je.st
news
Tag: typhoon
ADM Donations to Aid in Tornado, Typhoon Relief
2013-11-21 09:01:29| Agriculture - Topix.net
Archer Daniels Midland Company announced today two $50,000 donations to the American Red Cross to help provide disaster relief to those affected by last weekend's tornadoes in the U.S. Midwest and the recent typhoon in the Philippines.
Tags: aid
relief
donations
adm
Philippines typhoon crop damages worth $110 mln-FAO
2013-11-19 16:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The typhoon that hit the Philippines has caused crop losses worth $110 million and inflicted damage to the agriculture sector of more than twice that figure, preliminary estimates from the United Nation's food agency showed on Tuesday. Some 153,495 hectares (ha) of rice paddy, maize and other high value crops such as coconut, banana, cassava, mango and vegetables have been hit by Typhoon Haiyan, which killed at least 3,900 people when it struck on November 8. "High winds, heavy rains and localized...
Tags: worth
philippines
damages
crop
Filipinos start over in city wiped out by typhoon
2013-11-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Rising from a sea of debris, the small, rickety shell of a new house already was beginning to take shape. Rolito Solayao worked swiftly Monday, using pieces of wood and nails scavenged from the wreckage of this coastal city. His wife swept dirt from the concrete floor, the only part of their home that survived when Typhoon Haiyan tore through the central Philippines on Nov. 8. Asked her name, she let out a weary laugh: Yolanda, the name Filipinos gave to the storm. More than a week after...
Tags: start
city
typhoon
wiped
Typhoon Yolanda spurs passion for poor at climate talks
2013-11-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) rarely show on the public's radar, except perhaps in the scenes of bickering over who's to blame for global warming and who will foot the bill for it. The talks are as complex as they are important, involving technical issues that lack color and emotion and for many ordinary people, bewildering or mightily tedious. But this year's round in Warsaw has been jolted into life by the catastrophe that has struck the Philippines,...
Tags: poor
passion
talks
climate
Philippines Acts to Help Farmers and Fishermen after Typhoon
2013-11-19 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
PHILIPPINES - Following the impact of the typhoon Haiyan, the Philippine Department of Agriculture has set up interventions intended to stabilise markets, provide seeds for early recovery of crops and support the municipal fishery sector of the Eastern Visayas Region.
Tags: acts
philippines
farmers
typhoon
Sites : [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] next »