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New E-Learning Course Aims to Help Prevent Child Labour in Agriculture

2016-06-14 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - FAO and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) are reaching out to agricultural professionals to raise awareness about the importance of child labour issues.

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EEA: Air pollution in 10 EU countries still above legal limits; road transport and agriculture

2016-06-10 17:55:57| Green Car Congress

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What impact Might Brexit Have on UK Agriculture?

2016-06-08 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - With the United Kingdom's referendum on continued membership in the European Union (EU) approaching, experts are considering the impact of a vote to leave ('Brexit') on numerous aspects of UK society, including agriculture.

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The National Organic Program: Protecting the Integrity of Organic Agriculture

2016-06-07 14:30:41| National Farmers Union

By Miles V. McEvoy, Deputy Administrator, National Organic Program The National Organic Program (NOP), a regulatory program housed in the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), oversees organic farmers and businesses to make sure that organic food is produced with organic methods. In April, AMS released data showing the organic industry is now made up of […]

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Lack of water limits Madagascar's climate-smart agriculture

2016-06-02 09:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Most days, Hitasoa ignores breakfast and lunch. She is too busy finding enough money to buy food for dinner - and even that is a challenge in Madagascar's dry south, where the worst drought in 35 years has wiped out the maize crop. "There has been no rain at all. We don't harvest anything. It's worse this year," said the 56-year-old who goes by one name. Like other women in the region, Hitasoa turns wood into charcoal, hoisting it onto her head to sell at market every day. "I'm losing my...

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