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1. Across Europe, Protesting Farmers Change Not Only a Food System, but Politics, Too

Author

Cohen, Roger and Prickett, Ivor

Subjects
Europe -- Economic aspects -- Demonstrations and protests, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Farmers -- Demonstrations and protests, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Gazing out from his 265-acre farm to the silhouetted Jura mountains in the distance, Jean-Michel Sibelle expounded on the intricate secrets of soil, climate and breeding that have made his [...]

Published
2024

2. What the Brazilian election means for U.S. producers

Author

Holland, Jacqueline

Subjects
Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Elections -- Economic aspects, Agricultural industry
Abstract

Byline: Jacqueline Holland On Tuesday, outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro agreed to transition power to election runoff winner Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva, who previously served as Brazil's president from 2003-2011. [...]

Published
2022

3. Experts: Dem dominance will impact Calif. ag

Author

Hearden, Tim

Subjects
Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Agricultural water supply -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects -- California, Government regulation, Agricultural industry
Abstract

Byline: Tim Hearden Whether or not November's midterm elections qualified as a Democratic wave nationwide, they surely did in California, where the party's virtual legislative lock will have significant implications [...]

Published
2018

4. The socio-economic impacts of rice policies implementation in rural Burma/Myanmar

Author

Thawnghmung, Ardeth Maung

Subjects
Myanmar -- Agricultural policy -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Grain industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Regional focus/area studies, Sociology and social work, Agricultural policy, Economic aspects, Political aspects
Abstract

This paper, focusing on two rice farming villages where the Burmese government has experimented with a variety of agricultural programmes, explores the problems associated with rice implementation processes, in particular it looks at the basic structure and operation of agricultural administration--salary and income of government officials, the predominance of military officers in civilian ministries and departments, the creation of departments with overlapping responsibilities, and the hierarchical structure of the Agricultural Ministry--and highlight their limitations, It provides another aspect to evaluating the roots of poverty among average rice farmers. (1), Introduction Burma is a predominantly agricultural country: About 75 per cent of the population, and 64.1 per cent of the labour force (1995-96) still live in the countryside, where farming [...]

Published
2003

5. The Finance 202: Farmers stick with Trump despite shutdown and trade war; for now

Author

Newmyer, Tory

Subjects
Farmers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, President of the United States -- Economic policy -- Public opinion, Government shutdowns -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Trade disputes -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Tory NewmyerFarmers have remained among the most stalwart of President Donald Trump's supporters. They helped him oust three red-state Senate Democrats in the midterms, defying November's blue tide even [...]

Published
2019

6. Which fundamentals are most important?

Author

Brock, Richard A.

Subjects
United States foreign relations -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Chinese foreign relations -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Epidemics -- Economic aspects -- United States -- China, Tariffs -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry, Business
Abstract

IT'S February. The college football season is over. The Super Bowl is over (with positive results for 90% of the country). College basketball lacks any domineering team. Some are good, [...]

Published
2020

7. Think globally eat locally. (View Point)

Author

Gussow, Joan

Subjects
Agriculture -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Agriculture and politics -- International aspects -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Food -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Environmental issues, Home and garden
Abstract

A young neighbor who watered and harvested my garden for a few days last summer left a message on my answering machine while I was away. She had read my [...]

Published
2002

8. As Trump Appeals to Farmers, Some of the Policies He's Pursuing Don't

Author

Swanson, Ana and Tankersley, Jim

Subjects
President of the United States -- Economic policy, Rural areas -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Tax reform -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

WASHINGTON -- President Trump will head to Tennessee on Monday to appeal to farmers, a key demographic that helped elect him, as he promotes his tax law and previews a [...]

Published
2018

9. Small farmers struggle worldwide, but Palestinian farmers really have it rough

Author

O'Connor, Anne-Marie

Subjects
Israeli foreign relations, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Arab-Israeli conflicts -- Economic aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Anne-Marie O'Connor JALUD, West Bank - Palestinian farmer Fawzi Ibrahim is proud of his heirloom corn, whose kernels ripen in iridescent shades of red, blue and gold like jewels. [...]

Published
2017

10. The Farmers We Forgot

Author

Jahren, A. Hope

Subjects
Agricultural policy -- Political aspects, Farmers -- Social aspects -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

One cannot rule out a blizzard in Minnesota after Labor Day, and so when I travel for Thanksgiving or any time in the fall, I am careful to fly into [...]

Published
2016

11. Response to FMD may have been more damaging

Subjects
Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Agriculture -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Foot-and-mouth disease -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry, Business, Economic aspects, Political aspects
Abstract

The British government's response to controlling foot and mouth disease (FMD) has potentially been more economically damaging than the disease itself and demonstrates a failure to understand the modern economy [...]

Published
2001

12. Could city farming be a solution for Bangkok's urban poor?

Author

Bagenal, Flora

Subjects
Bangkok, Thailand (City) -- Economic aspects -- Demographic aspects, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Flora Bagenal At first glance there's nothing remarkable about the Laksi District Office building on the outskirts of Bangkok. The concrete building is like any other government office in [...]

Published
2013

13. A food's global success creates a quandary at home

Author

Romero, Simon and Shahriari, Sara

Subjects
Bolivia -- Nutritional aspects -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Quinoa -- Discovery and exploration -- Consumption data -- Prices and rates -- Political aspects, Company pricing policy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

LA PAZ, Bolivia -- When NASA scientists were searching decades ago for an ideal food for long-term human space missions, they came across an Andean plant called quinoa. With an [...]

Published
2011

14. Waiting for results: hopes of economic progress were high following the election of President Mwai Kibaki's government in 2002. But it has not all been smooth sailing, reports Neil Ford

Author

Ford, Neil

Subjects
Kenya -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Economic recovery -- Evaluation -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Transportation industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Travel industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, General interest, Government, Business, international, Powers and duties, Evaluation, Economic aspects, Political aspects
Abstract

Economic growth during the first half of President's Mwai Kibaki's government was weak but has picked up to around 5% a year over the past two years. Drought hit the [...]

Published
2007

15. Budget pruning begins

Author

Schuff, Sally

Subjects
United States -- Economic policy -- Agricultural policy, United States. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry -- Economic policy -- Agricultural policy, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Public finance -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Agricultural industry, Business, Agricultural policy, Economic aspects, Economic policy, Political aspects
Abstract

THE Senate Agriculture Committee took the first plunge last week on how to cut $3 billion from farm program spending over the next five years. The House Agriculture Committee is [...]

Published
2005

16. Arab sovereign funds eye agricultural investments

Author

Coker, Margaret and Shamseddine, Reem

Subjects
Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Institutional investments -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Financial institutions -- Investments, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: MARGARET COKER AND REEM SHAMSEDDINE; WALL STREET JOURNAL STAFF DUBAI -- The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are seeking agricultural investment opportunities in a handful of developing countries [...]

Published
2008

17. Canada announces details of six-year farm program

Author

Elliott, Ian

Subjects
Canada -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Agriculture -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Agricultural industry, Business, Economic aspects, Political aspects
Abstract

Canadain Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief used a barnyard just south of Ottawa, Ont., last Thursday to announce a new six-year, $5.2 billion (Canadian) commitment to [...]

Published
2002

18. Gaza Gets Ready for a Harvest of Produce and Promise

Author

Myre, Greg

Subjects
Palestinian Arabs -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Israel -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects
Abstract

Amid the rubble of the former Jewish settlements, Palestinians have sown the first seeds of a modest economic revival. Less than three months after the Israelis departed, Palestinians have repaired […]

Published
2005

19. POLITICAL FURORE ARISES OVER TAIWAN'S PERSIMMON PRICING

Subjects
Taiwan -- Economic aspects, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Fruit -- Prices and rates, Company pricing policy, Business, general
Abstract

TAIPEI, Nov 29 Asia Pulse - The rhetoric over the price of persimmons in Taiwan continued to rage Monday, with the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) and opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) [...]

Published
2011

20. Polish farmers still waiting for 2005 aid payments

Subjects
Public finance -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Farmers -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry, Economic aspects, Political aspects
Abstract

Many Polish farmers are still awaiting EU direct aid payments for 2005, it was reported this week. Altogether Zl 700 million (177m €) worth of payments are still owed to [...]

Published
2006

21. WTO farm talks chief appeals for political push

Subjects
World Trade Organization -- Economic policy -- Management, Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Agricultural industry, Company business management, Management, Economic aspects, Economic policy, Political aspects
Abstract

The man charged with steering World Trade Organisation talks on farm liberalisation this week appealed for fresh political momentum to avoid delays in the process, and the growing likelihood of [...]

Published
2005

22. Passed over for cows?

Subjects
Agricultural industry -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Government aid -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, Government funding, Business, Food and beverage industries
Abstract

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) has criticized Congress's appropriation of homeland security funds, saying the money would be better spent protecting New York City landmarks than the nation's agricultural [...]

Published
2006

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