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India's rice revolution audio slideshow
2013-02-15 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Farmers in parts of India are breaking growing records, using less seed, less water, and compost as fertiliser. This ground-breaking method of cultivation, developed in Madagascar, is boosting yields and changing lives for the farmers. Norman Uphoff, professor at Cornell University, explains how it is done
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Oil And Natural Gas Revolution Turning U.S. Into Energy Superpower
2013-02-13 03:56:49| oilandgasonline News Articles
American’s revolution in oil and natural gas development has spurred economic growth and new job creation while turning the nation into an energy superpower, Karen Moreau, executive director of API’s New York State Petroleum Council,toldreportersthis afternoon.
An African Green Revolution
2013-02-12 09:40:31| Springer Environmental Sciences titles
Finding Ways to Boost Productivity on Small FarmsThis volume explores the usefulness of the Asian model of agricultural development for Africa, where, even before the recent world food crisis, half the population lived on less than on dollar a day, and a staggering one in three people and one third of all children were undernourished. Africa has abundant natural resources; agriculture provides most of its jobs, a third of national income and ...
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Hopslam: How Big Beer Is Trying to Stop a Craft Beer Revolution
2013-02-09 08:27:53| Beverages - Topix.net
And for much of that time, his family's story has criss-crossed that of another brewing company, Anheuser-Busch. Koch's great-great grandfather founded their family's brewery the same year Anheuser opened its doors.
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03.15: Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think
2013-02-08 23:36:04| Powells Books Events Calendar
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier's Big Data (Eamon Dolan) is a revelatory exploration of emerging trends in "big data" — the newfound ability to gather and interpret vast amounts of information — and the revolutionary effects these developments are producing in business, science, and society at large.
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