Full Coverage: Agriculture

30.09.2005

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This issue of the Exchange magazine focuses on the issue of global poverty. It features articles on Ethiopia, Mozambique and Cambodia.

29.09.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Sep 29 (OneWorld) - The giant feed lots and factory farms that have brought us cheaper meat also are fanning the spread of bird flu and mad cow disease, says a new report from a prominent environmental think tank.

29.09.2005 Peasant farmer families in Tanah Awuk, Indonesia, who gathered on September 18 to air their longstanding grievances over the proposed construction of an airport on their farm lands, were violently dispersed by Indonesian police forces, and their planned discussion with local and international land rights groups prevented.

28.09.2005 Infecting crops with a fungus could be an alternative to genetically modifying them to boost yields, say scientists.

27.09.2005 The National Commission on Farmers has called for credit reforms in the farm sector to prevent farmers from committing suicide. It has suggested reducing the interest rate on farm credit and asked for a census of suicides for a proper understanding of the situation.

27.09.2005

Some 4,500 test varieties in a test field © WWF International

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23.09.2005 Agriculture economists expressed their concern at the slowdown in agriculture growth and said that the biggest challenge facing the sector was lack of public and private investment. Noted scientist MS Swaminathan said that the country is not doing much for farmers while China is way ahead in the race.

22.09.2005 The impacts of the severe drought in Spain are being exacerbated by the overproduction of irrigated crops, according to a new study that calls for changes in the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy to ensure better use of water in agriculture.

13.09.2005 While much of the press has focused on the urban devastation of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of rural Louisiana residents remain cut off and their condition is unknown, says the Center for Rural Strategies. Lorna Bourg, a veteran of rural community development, brings us stories from some parts of Louisiana she visited after the hurricane hit.

09.09.2005 The police in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu prevented anti-PVC demonstrators from starting their march citing orders from the Madras High court. It was found out later that the court had not passed any such orders and that some PVC companies had given wrong information to the police to stop the march. The march had been organised by farmers and local NGOs.

09.09.2005 The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime reports an anticipated 21 percent drop in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan this year, due mainly to tougher law enforcement and a large-scale eradication campaign. For the decline to persist, however, the policy must stay the course, the report added.

06.09.2005 The European Commission has authorised the import and processing of a variety of GM oilseed rape for use in animal feed.

02.09.2005 L’Afrique est au cœur des plans d’action des gouvernements, des organismes d’aide au développement et des bailleurs de fonds. Ce diaporama présente quelques-uns des défis auxquels le continent fait face et des progrès accomplis dans les dernières années.