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Rwanda: How Farmers Cope With Climate Change
2013-03-10 09:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Times: Tharcisse Semaguge might be 88 today, but to him, age is just a number. And the other numbers in his life that he proudly talks about beside the age makes the figure 75-the number of years he has spent farming. The resident of Save sector in Gisagara district says agriculture remains his sole bread winner and source of revenue. But, a few years ago, his fate came to stake mainly due to changes in temperature and precipitation which he says are affecting his production in terms of quality and quantity....
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Zenger Farm and Powellhurst-Gilbert group hope to turn neighbors into farmers
2013-03-08 19:22:21| PortlandOnline
Steve Beaven in The Oregonian, March 8, 2013
Pig Farmers Encouraged to Turn Profits from Pig Waste
2013-03-08 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
JAMAICA - Pig farmers are being encouraged to engage in the sustainable management of waste from their farms as a means of reducing their production costs and improving their profit margins.
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$15.4 Billion in Indemnity Payments Sent to Farmers, Drought Continuing into 2013
2013-03-07 21:55:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: National Crop Insurance Services As the claims come in from one of the worst droughts in decades, farmers and ranchers across the country are receiving indemnity payments for the losses they have incurred. As of March 4, 2013, more than $15.4 billion has been sent to farmers. Farmers will invest more than $4.1 billion to purchase more than 1.2 million crop insurance policies. read more
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Farmers Urge Lords to 'See Sense' over Wages Board
2013-03-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - With the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) abolition process continuing its way through the House of Lords, the NFU has reiterated that abolition is necessary and correct.
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