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Landbank Lends to Small Farmers
2013-04-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
PHILIPPINES - The Land Bank of the Philippines further strengthened its support to small farmers and fisherfolk with loan releases amounting to P39.9 billion from January to December 2012, benefiting 772,892 small farmers and fisherfolk.
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Organic Farmers Struggle to Protect Land from Encroaching Fracking Industry
2013-04-01 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Many farmers in Pennsylvania welcomed the natural gas industry with open arms, letting companies set up operations on their land to drill wells and fracture the shale rock thousands of feet under the surface. Pennsylvania would not have become one of the top gas producing states in the U.S. in such a short period without the acquiescence of the state`s farming community. Not every landowner, though, believed in the promise of riches or bought into the gas industry`s image of family farms coexisting...
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Africa: Climate Change Could Be Double-Edged Sword for Farmers
2013-03-28 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: On a global level, climate change could slash crop yields and increase reliance on irrigation in the 2030s, but in some regions, including Southern Africa, agricultural output could increase and farming become less dependent on water, according to a study published last month (27 February). The researchers, based in Canada, China and Switzerland, set out to predict the combined impact of climate change on food production and water levels globally, regionally and locally. "Such a study not only...
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Ukraine - Farmers may reduce sugar beet area by 40%
2013-03-27 06:59:00| Sugar Industry News
Farmers may reconsider plans for sowing sugar beets in 2013 and reduce the area by 40% because of low sugar prices, the President of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, Leonid Kozachenko, said.
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New Mexico Farmers Seek Priority Call as Drought Persists
2013-03-27 01:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Just after the local water board announced this month that its farmers would get only one-tenth of their normal water allotment this year, Ronnie Walterscheid, 53, stood up and called on his elected representatives to declare a water war on their upstream neighbors. Its always been about us giving up, Mr. Walterscheid said, to nods. I say we push back hard right now. The drought-fueled anger of southeastern New Mexicos farmers and ranchers is boiling, and there is nowhere near enough...
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