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Maize Crops Fail In Kenya, a sad Van Gogh.
Rains Fail Nairobi is facing three day power rationing for most of the city to enable supply to the Industry area, as we bemoaned the lack of power, the bubble of illusion often found in big cities which become... New soil map for African farmers
The first ever soil map of sub-Saharan Africa is going to be created, where farmers from 42 countries will get a 'soil health diagnosis' and then advice on how to grow and cultivate their crops. Soil samples will... President asks agriculture minister to diversify food
""The diversification is aimed at reducing Indonesia`s dependence on rice as a source of carbohydrate," the president said when awarding letters of appreciation for national food security to 156 people at the state palace here on Thursday. Noodle has successfully replaced...Is GM maize the answer to Mexico's tortilla shortages?
"In Mexico maize is becoming scarce and the price of tortillas, the staple food in Mexico, has risen dramatically. While the population is demonstrating on the streets, the national farmers’ association sees the cultivation of genetically modified maize as the ultimate...
created by MexicoReporter | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Sexist Monkeys Terrorize Village
In Nachu Kenya there is trouble stirring, for months the village women have suffered at the hands of a brutal troop. Think it is just the work of another run of the mill African, warlord,...Consequences of the "ethanol economy"
The craze over agrifuels (a more accurate description than the vague "biofuels") in the West has triggered some fairly profound environmental and socioeconomic changes in parts of the developing world. Because...The Lights Go Out in Zimbabwe
The situation in Zimbabwe deteriorates further. The resource-rich nation continues its slide, with citizens forced to live and work by candlelight for twenty out of twenty-four hours per day."Households in Zimbabwe are to be limited to four hours power supply a day in the...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Brazil On Collision Course: Ethanol & Environment :: Oblate Spheroid
"Ethanol production, "the renewable fuel resource", requires fiber (lots of fiber) and water (lots of water) to become the bio-replacement fuel of the future. If Brazil has its way, it plans to expand its capacity...
created by Edmund Jenks | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Severe hunger looms for Zimbabwe
"Zimbabwe is facing a food deficit of hundreds of thousands of tonnes - a third of its requirements - an international monitoring agency warns.The Famine Early Warning System says the cereal balance sheet projects...trinicenter [news]
News & Opinion. Copy & Click this URL: http://www.trinicenter.com/French Court Bars Greenpeace Mashup
"A French court has ordered Greenpeace France to remove this Google Maps mashup showing where Monsanto is genetic engineering maize. In retaliation Greenpeace members responded by going into those fields and carving a giant ‘X’ crop circle into the maize."Hopi Run Celebrates Sacred Water
The runners came from 12 desert villages, some of which, such as Oraibi, are actually older than Tenochtitlan, founded in 1325 A.D. In the Hopi mesas, the water is scarce and always threatened by mining...
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