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11Jul/10

Youth sacrifices self to propitiate goddess

Youth sacrifices self to propitiate goddess Narendra Kumar, (21), a BSc (Agriculture) student, left a letter for his family in which he said, "What I am doing is not suicide. I am sacrificing my life to propitiate ...
Source: Hindustan Times

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8Jul/10

LETTER Buying From Local Farms Is Mutually Beneficial

LETTER  Buying From Local Farms Is Mutually Beneficial There have been a number of wonderful articles supporting local agriculture and the opportunity to be a localvore. In response to the article about the community farm in Glastonbury [CTNow,...
Source: Hartford Courant

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29Jun/10

Sun shines on show’s record crowds

Sun shines on show's record crowds The agriculture event in Ingliston marked its 50th year at the site and the 170th year of the show. A total of 187,644 people flocked...
Source: Edinburgh Daily News

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21Jun/10

Kenya: How Not to Create Employment

Kenya: How Not to Create Employment The ongoing scramble for land vindicates the view that agriculture is still a high-value undertaking, but also exposes our soft underbelly. It is even more dispiriting that some of the Middle...
Source: AllAfrica.com

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15Jun/10

Connell organic farmer using ‘beetle banks’

Connell organic farmer using 'beetle banks' To register for the tour and course, contact Gwendolyn Ellen at 541-737-6272. "I'm definitely not one of the big fish (in agriculture), but I have developed a passion for what I'm doing," Bailie said.
Source: The Bellingham Herald

11Jun/10

Tanzania: 2010-11 Stimulus Budget Tabled

Tanzania: 2010-11 Stimulus Budget Tabled Said she: "The government is bending over backwards to meet the demands of agribusiness and other large-scale producers in agriculture. How will this benefit the small-scale producer? Or the low-income...
Source: AllAfrica.com

19May/10

Midlands exports called key to growth

Midlands exports called key to growth According to Bastian, the entire country, including the Midlands, which exports many products tied to agriculture, has a lot of work to do to meet the government’s lofty goals. “We’re abysmal at it,” Bastian said of pumping domestic goods...
Source: Omaha.com

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14May/10

Independent UN expert urges legal reforms to boost right to food

Independent UN expert urges legal reforms to boost right to food If the international community is willing to reinvest in agriculture, the real question today is not how much, but how, he stated in a briefing note released today. We tend to forget...
Source: United Nations

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4May/10

Tanzania Hosts World Economic Forum on Africa

Tanzania Hosts World Economic Forum on Africa “Basically in the last 30 years, agriculture in Africa has received what I will describe as a disinvestment, similar to the way the international community disinvested...
Source: Voice of America

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1May/10

Campaign round-up: 18 – 25 April

Campaign round-up: 18 - 25 April This was attended by about 30 people and six candidates. Questions were primarily about agriculture and landowners. The day after the second Prime Ministerial debate. "There was plenty of interest from local people as...
Source: Jill Wareham's Blog

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