Cancer Deaths Surging As Lifestyles Change
Dar es Salaam :: Tanzania | about 24 hours ago
Credibility Cancer Deaths Surging As Lifestyles Change Dagi Kimani 23 November 2009 Nairobi — When 700 cancer experts met recently in Dar es Salaam, few had illusions about the challenges facing them. Many were, however, still shocked by the facts that emerged from...
Tags: climate talks, Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Cancer, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam Region, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Agriculture, Food, Famine, Population, Poverty, Disaster Accident, Environment
Carneros home of anti-moth effort
Rome :: Italy | 1 day ago
Credibility Carneros vineyards are becoming an outdoor science laboratory as federal, state and local agriculture officials seek the best methods for controlling the light brown apple moth. The latest effort involves the first release of sterile light brown apple...
Tags: brown apple, light brown, apple moth, Italy, Rome, Los Carneros AVA, Napa Valley AVA, Sonoma County wine, Wine Country, Moth, Napa County California, American Viticultural Areas, California wine, Agricultural pest insects, Tortricidae, Light brown apple moth, Environment, Viticulture, Domaine Chandon California, Vineyard, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Pesticide, Pest, Agriculture
Spanish capital besieged by irate farmers
Madrid :: Spain | 1 day ago
Credibility As many as 100,000 Spanish farmers have thronged in the capital Madrid in a mass protest against the depressed market for agricultural produce. Saturday�s rally followed Friday�s strike action that saw farmers down tools to block roads across the country.
Tags: low prices, farmers protest, Madrid, Spain, Rural geography, Farms, Land management, Rural culture, Business Finance, Agricultural economics, Agriculture, Agricultural policy
Heavy rains deter planting of cover crops
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility It's been a wet year for farmers, and that could spell trouble for the Chesapeake Bay ...Unusually rainy weather may be the main reason why farmers have decided to plant fewer acres of cover crops this fall than they did last year, despite the state's...
Tags: cover crop, Hans Schmidt, Louise Lawrence, planting cover, Maryland Department of Agriculture, crop program, Baltimore, Fertilizer, Agriculture, Wheat, Crop rotation, Crops, Agricultural soil science, Agronomy, Environment
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