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The article focuses on a research project led by the Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities (CTCB) at the Queensland University of Technology and the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) to reduce the costs of producing bio-oils and chemicals from agricultural waste. Topics covered include the presentation of the project to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the crops used as the sources of agricultural waste and the project's implications for bio-based energy production.

The article reports on a scheme called Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops by Indian central government for insuring small tea farmers in India against losses coming from fluctuations in prices and yield. Topics discussed include implementation of price stabilization scheme by the Indian Ministry of Commerce for plantation crops, destruction of tea crops due to floodwaters from excess rainfall and contribution of small tea farmers in India's tea production.

Sainsbury, a major United Kingdom supermarket chain, and the British fruit company Geest Industries are exploring the possibilities of entering into a business venture with Vincentian farmers for the sale [...]

The article presents questions and answers related to plantation including dividing Dutch iris rhizomes, carpenter ants and live oak tree and fertilization of lemons.

The article discusses efforts of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana towards the scheme "Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops" that will focus to cover risks of plantation crops; and mentions efforts to protect growers of the crops against price and yield fluctuations.

Employees at Drayton Hall, a 1740s plantation turned museum in Charleston, S.C., opened the mail one day to find a photograph of a watercolor they had never seen. It showed their own Palladian brick building, surrounded by low colonnades they did not recognize. The image, dated 1765 on the back, came with no cover letter or even a return address. Alongside the envelope's postmark from Winchester, Va., the sender had just scrawled ''Back in the Day.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Looks into the orange, lemon, and tangerine farm growers losing out to industrial growth in Arizona. Comparison of earnings on the years 1999 and 2003; Discovery of the fact that the idea of buying land for citrus production is not viable anymore; Views of people regarding the matter.