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Spanish drought sees land-fire damage soar: ministry
MADRID AFP — Fires destroyed more than twice as much land in drought-hit Spain during the first three months of 2008 as over the corresponding period last year, the government said Tuesday. 17,364 acres (6,945 hectares) of land were lost between January and March as Spain endured its worst...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, drought, environment, Government, ministry, Spain
Research articles 2008-04-08
Severe Spanish drought sparks regional fights over water
MADRID AFP — The worst drought in decades in Spain is leading to regional disputes over scarce water resources with areas with more reserves resisting transfers to more parched zones. There has been 40 percent less rain than normal across the country since the meteorological year began on October...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, drought, Government, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-04-03
5.9 million Chinese short of drinking water: report
BEIJING AFP — The number of people facing drinking water shortages in China has more than doubled to 5.9 million because of a severe winter drought, state media reported. The figures released late Friday jumped from 2.43 million a week earlier, the Xinhua news agency said, citing figures from...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, China, Drought, Manufacturing, MARKETING, media
Research articles 2008-03-01
Australia probes soaring food prices
SYDNEY AFP — Australia's government has taken aim at food prices as it targets rising inflation, launching a national inquiry to try to stem price rises close to double figures for some staple items. But grocers have warned that a long-running drought, strong export demand and global grain shortages...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, drought, food, Government, grocer, Manufacturing
Research articles 2008-02-12
Parts of China's Yangtze at lowest level in 140 years: report
BEIJING AFP — A severe drought has left parts of China's famed Yangtze river suffering their lowest water levels in at least 140 years, state media reported Thursday. The drought has made navigating the Yangtze a risky affair, with more than 40 ships running aground since October, according to...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, China, drought, MARKETING, river, Transportation
Research articles 2008-01-17
Biotechnology News: Briefs
Bayer CropScience (Monheim am Rhein, Germay) and Geosys S.A. (Toulouse, France) issued a joint announcement on October of their long-term agreement to pursue ongoing development of innovative information systems for agricultural use. Modern information systems are being used increasingly to operate farms more efficiently; to monitor the periodic occurrences of...
Tags: biotechnology, Drought, gene, General Motors Corp., Monsanto Co., Strategy, U.S.
Research articles 2007-11-01
Drought slashes Australian wheat crop
SYDNEY AFP — Australia's wheat, barley and canola winter crops were again revised lower Tuesday due to the severity of the long-running drought, the country's official forecaster said. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics said the winter wheat crop for 2007/08 would drop from the September estimate...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bureau, Drought, FINANCE, Investment
Research articles 2007-10-29
Drought puts Australia's food bowl at risk: PM
SYDNEY AFP — Australia's once-in-a-century drought has tightened its grip on the country's major food growing zone and could kill off the region's orchards and vineyards, Prime Minister John Howard said Friday. In his weekly radio address, Howard said that the continued lack of rain meant permanent plantings, such...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, allocation, Australia, Drought, food, Manufacturing
Research articles 2007-09-21
Drought drives Aussies to nude carwash
SYDNEY AFP — Australia's worst drought in memory has had many weird side-effects -- but a nude carwash has to be one of the oddest. The "big dry" has driven snakes into towns in search of water and sent thirst-crazed wild camels rampaging through outback camps. In Brisbane,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, car, Drought, Entrepreneurship
Research articles 2007-05-03
Mugabe: "OUR CAUSE IS AFRICA'S CAUSE"
After the recent events in Zimbabwe, which saw opposition leaders beaten up by the police, and the decision thereafter by the SADC to stand by Zimbabwe, our editor, Baffour Ankomah, went to interview the president in the eye of the storm, Robert Mugabe. He was in fine fettle. Please turn...
Tags: Africa, African, Britain, British Broadcasting Corp., drought, Government, sanction, SOFTWARE, Zimbabwe
Research articles 2007-05-01
Drought uncovers Australia's drowned town
ADAMINABY, Australia AFP — Australia's worst drought in a century has uncovered a town deliberately flooded 50 years ago as part of a massive hydro-electricity scheme, stirring painful memories for former residents. Adaminaby, a small farming town nestled in the Snowy Mountains on the border between New South Wales...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, dam, Drought, Litigation, memory, severity
Research articles 2007-04-17
Drought affects millions in Thailand
BANGKOK AFP — Scorching weather and lack of rain has left more than eight million people in Thailand, the world's top rice exporter, suffering a drought that is ruining their farmland, officials said Sunday. The drought has hit 58 of Thailand's 76 provinces, the government department responsible for disaster...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, drought, Drought, north, Thailand
Research articles 2007-04-01
Drought hits 700,000 in northeast China
BEIJING AFP — Drought in northeastern China has left 700,000 people short of water and forced farmers to scramble for supplies to keep crops and livestock alive, state press reported Monday. A 30 percent drop in normal rainfall in Liaoning province has caused wells to dry up, forcing farmers...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, China, drought, livestock, Xinhua News Agency
Research articles 2007-03-19
Drought Insurance
PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, when drought struck, there was little that could be done for those who owned rangeland. That may be changing thanks to a USDA pilot program. "Some producers have had to sell their-livestock because it doesn't make sense to have them," says Shepard of the...
Tags: Drought, FINANCE, Insurance, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2007-02-01
Drought puts heat on plantations.
Byline: Ben Wilmot Dec 10, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- In December 2006, IndustryEdge has issued its analysis of Australia's plantation industry. The group anticipates that severe drought will have a marked impact on plantations and claims the...
Tags: Australian Taxation Office, Drought, FINANCE, species, Tasmania, Taxes
Research articles 2006-12-10
Drought slashes Australian wool production to 20-year low
SYDNEY AFP — Australia's wool harvest is set to dwindle to its lowest in 20 years, industry figures have show, as the nation's worst drought in a century weighs further on the beleaguered rural community. Record low rainfall has led the nation's wool producer body, Australian Wool Innovation AWI, to...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Drought, Strategy
Research articles 2006-12-10
Drought devastates Australian crops
SYDNEY AFP — The worst drought in a century has slashed Australia's winter crop by an estimated 62 percent and the summer crop is likely to be down 33 percent, the official rural forecaster said. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics Abare estimated grains production for the recently...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, Drought, HARDWARE, Storage
Research articles 2006-12-04
Nearly 60 killed, scores missing in Afghanistan floods
HERAT, Afghanistan AFP — Nearly 60 people were dead and 100 still missing days after flash floods washed away mudbrick villages in western Afghanistan, officials said as NATO choppers flew in emergency aid. Health Minister Mohammad Amin Fatemi said Saturday a team of doctors had also been despatched to the...
Tags: Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse, drought, Government, team
Research articles 2006-11-18
Expert says Australian drought is 'worst in 1,000 years'
SYDNEY AFP — Australia, already the world's driest inhabited continent, is in the grip of its worst drought in 1,000 years, a leading expert told the country's political leaders at a crisis summit. Conservative Prime Minister John Howard and premiers of the three worst-hit states were presented with the bleak...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, drought, summit
Research articles 2006-11-07
Australian drought driving farmers to desperation
SYDNEY AFP — Australia's worsening drought is driving desperate farmers to suicide and government funds should be used to help them leave increasingly unviable land, scientists and politicans have said. The side effects of the worst drought in living memory include mental illness, depression and suicide in rural communities, said...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, Benefits, drought, Government, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, suicide
Research articles 2006-10-17