Sunday, February 12, 2012

Google Alert - organic farming

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News 4 new results for organic farming
 
Organic farming is on the rise
WCAX
By Kyle Midura - bio | email Vermont's Organic Farmers have gathered for a winter meeting for the 30th year. The movement has grown from a just few, to thousands. Sen. Patrick Leahy remembers when he first tackled the subject of organic farming in ...
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Crowfield Farm Sanctuary best kept secret in Wayne County
Wayne Post
"In 1998, some of the land at Crowfield Farm also became home to Peacework Organic Farm, the primary supplier of organic vegetables, herbs and flowers for a local Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Since that time, the Kraai family has moved on to ...
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Going Hog Wild: Weaning Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs Out Of Pork
Huffington Post
Now, more than 20 years later, he says his farm is organic, sustainable, humane and still nearly as efficient as the typical industrial CAFO. Plus he's eliminated the $16000 a year he used to spend on veterinary and drug bills. And he hasn't sacrificed ...
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Phl adopts measures to mitigate climate change
Philippine Star
The government is also aggressively promoting organic agriculture that addresses both adaption and mitigation, Alcala said. "We support the adoption of livestock breeds and fish strains, as well as organic inputs, that improve productivity and make ...
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Web1 new result for organic farming
 
Agriculture - - Soil Conservation & Organic Farming
Agriculture - - Soil Conservation & Organic Farming.
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Google Alert - agriculture technology


News6 new results for agriculture technology
 
Agri firms to get land on lease for value addition
Deccan Herald
The State government has decided to amend the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1974, to allow farmers to lease out their agricultural land to private agro companies, who in turn will have to use technology to increase yield on the leased land.
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PCC signs articulation agreement with University of Phoenix
Pratt Tribune
By Anonymous The agreement will create a pathway for students who graduate from PCC in Nursing, Electrical Power Technology, Business and Accounting, Agriculture, Automotive or Agriculture Power Technology to go to the University of Phoenix seamlessly.
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Government seeks India Inc help to push agriculture schemes
Business Standard
Rain-fed agriculture is used to describe farming practices that rely mostly on rainfall for water. To push forward this plan, the President of India has constituted a working group of different state governors to chalk out strategies to enhance ...
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Address by the Deputy Premier and Minister for natural resources and labour Dr ...
SKNVibes.com
Heavy duty equipment now create flat areas even on our hillsides for agricultural production and modern day pig and chicken processing plants demonstrate that technological advancements have been embraced by some of our farmers.
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Tanzania backs plan for use of GMOs
East African
By ROSEMARY MIRONDO (email the author) TANZANIA IS backing a plan to start research on genetically modified crops (GMO) in its territory, in a move Agriculture Minister Jumanne Maghembe says is meant to keep up with new technology and will modernise ...
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Service voters to vote between Feb 15 and 19
Times of India
The police and security personnel would cast votes on the ballot papers meant for them at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology between February 15 and 19. Earlier, the dates fixed for service voters were between February 17 and ...
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Web2 new results for agriculture technology
 
HIV in Kenya: Gates to Unleash Destructive Agricultural Technology ...
Sandefur finds that innovation is not very popular and most farmers don't use modern farming technologies. And as income levels in agriculture are much lower ...
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Photo: Sheffield United: to create the atmosphere of the whole ...
To create the atmosphere of the whole society attaches importance to agricultural science and technology. - Interview with a professor at Fujian Agriculture and ...
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Google Alert - agriculture


News10 new results for agriculture
 
Agriculture in need of image make-over
ABC Online
TONY EASTLEY: For the first time in 100 years one of the few Australian universities offering a degree in agriculture has been forced to withdraw the course, because of a decline in enrolments. The University of Western Sydney has cancelled its ...
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Two nations to boost cooperation in agriculture
China Daily
BEIJING - The agricultural ministries of China and the United States are to boost levels of cooperation to benefit mutual development, it was reported on Sunday. Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu announced the move in an interview with Xinhua News ...
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Vilsack Makes US Agriculture a High-Growth Area
Bloomberg
More about Albert R Hunt Enlarge image Albert R. Hunt Albert R. Hunt The most avid political junkies probably couldn't name five US agriculture secretaries; Tom Vilsack, the current occupant of the post, may be about to join that short list.
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Mini dams to boost agriculture in Federal Capital areas
Pakistan Observer
Islamabad—Chief Commissioner, Islamabad, Tariq Mahmood Pirzada on Sunday reviewed the progress of ongoing agricultural projects in the rural areas of the Federal Capital and directed the officials to expedite the work on these projects for their ...
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Agricultural science jobs axed
The Canberra Times
BY ROSSLYN BEEBY, SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT REPORTER Two of Australia's top agricultural science positions will be axed by the Gillard government as part of a shake-up of the federal agriculture department, a Senate estimates hearing has been told.
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Food security is intact even if monsoon is bad: Agriculture Ministry
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Union agriculture ministry looks confident of ensuring food security in the country even if this year's monsoon falls short of expectations. "Our agriculture has become climate-resilient, to some extent. It has been proved in 2009-10 when we ...
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Presidential Agricultural Task Force meets in Port Loko
Cocorioko
Agriculture has been identified as vital for the development and transformation of Sierra Leone. To address this problem, President Ernest Bai Koroma in 2008 established a Task Force of which he is Chairman to tackle and address the myriad challenges ...
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MGNREGA luring away labour from farm fields: Study
Economic Times
BANGALORE: Besides creating labour shortage in the agriculture sector, cost of farm production increased by up to 20 per cent in Karnataka after the implementation of MGNREGA, the Centre's flagship programme aimed at alleviating poverty, ...
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Agricultural concerns: Snowfall to ensure sufficient water in summer
The Express Tribune
PHOTO: FILE Heavy snowfall this month which has covered the mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) has ended a prolonged dry spell that would have otherwise affected agricultural crops this summer, according to experts. "There is now sufficient water ...
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The Express Tribune
HDKs aspersions on agriculture budget
IBNLive.com
MADIKERI: JD(S) state president HD Kumaraswamy has come down heavily on the state government's "so-called" first-ever attempt to bring out a separate Agriculture Budget. He said the budget claimed Rs 17800 crore would be set part for agriculture sector ...
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Blogs1 new result for agriculture
 
Innovation Systems and Technical Efficiency in Developing-Country ...
By repec
The paper uses a stochastic frontier analysis of production functions to estimate the level of technical efficiency in agriculture for a panel of 29 developing countries in Africa and Asia between 1994 and 2000. In addition, the paper examines ...
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Web5 new results for agriculture
 
HDK's aspersions on agriculture budget | HDK | | The New Indian ...
MADIKERI: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy has come down heavily on the state government's "so-called" first-ever attempt to bring out a separate ...
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Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Officer Vacancies 2012 | vResults.com
AP Agriculture Jobs 2012 – 458 Agriculture Officer Vacancies: Andhra Pradesh Agricultural department, Govt of AP invites applications for the recruitment of 458 ...
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New Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Highlights Blueprint for Iowa ...
The meeting provided Secretary Vilsack with an opportunity to hear from Iowans on how to make sure our students get the education and training they need so ...
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Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Department Agricultural Officer 2012 ...
Eligibility of Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Department Agricultural Officer Jobs | How to Apply for Agricultural Officer Jobs at Andhra Pradesh Agriculture ...
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Janani AgriServe; Making Agriculture Profitable for Small and ...
In conversation with YourStory, Sundara Rajan tells us how Janani AgriServe aims to provide innovative, personalised and customised Agri Products/Services at ...
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Google Alert - organic farming


News7 new results for organic farming
 
Sadly, Lucy has missed the point about organic farming
Financial Times
Organic is not a scam, though it has surely been used as one, but so has Christianity, motherhood and psychiatry to name but a few. Ms Kellaway confuses the principle with the application. It is the public and their slavering servants, the supermarkets ...
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True to his roots: Organic farmer debuts new digs at festival
Denton Record Chronicle
Halbert also recommended the organic meat from Hudspeth Farm in Forestburg that Crocker sells. The farm offers grass-fed beef as well as pastured poultry and pork. Charlie Milne, 4, watches as his selection of veggies is juiced by Denton Juice Co. at ...
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Denton Record Chronicle
Cultivating an interest
Hindustan Times
He convinced them to sign up for a club whose members would be engaged in the production of vermi-compost and start organic farming. Day labourer Leela Devi, 43, is a member of Manoj's Bihari Thakur Kisan Club. "Yeh khad nuksaan nai karta hai (This ...
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Health freaks go gaga over Organic Mela
IBNLive.com
Along with the health freaks, people from various walks of life who had come to the botanical park were busy clearing doubts they had about organic farming, the benefits of consuming organic food etc. "The farmers here clearly explain us the difference ...
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Rural Report Central West and Western Plains 13/02/12
ABC Online
What happens to the status of organic farms in flood waters? What happens to the status of organic farms if flood waters inundate the land or fences are washed away and cattle stray? Dr Andrew Monk, Director of Biological farmers of Australia says each ...
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Wetland birds in Kerala on the rise
Times of India
The head of Kerala Agricultural University's centre for wildlife studies, PO Nameer, who led the survey, told TOI that the decline in the pace of wetland reclamation and the slow but steady shift to organic farming practices seem to have contributed to ...
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Umarpada, a tribal village in Gujarat, is set to change its economy by ...
Economic Times
Over the last one decade, tribal community in Gujarat is becoming enterprising. Dahod is a living example where tribals have turned to organic farming," says CB Upadhyay, director, Tribal Research Institute, Gujarat Vidyapeeth University.
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Web2 new results for organic farming
 
Health freaks go gaga over Organic Mela | Organic products | | The ...
"The farmers here clearly explain us the difference between organic and inorganic ... From the past three years, we are encouraging organic farming," said ...
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Videsi goes Desi, learning organic farming - YouTube
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Google Alert - agriculture technology


News7 new results for agriculture technology
 
Farmers' awareness camp held
GreaterKashmir.com
Pulwama, Feb 12: To promote use of new farm technology, Agriculture Department today held a Farmers' Awareness Camp at Naira Pulwama. On this occasion, Chief Agriculture Officer Pulwama GH Guroo said that department is providing every assistance to the ...
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GreaterKashmir.com
China-US to deepen agriculture cooperation, food security
IBNLive.com
As Xi prepares for an official US visit from February 13 to 17, Agriculture Minister Han Changfu said both countries will push forward cooperation in the areas of food security, sustainable development, agricultural trade and science and technology, ...
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'Texting cow' technology could be boost for farmers
Farming UK
It is the result of a joint project between The University of Strathclyde, Morrisons, Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), NMR, Harbro, Well Cow and Embedded Technology Solutions (a Strathclyde spin-out company) – who are developing the technology.
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Fears for farming's future as students ignore agriculture
Land
Australia produces enough food to contribute to the diets of at least 60 million people and as many as 400 million people if investments in agricultural science, technology and training are taken into account, says the report of a government-appointed ...
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Ohio could get specialized middle, high schools on farming
Columbus Dispatch
Cliff Hite of Findlay, chairman of the Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Committee. The schools' name — Global Impact STEM Academies (STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics) — intentionally leaves out the word ...
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Over 2700 candidates appear for Agri Varsity test
Pakistan Observer
The five faculties include Agricultural Engineering, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Agricultural Social Science, Crop Production and Crop Protection while the two institutes are Information Technology Center and Institute of Food Sciences ...
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Direct purchase plans help farmers grow bigger profits
China Daily
"Urbanization has increased demand for agriculture products significantly in large cities and the development of agriculture technology and new farming skills have boosted the supply of farm produce. "Poor information distribution channels and unstable ...
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