Agriculture & Forestry

                   

Envoy: US support for trade deal won't fade

iht.com     7 hrs ago   25 related          

The United States' chief trade envoy on Wednesday said Washington would support the struggling global trade talks regardless of which party wins the upcoming U.S. presidential election. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab...                    

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Palestinians shoot back at Israelis -- with cameras

reuters.com     1 hr ago   3 related          

By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent SUSIA, West Bank (Reuters) - In the stony hills south of Hebron, Palestinian shepherds complain of frequent attacks by militant Israeli settlers encroaching on their land. Israeli troops...                    

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Mwanawasa Leaves Mixed Legacy

allafrica.com     7 hrs ago   169 related          

Central Africa: Mwanawasa Leaves Mixed Legacy Posted to the web 20 August 2008 Nixon Chisonga Lusaka More than two months after suffering a stroke while at the African Union (AU) summit in Egypt, Zambian President Levy...                    

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Biochemists manipulate fruit flavor enzymes

genengnews.com     4 hrs ago   2 related          

EUREKALERT Contact: Robert Cahill Robert.Cahill@uth.tmc.edu University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Would you like a lemony watermelon? Biochemists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say the day...                    

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PETA Offers Unusual Ad Deal To DFW Officials

aero-news.net     5 hrs ago   1 related          

Um, Yeah, We'll Get Right Back To You On That... PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, sent a letter Monday to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport CEO Jeff Fegan, expressing empathy for the airport's...                    

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livemint.com: Price issues: A file photo of rice being harvested in Agartala. The global outlook for wheat and soya bean is very good, while rice is still expensive, food secretary T. Nanda Kumar has said. Photograph: Jayanta Dey / Reuters livemint.com

Satisfying growing appetite

gulfnews.com     5 hrs ago   3 related          

This spring, with some nations close to panic over global rice supplies, Japan confronted a different problem - huge swathes of paddy fields lying fallow due to a 37-year-old price support policy that limits planting. "What is...                    

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Investigators find no wrongdoing in Giant Sequoia tree cutting

bradenton.com     4 hrs ago   2 related          

WASHINGTON - Federal investigators have concluded the Forest Service acted properly in felling hazardous trees in the Giant Sequoia National Monument, bringing to a quiet end a probe loudly sought by congressional Democrats.                    

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Maple Leaf plant shutdown shines spotlight on food processor Maple Leaf Foods

cjbk.com     2 hrs ago   3 related          

By: Kristine Owram, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The temporary shutdown of a Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI) plant that produced meats linked to a countrywide outbreak of listeriosis shines a spotlight on the big food processor, a...                    

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Global warming pushes Peru to pick coffee earlier

reuters.com     5 hrs ago   1 related          

By Dana Ford LA MERCED (Reuters) - Teresa Rocha, a migrant worker who picks coffee on the steamy, lush, green farms near La Merced in central Peru, might not understand the mechanics of climate change, but she knows its...                    

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National MP backs guest worker scheme (AAP)

yahoo.com     4 hrs ago   2 related          

Nationals MP Kay Hull has backed the government's guest worker scheme to allow Pacific Island workers to pick fruit in Australia. Under the three-year pilot scheme, 2,500 workers from Tonga, Vanuatu, Kiribati and Papua New...                    

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