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- Wastewater often used in urban agriculture: study
- STOCKHOLM AFP — Wastewater is widely used to irrigate urban agricultural land in developing countries, a practice that has both advantages and disadvantages, a 53-city study presented at a water conference in Stockholm showed Monday. Wastewater agriculture contributes importantly to urban food supplies and helps provide a livelihood for...
- Research articles 2008-08-17
- An International Comparison of the Effects of Government Agricultural Support on Food Budget Shares
- This study evaluates econometrically the effect of government support to agriculture on a measure of the affordability of food in 10 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD countries. The panel model we construct specifically utilizes two values calculated by the OECD: Producer Support Estimates as a percentage of gross...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- Minister Ritz Opening Doors to Russia for Canadian Producers
- The Government of Canada continues to stand up for our farm families on the world stage, and that commitment was demonstrated during meetings between Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Russian Agriculture Minister Alexey Gordeyev and other officials. "Canadian farmers produce some of the best pork and beef in...
- Research articles 2008-06-24
- Massive ETimor land-for-biofuel plan raises hackles
- DILI AFP — East Timor's government is under fire over an agreement to turn more than a sixth of the country's arable land over to a 100 million dollar foreign-funded ethanol project. The Fretilin opposition has branded as a "land giveaway" a memorandum of understanding between the agriculture minister...
- Research articles 2008-06-23
- Science & the public
- Researchers at Columbia University are turning the idea of agriculture on its side--literally--by imagining farms in the city. Learn about their plans and what they hope to accomplish in Janet Raloff's blog posts.
- Research articles 2008-06-21
- Senator Feinstein crafts emergency agriculture labor relief act
- Facing a serious and worsening agriculture labor crisis in the United States, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is preparing an emergency solution for agriculture on a temporary basis that would address the immediate, critical needs for farm labor. Sen. Feinstein and others in Congress believe that agricultural producers and farm workers...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- Global food prices will ease, but stay high: UN
- PARIS AFP — Global food prices will fall from record peaks in the next few years, but the cost of feeding the family will still be far higher than in the past decade, an international study forecast on Thursday. The price bubble has added to the number of people...
- Research articles 2008-05-29
- WTO's Lamy urges flexibility from EU in trade talks
- BRUSSELS AFP — WTO chief Pascal Lamy urged the European Union to be more flexible in global free-trade negotiations and not simply focus on what Europe stands to win on agriculture or lose on industrial products. "It's a question of looking at a balance, but it's not 'black and...
- Research articles 2008-05-29
- EU urges concessions from emerging nations in WTO talks
- BRUSSELS AFP — EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson urged developing countries on Tuesday to yield ground in crunch World Trade Organisation negotiations. "The emerging economies must now engage in a serious negotiation," Mandelson told the European Parliament's foreign trade panel. Last week, the WTO submitted new proposals on...
- Research articles 2008-05-27
- Aurora Organic Dairy and Colorado State University Announce Research Partnership Funded by Aurora Organic Dairy Foundation
- Grant to Fund Research Projects on Animal Welfare, Forage Crops and Soil Fertility for Organic Pasture; Findings to Be Shared with Organic Agriculture Community BOULDER, Colo. -- Aurora Organic Dairy, a leading U.S. provider of high-quality private-label organic milk and butter, and Colorado State University CSU, one of the...
- Research articles 2008-04-22
- The value of immigration
- Jeffery Jones gets it. He is Mexico's undersecretary of agriculture and agribusiness, and he delivered a message in Utah this week that cuts to the heart of the global immigration debate. Simply put, it is this: The flow of workers from poor to rich countries is a good...
- Research articles 2008-04-05
- AAFC: Governments Provide Certainty to Yukon Producers.
- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Apr 2, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- The Government of Canada is working with Yukon to deliver new programs for Canadian farm families through the Growing Forward initiative, but while that progress continues, existing programs under the Agricultural Policy Framework APF will be extended...
- Research articles 2008-04-02
- Governments Provide Certainty to New Brunswick Producers.
- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Apr 2, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- The Government of Canada is working with the Province of New Brunswick to deliver new programs for Canadian farm families through the Growing Forward initiative, but while that progress continues, existing programs under the Agricultural Policy Framework...
- Research articles 2008-04-02
- homes on the range: COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON CALIFORNIA'S PRIVATELY OWNED HARDWOOD RANGELANDS
- ABSTRACT This essay describes the conservation history of California's hardwood rangelands: a vast region of oak woodland, grassland, and chaparral vegetation that occurs almost entirely on private property. Conservation has played as important a role in the history of California's privately owned hardwood rangelands as it has on the neighboring...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- PA Agriculture Secretary Welcomes New Director of Agricultural Law Center
- To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Nicole L. Cullison of PA Dept. of Agriculture, +1-717- 787-5085 HARRISBURG, Pa., March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff today welcomed Ross Pifer, a Punxsutawney native and experienced agricultural attorney, as the new director of the Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center within the...
- Research articles 2008-03-17
- Smithfield Foods and Murphy-Brown Bring Learners to Leaders(TM) to Six Northwest Iowa High Schools to Help Prepare Students for Degrees in Agribusiness
- To: EDUCATION EDITORS Contact: Margie Albrecht of Charleston|Orwig, Inc., +1-262-563- 5100, Mobile, +1-262-352-2472, malbrecht@charlestonorwig.com, for Smithfield Foods, Inc. SIOUX RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Smithfield Foods, Inc., and Murphy-Brown, LLC, its hog production subsidiary, along with the National FFA Organization, on Thursday launched a two-year Learners to LeadersTM...
- Research articles 2008-02-29
- Ministerial Statement on Court Decision on Marketing Choice for Barley.
- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Feb 26, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, today issued the following statement in response to a Federal Court of Appeal decision on the Government of Canada's appeal of...
- Research articles 2008-02-26
- Sarkozy's clash at farm show an Internet hit
- PARIS AFP — Footage of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's sharp exchange with a man who refused to shake his hand at an agriculture show collected hundreds of thousands of hits on the Internet on Sunday. Sarkozy was filmed smiling and shaking hands with visitors as he arrived on Saturday...
- Research articles 2008-02-24
- Sarkozy wants French gastronomy declared a world treasure
- PARIS AFP — French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday he wants to see French gastronomy classed as a world heritage by UNESCO, at the opening of the country's huge annual agriculture show here in Paris. "Agriculture and the jobs which produce it every day are the source of our...
- Research articles 2008-02-23
- The Same Song
- Farm-state lawmakers who were relying on new USDA Secretary Ed Schafer to influence the administration's threat to veto the farm bill are probably disappointed. Schafer won quick approval by the Senate and was sworn in by Vice President Dick Cheney in time to take his place with other...
- Research articles 2008-02-15
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