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East ports want to dig deeper
Publication — The Sacramento Bee Author — By Curtis Tate Date — May 9, 2012 Website — www.sacbee.com WASHINGTON – A wider, deeper Panama Canal will open in 2014, meaning that biggercargo ships filled with more containers ofconsumer goods can move directly to the population centers of the East Coast instead of stopping on the West Coast and sending [...]
The Coming Global Water Crisis
Publication — The Atlantic Author — By Stewart M. Patrick Date — May 9, 2012 Website — www.theatlantic.com The recent UN alert that drought in the Sahel threatens 15 million lives is a harbinger of things to come. In the next twenty years, global demand for fresh water will vastly outstrip reliable supply in many parts of [...]
600 Gujarat farmers fly to Israel to learn agriculture technology
Publication – DNA – Daily News & Analysis Author - By Himansh Dhomse Date – May 15, 2012 Website - http://www.dnaindia.com With the aim of learning about new agriculture technology, as many as 600 farmers from Gujarat have travelled to Tel Aviv, Israel to attend the Agritech Exhibition.
Tanzania: Water-Efficient Maize Boosts Harvests for Drought-Hit Farmers
Publication – allAfrica / AlertNet By Kizito Makoye Date – May 14, 2012 Website – www.allafrica.com Balisidya Jacob has been farming for many years, but it’s the novelty and size of his new crop of maize that is making him smile.
Q&A: Women Farmers Are Key to a Food-Secure Africa
Publication – IPS Interview – by Busani Bafana Date – May 11, 2012 Website – www.ips.org Busani Bafana interviews JANE KARUKU, the first woman president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Tehran Sets Trade Deals With India Amid Curbs
Publication — The Wall Street Journal Authors — By Debiprasad Nayak and Biman Mukherji Date — May 9, 2012 Website — http://online.wsj.com MUMBAI—An Iranian trade delegation to India has sealed deals to buy shipments of rice, sugar and soybeans from the South Asian country, as part of a plan for Tehran to use such pacts [...]
Obama’s Double Standard on TPP
Publication — The Wall Street Journal Author — By Greg Rushford Date — May 7, 2012 Website — httpp://online.wsj.com Trade officials from nine dynamic Asia-Pacific economies begin 10 days of talks today in Dallas, Texas, hoping to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact by the end of this year. President Obama has said the deal will [...]
Time for an Asia Trade Breakthrough
Publication — The Wall Street Journal Author — By Myron Brilliant Date — May 7, 2012 Website — http://online.wsj.com With 13 million unemployed, no priority facing our nation is more important than putting Americans back to work. While divisions in Washington run deep, Democrats and Republicans agree that boosting exports is a vital part of [...]
Demand will restructure food industry
Publication — Brownfield Ag Network Author — By Tom Steever Date — May 7, 2012 Website — www.brownfieldagnews.com Rising demand, especially from China, will significantly restructure the global food industry. That’s according to an in-depth report from the U.S. Grains Council, which examines the future of food and agriculture in East Asia. Tom Sleight, the vice [...]
California GMO labeling petitions turned in
Publication — Brownfield Ag Network Author — By Bob Meyer Date — May 7, 2012 Website — www.brownfieldagnews.com Supporters of California’s “Right to Know” effort say they have enough signatures to put the GMO-labeling issue on the November ballot. The proposition would ask if foods containing genetically engineered products should clearly indicate such on the [...]
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