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Tanzania's agriculture revolution: land grabs or a welcome business boom?
2013-06-20 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Mawalima Yamba, 62, shared her husband with another woman. As the second wife she didn't stand to inherit much. When her husband became terminally ill and died, she inherited a small stretch of poor scrubland that borders an unfinished road in Iringa, western Tanzania; the fertile land went to his first wife. There was a separate area of land that Yamba had farmed, but never expected she could own. Encouraged by her husband before he died, she applied for legal ownership. Yamba now holds title deeds...
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EU Supports Zambian Agriculture, Renewable Energy
2013-06-19 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU and ZAMBIA - The EU has signed a new agreement to boost agriculture and promote access to renewable energy in Zambia.
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Tours highlight county's thriving agriculture industry
2013-06-16 03:59:58| Agriculture - Topix.net
Tony Godfrey, owner of Olive Hill Greenhouse, gives visitors a tour of his extensive greenhouses of Bromeliads and various other tropical foliage.
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How can agriculture best adapt to changing climate?
2013-06-15 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Whether its swapping coffee for cocoa in Central America or bracing for drought in Sri Lanka with a return to ancient water storage systems, findings from a new report from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) chart a path for farmers to adapt to climate shifts despite uncertainties about what growing conditions will look like decades from now. As this week's UN climate talks in Bonn continue to sideline a formal deal on agriculture, the study, Addressing...
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Drones proving to be a benefit for Hawaii's agriculture industry
2013-06-14 09:08:37| Agriculture - Topix.net
ING farming. U-A-Vs - also known as Drones - are coming to a farm near you. But as KITV4's Lara Yamada explains ... ....it's providing the kind of food safety local farmers need... to survive.
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