Agriculture

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Toxic Vegetables for Sale

Previously filed under: Agriculture
Although organically grown vegetables are a healthier option, it is cost prohibitive for many.

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India's Forgotten Farmers

Topics: Agriculture
Countries: India
Previously filed under: Agriculture
Despite India's economic progress, rural villages, where farming plays a large role, have been largely ignored.

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Wheat Fungus May Affect Food Prices

Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Agriculture
The wheat stem rust fungus, recently discovered in Iran, may have a global impact.

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Global Seed Vault Opens in Norway

Previously filed under: Agriculture
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault seeks to preserve earth's biodiversity.

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Traditional African Fruits Aid Nutrition Efforts

Previously filed under: Africa, Agriculture
A return to the cultivation and use of traditional African fruits may help malnutrition problems.

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Can Crops be Climate-Proofed?

Previously filed under: South America, Agriculture
Climate change threatens food crops across the world. Now scientists are re-focusing their efforts on crop resilience, rather than yields.

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Purging Malawi's Peanuts of Deadly Aflatoxin

Countries: Malawi
Previously filed under: Africa, Agriculture
A toxic fungus growing on groundnuts is making trade difficult for some Sub-Saharan African countries and causing severe health problems for local communities.

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GM Crops - Asian Farmers Have Their Say

Topics: Food, Agriculture
Previously filed under: Asia, Agriculture
Despite pest and pricing worries, many Asian farmers welcome GM crops.

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Like Wages for Chocolate

Previously filed under: Africa, Agriculture
Failing to pay living wages to African farmers growing cocoa runs the risk of turning them against the West.

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World Rice Research Centers Unite for Africa

Previously filed under: Africa, Agriculture
Collaboration between international agriculture research institutes will help Africa keep up with the internal demand for rice.

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Field 'Schools' Help Farmers Become Sustainable

Previously filed under: Asia, Agriculture
According to the World Health Organization, field schools will help farmers reduce health and environmental risks in their agricultural practices.

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Agri-Biotech in Africa - Safety First?

Previously filed under: Africa, Agriculture
Microbiologist Maryke Steffens reports on the influences behind Africa's diverse attitudes to transgenic crops and the need for a unified agenda.

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A New Vision of Plant Health Services for World's Poor

Previously filed under: Africa, Agriculture
Plant clinics should replace narrow pesticide control measures to ensure that poor farmers can have healthy plants.

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Biofuel Cooperation Marks First Step toward Energy Security

Previously filed under: South America, Agriculture
In Latin America U.S. President Bush is pursuing alternative energy alliances to enhance energy security at home and abroad.

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Free Trade Vs. Small Farmers

Previously filed under: Asia, Agriculture
Small farmers are the key in the debate surrounding agricultural subsidies, the issue which has long stalled the Doha Round of WTO talks.

Stories We're Watching

As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

International Herald Tribune - Wed, 02/08/2012 - 08:26
India’s central bank and economic analysts predict that growth will fall sharply to 7 percent this fiscal year and remain sluggish.

Social responsibility and a new world order

Washington Post - Innovations - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:56
Just before the New Year, the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research announced that Brazil had overtaken the United Kingdom as the world’s sixth largest economy. Furthermore, it predicted that by 2020, India and Russia will also have overtaken all the European economic powers.

Aid for trade policy rears its ugly head

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Mon, 02/06/2012 - 01:41
The UK government's dismay at not being granted the contract for Typhoon fighter jets in India is an indication that its controversial aid for trade policy is still very much alive.

Liberia's battle to put the lights back on

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Sun, 02/05/2012 - 23:00
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set ambitious targets to restore the country's electricity supply. But will it meet them by 2015?

As Africa's consumers rise, so does inequality

Yale Global Online - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:17
Kenya struggles to spread the wealth from rapid growth.

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