Thursday, December 8, 2011

Google Alert - agriculture


News9 new results for agriculture
 
Corzine to testify before Congress about MF Global
CNN International
By James O'Toole @CNNMoney December 7, 2011: 6:01 PM ET Former New Jersey governor and MF Global CEO Jon Corzine will appear before the House Agriculture Committee on Thursday. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- After weeks of speculation about how more than a ...
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Judge rules Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz breached Wheat Board Act
CanadianBusiness.com
By The Canadian Press | December 07, 2011 Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz stands during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick WINNIPEG - A defiant ...
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Agriculture education needs to be upgraded: Sharad Pawar
Daily News & Analysis
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA India needs to concentrate on evolving agricultural education in tune with fast changing national and international scenario, Union agriculture minister, Sharad Pawar, said on Tuesday. ...
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USDA awards $10.4 million in food safety grants
The Associated Press
(AP) — The US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it had awarded 17 grants totaling $10.4 million for university research projects designed to boost food safety at a time when millions of Americans get food-borne illnesses each year. ...
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The Associated Press
Agriculture gets climate smart
The New Age Online
African farmers have come to Durban because we want to make world leaders and decision makers aware of agriculture's potential as a solution to deal with climate change. It is, we believe, the most important sector in the world. ...
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Pawar takes on Anna, says he instigates violence
IBNLive.com
New Delhi: Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, who was slapped by a young man in New Delhi on November 24, has hit back at anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare for supporting the attack on him. ...
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IBNLive.com
Obligatory agricultural insurance not yet prescriptive in Armenia
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Obligatory agricultural insurance does not promise significant benefits for the farmers, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan said on Tuesday. According to him, Armenian Ministry of Agriculture and Central Bank of Armenia ran long discussions on the issue. ...
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Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
NABARD projects credit plan outlay of Rs 47432 crore for 2012-13 for Gujarat state
Economic Times
Out of the total projection for the priority sector lending, 67% was towards agriculture sector. MIGangi, general manager, NABARD, stated that in spite of growth in the credit flow, the state stood at 3.96% of total agriculture credit of the country of ...
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'Forested Vidarbha needs to learn from Sikkim
Times of India
NAGPUR: Sikkim, India's second smallest state after Goa, has 47% of its geographical area under tree cover; 31% area network under sanctuaries and national parks and only 11% area under agriculture. Yet, it has not recorded farmers' suicides. ...
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Blogs4 new results for agriculture
 
IFAD social reporting blog: Agriculture In! (721 and counting...)
By Jeffrey A Brez
'Agriculture In' is a ball game with 3 targets designed to address the significance of agriculture and how it can contribute to poverty reduction, food security, building resilience, and improving environmental outcomes including reducing GHG ...
IFAD social reporting blog
Climate Smart Agriculture and the World Bank: A Winning Team (for ...
By Global Justice Ecology Project
The bank is calling this "climate smart agriculture." When I first heard about it i thought "hey – this sounds clever, what a smart idea. Smart is good!" But I had this nagging suspicion, perhaps because the bank seemed so enthusiastic. ...
Climate Connections
UPDATED: Federal Court rules Agriculture Minister violated the ...
By awreeves
Judge Douglas R. Campbell has ruled that Agriculture Minister Gary Ritz violated the Canada Wheat Board charter and the law with regards to making fundamental changes to the structure of the organization and "must be held accountable." ...
the reeves report
World Bank & developed country plans for Agriculture carbon ...
By admin
At the UN Climate Change negotiations in Durban this week, the World Bank and developed countries are claiming that agriculture carbon offsets will bring money for African agriculture. But civil society groups are worried that carbon offsets in ...
Climate Justice Now!

Web4 new results for agriculture
 
Summary Outcomes from Agriculture and Rural Development Day ...
On Saturday, 3 December, a group of 17 leading agricultural organizations hosted an all-day event called Agriculture and Rural Development Day held in ...
www.agrometeorology.org/.../summary-outcomes-from-agric...
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Agriculture income - Income Tax Experts - Chartered Accountants ...
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Google Alert - organic farming


News9 new results for organic farming
 
Organic farming of chilli, cauliflower, tomato yields positive results
Times of India
ALLAHABAD: The pilot project of the district horticulture department to cultivate varieties of chilli, cauliflower and tomato through organic farming has yielded positive results in several blocks of the district. In fact, farmers who hail from BPL and ...
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Innovative technique showcased at national conference
The Hindu
"Farmers from Dharmapuri, Madurai and Dindigul are now approaching me to learn the technique. I did not innovate for an award. My greatest achievement would be to inspire as many farmers as I can, to take to organic farming methods. Organic farming is ...
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The Hindu
NYU Student Group Farm To Live Grows Organic Produce For Low Income Communities
NYU Local
By Caroline Hayes on December 7th, 2011 (12 hours ago) Organic agriculture has recently become an immensely popular career choice for college graduates (even Brooklynites), and the NYU student initiative project "Farm to Live" is in the process of ...
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Villagers reap benefits from permaculture
NewsDay
The centre recently launched an organic farming programme here which has become the talk of the area as many people marvel at the work done there. Organic farming, which falls under the broad discipline of permaculture, is agricultural activity done ...
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Provincial Organic agriculture committee organized in Mt. Province
Philippine Information Agency
7 (PIA) -- Governor Leonard G. Mayaen recently issued an order creating the Provincial Organic Agriculture Committee(POAC) to effectively implement the various activities of the organic agriculture program in the province. ...
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Photo Gallery: A Trip to an Innovative Walnut Farm
Patch.com
The accompanying photos will depict the stages of harvesting and processing the nuts on the farm, but the other half of the story is the organic farming practices used in the over-400 acres of walnut orchards. The accent is on using natural methods ...
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The Present of Power, with Love from Fair Trade and Organic
Fairfield Mirror
Yes, organic food does generally cost more, but that is due to a number of veiled outside factors that shoppers don't see behind the price tag. Organic farms are excluded from federal subsidies that conventional farmers receive. ...
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Fairfield Mirror
Test Your Organic Food IQ: 5 Common Organic Myths
Business 2 Community
Does organic processing use chemicals? Yes! There is an approved list of fertilizers, fungicides, pesticides, herbicides, and other materials that can be used on farms that are certified as organic. But for the most part, organic farming will ...
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Farming the benefits of biogas at Ledgecroft
Eastern Ontario AgriNews
Some organic waste, that contains vegetable matter, has less potential." Ledgecroft was one of the first farms in Ontario to sign on with Organic Resource Management Inc. (ORMI), an industry leader in the collection of liquid organic residuals from ...
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Web2 new results for organic farming
 
Draft policy focus on organic farming
Ranchi, Dec. 7: A draft agriculture policy being drawn up by the state government will lay stress on organic farming and low use of chemical fertilisers among the ...
www.telegraphindia.com/1111208/jsp/.../story_14853368.jsp
Himachal Pradesh Cabinet approved Eco-Friendly Organic Farming ...
Himachal Pradesh Cabinet in its Meeting granted approval to the Eco-Friendly Organic Farming Policy to benefit small, medium and large farmers, by making ...
www.thenewshimachal.com/.../himachal-pradesh-cabinet-appr...


Google Alert - agriculture technology


News5 new results for agriculture technology
 
China, Gates Foundation to Boost Cooperation in Agriculture, Health
CRIENGLISH.com
China's Minister of Science and Technology held talks Tuesday with Bill Gates in a bid to boost strategic cooperation between China and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in modern agriculture and the health industry. Endeavors in agriculture include ...
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PIND: Providing Appropriate Technology for National Devt
THISDAY Live
How appropriate technology could be used to design better projects such as water supply projects, and agricultural processing technology projects that have not been well suited to the applications in the Niger Delta. Through this conference we hope to ...
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Harnessing the genome to redefine mankind, agriculture
Delta Farm Press
"This wave of technology is coming whether you're ready or not," says Juan Enriquez, a world-leading genetic code authority and user. The bottom line — the opportunities for genomics in agriculture are endless. Cutting-edge research in genomics will ...
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Improving Agricultural Research
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Research direction is also needed in the choice of appropriate sowing date, development of simple but appropriate technology to minimise drudgery, development of simple storage and drying technology to reduce post harvest losses, use of appropriate ...
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How enabling is ICT?
Down To Earth
FDI will bring in GM technology in agriculture. In fact it will ensure GM-tech stays here for as... By : Nishant Joshi dont you think that west is at its wits end when things seem to be going out of its hand. it is evident with decreasing. ...
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Web2 new results for agriculture technology
 
APEC Technology Transfer and Advanced Agricultural Tech ...
APEC Technology Transfer and Advanced Agricultural Tech Conference: The 14th annual conference of the APEC Agricultural Technology Transfer Forum and ...
www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/article/default.asp?ID...
FAO: Solution Exchange Forum on Agriculture, Food Security and ...
Because of the great strides that have been made in agricultural production technology over the last half a century, it is possible to produce enough food to feed ...
www.fao.org/tc/southsouthexpo/solution-exchange.../ru/