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The Rural Non-farm Economy: Prospects for Growth and Poverty Reduction July 31-2013 Policy makers have high expectations for the rural non-farm economy (RNFE). Given high income shares, growing…
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Policy Implications of Trends in Agribusiness Value Chains July 31-2013 Abstract Production and export of non-traditional agricultural products offer potential for economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. However, market access…
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Events in The Regent’s Park Allotment Garden July 31-2013 The Regent’s Park Allotment Garden is open to the public Monday – Friday from 8.30am – 4:30pm. You can…
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UK’s largest Edible Open Gardens Day offers glimpse of city’s ‘food-farms’ July 31-2013 Around 50 of London’s community food-growing gardens will be throwing open their gates to the…
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July 30, 2013 FAISALABAD: Experts at an international seminar on Tuesday called for promotion of environment-friendly agricultural practices like precision cultivation to increase productivity and to reduce the…
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Enterprise Development Programme July 30-2013. The potential of women entrepreneurs remains largely untapped in developing and emerging markets, with many still lacking the skills, capital and access to…
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Bombs explode in busy market in northern Pakistan, killing 23 people PARACHINAR, Pakistan — A pair of bombs exploded in a busy market area Friday evening in northern…
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Higher food prices will hurt the poor July 30-2013 Low-income families will be hardest hit by rising food prices, local food experts say. Everything from bread to meat…
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Food Security & Agriculture July 30,2013. OIC International’s Food Security & Agriculture programs aim to make measurable and sustainable improvements in farming production and resource utilization through instruction…
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Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Development: Responding to Asia’s Food Crisis July 30,2013. Two-thirds of the world’s one billion hungry reside in Asia and the Pacific and rising…
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Saudi Arabia’s food and agriculture sectors maintaining annual 18.5% growth July 30,2013. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s agriculture and food sectors are expected to sustain a combined annual…
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Climate in Agriculture July 29,2013. There are three climatic zones in the kingdom: (1) desert almost everywhere, (2) steppe along the western highlands, forming a strip less than…
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Agriculture & Water July 29,2013. Saudi Arabia’s agricultural development over the last three decades has been astonishing. Large areas of desert have been turned into agricultural fields –…
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Canadian Goose Burger, Anyone? Eating Invasive Species to Control Their Numbers July 29,2013. Would you eat a Canadian Goose burger? The video below suggests that it may not…
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Collapsible solar pavilion charges Volvo V60, fits in its trunk July 29,2013. In the future, electric cars and plug-in hybrids may be able to carry their own solar…
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HIGH EFFICIENCY IRRIGATION SYSTEM July 29,2013. Associated Technologies (Pvt) Ltd was established in 1987, and has since then pursued the path of continuous improvement and success. ATL brings together a blend of experienced…
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Laser Land Leveler July 29,2013. EASY FARMING Our firm has established on 1990 in Chak Hakeem Imam-ud-Din, Tehsil Depalpur, Distt. Okara. Pakistan producing agricultural machines (Complete Laser…
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A line in the sand July 29,2013. The Right to Homestead Bill could change the face of the nation by addressing the principal cause of rural poverty, landlessness.…
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Securing land rights for the world’s poorest people July 29,2013. Across the globe, from China’s rice paddies to Rwanda’s cassava fields, the world’s poorest people are climbing out…
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Eat a Banana, Save the Planet! Look, I’ve never been the biggest fan of Chiquita Bananas, after having long ago learned about human-rights repressing, anti-democratic business practices which…
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