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'Our Planet' Show to Feature New Series,
[ PRWeb ]
May 09, 2008 New Series focuses on growing trend toward Sustainable Agriculture. Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb925534.htm
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Marmion Industries Attends World's Large
[ PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance ]
May 08, 2008 Marmion Industries Corp , -- an emerging manufacturer and modifier of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment -- today announced its attendance at The 2008 Offshore Technology Conference at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas, May 5th to the 8th.
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KANDI Technologies Corp. Chief Ex
[ PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance ]
May 08, 2008 ADVISORY, May 8, 2008 --
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Climate change in Nova Scotia to bring a
[ The Kings County Register ]
May 09, 2008 By Kirk Starratt kstarratt@kentvilleadvertiser.ca NovaNewsNow.com There are many challenges, and perhaps opportunities, for agrarians to consider as people in Nova Scotia experience climate change over the next century...
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Corn Utilization and Technology Conferen
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May 07, 2008 ST. LOUIS, May 7, 2008 -- The National Corn Growers Association Corn Utilization and Technology Conference announced today that Thomas Dorr, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development, will give a keynote address at the conference grand opening on Monday, June 2 at 5:30 p.m.
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State shows off new bioscience lab at WS
[ Seattle Times ]
May 08, 2008 State and federal officials celebrated the opening Thursday of a laboratory dedicated to research on the fuel potential of agricultural residue and other material, such as wood, common to the Pacific Northwest.
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FAO urges all countries to combat food c
[ People's Daily ]
May 08, 2008 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United nations Thursday urged all countries across the world to strive to overcome the food crisis. During an interview on the sidelines of the First International Congress of Biofu ...
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Southern Africa Small Can Be Beautiful
[ AllAfrica.com ]
May 07, 2008 Is small the new big when it comes to agriculture in Southern Africa? As rising food prices place this sector firmly in the spotlight, there are compelling examples at hand to make the case for greater investment in small-scale farming.
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Mango producers urged to adopt organic f
[ Sun Star ]
May 9, 2008 MANGO producers throughout Negros Island were urged to adopt the sustainable and environment-friendly organic farming technology to boos their harvest.
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Economist Africa needs agriculture aid
[ AP via Yahoo! Finance ]
May 08, 2008 Africa's food production could double in a matter of years and help stabilize spiraling food prices if wealthy nations help small farmers with simple agricultural reforms, a top U.S. economist said Thursday.
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Grant funds study of effects
[ High Plains Journal ]
May 9, 2008 The University of Missouri has been awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant that funds three National Needs Fellowships for training of master's and doctoral students in bioenergy economics.
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Email This Print This
[ The Daily Record ]
May 09, 2008 MARKETING & PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute located in Wooster, OH is accepting applications for a Corporate Training Account Executive.
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Retailers can use DNA tracing to track m
[ AP via Yahoo! Finance ]
May 9, 2008 Meat retailers can now trace their wares from the ranch to the refrigerator case using DNA analysis. IdentiGEN Ltd., based in Ireland with U.S. offices in Lawrence, Kan., said its DNA TraceBack technology can boost consumer confidence, as well as the value of the hamburger, steak, pork cuts and other meat.
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Kandi Technologies, Corp. CEO Rings NASD
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May 9, 2008 Mr. Xiaoming Hu, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Kandi Technologies, Corp., one of China's leading designers, manufacturers and exporters of all-terrain vehicles, utility vehicles, and its number one exporter of go-karts, presided today over the Opening Bell at NASDAQ, celebrating the Company's recent listing on NASDAQ on March 18, 2008.
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Open source IT surveyed
[ Otago Daily Times ]
May 9, 2008 INFORMATION technology can protect the integrity of democratic processes delegates at a United Nations-sponsored seminar on land management heard yesterday.
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United Nations Environment Programme
[ United Nations Environment Programme ]
May 09, 2008 Nairobi/Montreal / Bonn, 8 May 2008 - 'Renewing agricultural diversity of crops and livestock backed by a functional natural support system is the international community's best long-term solution to meet the global food challenge,'said Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity prior to the start of the global conference on biodiversity on 19 May 2008 in Bonn, ...
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New project targets post-harvest loss in
[ Environmental News Network ]
May 07, 2008 A new programme to develop low-cost technologies to reduce post-harvest losses will be launched in Ethiopia this year. The six-year programme will run at Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine in Ethiopia, with US$3 million funding from the Canadian International Development Agency.
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Poster-child of Indian agriculture, Punj
[ OneWorld South Asia ]
May 09, 2008 Ludhiana: Last month, the wheat fields in Punjab stretched in amber-tinged waves as far as the eye could see, promising bountiful harvests. Nothing hinted at the grave crisis that has gripped the state, driving farmers to suicide and unemployed youth to the comforts of heroin.
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