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Lack of investment in production of low margin drugs behind shortages says expert
2014-03-25 04:35:48| Agriculture - Topix.net
The thin profit margins associated with relatively simple sterile products has led to a reluctance to invest in operations and shortages, according to an industry expert.
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INDIA: Tackles labour shortages with training network
2014-03-19 15:26:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The rapid expansion of India's Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC) network - from 39 units in 2009 to 190 in 18 Indian states today - has been lauded for easing an acute labour shortage in the sector.
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Crop intensification & organic fertilizers can be a long-term solution to perennial food shortages in Africa
2014-03-18 07:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Farmers in Africa can increase their food production if they avoid over dependence on chemical fertilizers, pesticides and practice agricultural intensification - growing more food on the same amount of land - using natural and resource-conserving approaches such as agroforestry. According to scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), crop production in Africa is seriously hampered by the degradation of soil fertility, water and biodiversity resources. Currently, yields for important...
Water shortages could disrupt Britain's electricity supply, researchers warn
2014-02-16 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Parts of Britain may be under water after the worst floods in half a century, but a team of top academics from Newcastle and Oxford University is warning that the country is at risk of water shortages that could shut down power stations and paralyse electricity supplies. "It is difficult to fathom we should start to think about water shortages in the middle of these storms but only two years ago areas of Britain were suffering from severe droughts," said Ed Byers, a researcher at Newcastle University's...
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Tanzania turns on spending tap ease water shortages
2014-02-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: When Lucas Mahiga still fished a decade ago, there was more water in the Kilombero Valley's Mkele River and catches were good. But now water levels have dropped, making it impossible to earn a living as a fisherman. "I have stopped fishing, and I'm now engaged in fruit and vegetable farming,' Mahiga said. The 52-year-old, who lives in Chisano village in Tanzania's eastern Morogoro region, recalls better times when the river was home to different fish species, most of which have now died off...
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