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Can Silicon Valley Big Bet On Agriculture Help Small-Scale Farmers In Developing Countries?
2016-03-16 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: A lack of reliable information is among the most frustrating obstacles to unlocking the potential of agriculture. But as investment in AgTech heats up, what value does big data offer small-scale farmers at the end of dirt roads in the hardest-to-serve markets on earth? These days, farms throughout the American Midwest are flooded with new technology. From self-driving tractors and drones to advanced sensors and software, farming looks much different than it did when I was growing up in Missouri....
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Scientists help Vietnams rice farmers adapt to climate change, amid major drought
2016-03-16 06:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IRIN: Scientists are developing more resistant varieties of rice to help farmers in Vietnam adapt to climate change, amid the countrys worst drought in 90 years. The drought, as well as the related flow of saltwater upriver, has destroyed 159,000 hectares of rice paddies and left almost one million people lacking drinking water, according to a new UN report. Another half million hectares are expected to be damaged by mid-year. In line with its work in other Asian countries, the Philippines-based...
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Strike at Tata Motors unit: Farmers set to join workers' protest near Sanand plant
2016-03-15 05:43:53| Automakers - Topix.net
As many as 384 workers from Tata Motors' Sanand plant were detained Monday morning when they held a demonstration outside the office of Ahmedabad collector without permission. The Tata Motors' workers, who are on a strike since February 22 against the suspension of 22 co-workers, were joined by the representatives of around 22 central and city-based trade unions.
VIDEO: Angry farmers spray milk in Brussels
2016-03-15 00:04:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Farmers in Brussels sprayed milk outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers, in a protest calling for more market regulations.
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Salmon farmers' shares rise as Chilean algal bloom boosts prices
2016-03-14 20:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An algal bloom in Chile that has killed up to 20 percent of the nation's farmed salmon has sent shares of producers higher as the reduced supply has lifted selling prices. Over the last month and a half, salmon farmers in Chile, the second-largest global producer after Norway, have been hit by production losses of around 100,000 tonnes, worth some $800 million, according to industry experts. The drop in supply from Chile caused global prices last week to rise 25 percent to $5 per pound in Miami,...
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