Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Google Alert - agriculture technology


News9 new results for agriculture technology
 
Cocotech presents new technologies
The Hindu
... being taken by the CDB to improve production and productivity. S. Damodaran, Minister of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu, made an appeal to scientists to identify new technologies and genes for coconut development. Keywords: Cocotech, Tender coconut water ...
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The Hindu
Cabinet lobs one-time spectrum fee decision to ministers' group
Hindu Business Line
The problem, however, is that the EGoM does not have a Chairman after the Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, stepped down from the post. The Group has already delayed a decision on the reserve price for the ... The Ministry had suggested that ...
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Hindu Business Line
Academicians call for government support for agriculture sector
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, July 3 (CNA) A member of Academia Sinica suggested Tuesday the creation of a national research institute for agricultural technology to help build the competitiveness of the sector, which has been hard-hit by globalization.
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Deere executive says next productivity revolution will be digital
Delta Farm Press
"The new technology is the next wave of productivity for the future," Everitt told agricultural journalists and security analysts attending the company's FarmSight Tech Summit in Des Moines, Iowa. "Since 1918, we have delivered productivity to ...
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Enrollment in agriculture at UPLB sharply declines
Inquirer.net (blog)
As students flock to other popular courses, enrollment in agriculture has been declining in the last few decades, posing a "serious threat" to the country's food security, according to a researcher at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.
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Stakeholders Challenge Jonathan Over Agricultural Biotechnology Law
AllAfrica.com
"Nigeria should be feeding the rest of Africa but we have been lagging behind due to non adoption of the latest in technologies. If we imbibe the agricultural biotechnology as a way of life, one farmer will be able to feed at least 30 to 40 people as ...
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Navy's Green Initiative: Costly and Not So Green
The New American
The White House announced on Monday that it would be launching two new biofuel research and development programs that would permit the Navy, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Energy to offer $30 million in matching funds to support ...
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Creating food a 'highest calling'
Langley AdvanceNews
"People are really thirsty for knowledge [about agriculture] and there is a gap there of public education." South Alder Farms is a poultry and berry farm that incorporates modern packing technology into the berry division. The technology is so modern ...
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Technology impacting agriculture
Aurora News Register
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Web1 new result for agriculture technology
 
Duck-farming technology proven to boost rice production
(Third of five parts). Local government support. "THE Integrated Rice-Ducks Farming System is a proven organic-farming technology that is being propagated by ...
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Google Alert - agriculture


News10 new results for agriculture
 
Agriculture department stalls to sell vegetables in markets: Mayor
NDTV
Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee today said that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has provided space in eight KMC markets in the city to Agriculture department to set up stalls to sell vegetables at the rates fixed by the state government.
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Searing Sun and Drought Shrivel Corn in Midwest
New York Times
Crop insurance agents and agricultural economists are watching closely, a few comparing the situation with the devastating drought of 1988, when corn yields shriveled significantly, while some farmers have begun alluding, unhappily, to the Dust Bowl of ...
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New York Times
Monsoon plays truant but Sharad Pawar says all is well
India Today
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said that even though the monsoon is late there is no need to panic.
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India Today
Two-day IFAD/FAO regional workshop on agricultural production opens in Accra
Ghana News Agency
Accra, July 4, GNA - Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) on Wednesday called for measures that would enable small scale farmers to graduate into entrepreneurial farmers and contrib.
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Ghana News Agency
PM to soon reconstitute ministers' group on telecom: Khurshid
Hindu Business Line
He was responding to a query from reporters as to who would head the EGoM on Telecom now that Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, had recused himself. Mr Khurshid's remarks came a day after the Union Cabinet referred the one-time spectrum fee ...
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Agricultural machinery returns to fairgrounds to support agrarian roots of ...
Youngstown Vindicator
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Woman farmer extracts record oilpalm yield from a hectare
The Hindu
Whatever the crop, it is the price that matters to farmers. "Getting a good price is essential for a farmer and especially for those growing crops like oilpalm, the price to a large extent depends on the international market over which we may not have ...
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The Hindu
Accenture Selected by Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
MarketWatch (press release)
TOKYO, Jul 04, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has announced a management consulting contract with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for a project to improve food supply capabilities in natural disasters and emergencies ...
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Sowing of cotton, groundnut to fall up to 15% on poor monsoon
Business Standard
Details from the Union ministry of agriculture showed of the normal cropped area of 105.7 million hectares during the entire kharif season, sowing was complete on 14.8 per cent of the area so far, against 16.2 per cent during the same period last year.
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Heavy showers a fillip to Goa's paddy production
Hindu Business Line
Goa's Agriculture Department is predicting good paddy production this season as the state has been receiving the continuous rainfall required for its cultivation. Goa has had rains without a dry patch for the last seven days and the heavy downpour is ...
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Hindu Business Line

Blogs1 new result for agriculture
 
Community supported agriculture: Grist readers stand up for local food
By Grist staff
I am a local food advocate for many reasons: Taste: An heirloom tomato picked that morning runs circles around a hybridized tomato picked two weeks ago in Florida and gassed so it turns red en route. Quality: the better the soil and the farmer ...
Grist

Web5 new results for agriculture
 
Counselling for admission in agriculture universities from July 17 ...
The fresh counselling schedule for UPCATET-2012 has been announced. The students taking part in counselling will get admission in any of the four agriculture ...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/...for.../14571924.cms
Develop strategies for market-driven agriculture - The Hindu ...
There is no dearth of technological advancements in agriculture. But for the farmers, the focus is production driven rather than market related agriculture, Dr E .
www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry.../article3585177.ece
KRRS demands new agriculture policy - The Hindu
The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) demanded that the Union government bring out a new agriculture policy to end farmers' dependence on ...
www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp.../tp.../article3593206.ece
Bank Loan to buy agriculture land aganinst Exisitng agiriculture ...
Hello Sir I have 30 acre of Agriculture land without any mortagage/debt, and want to buy another 20 acre land for Agiculture So Can I get any bank.
www.agricultureinformation.com/.../89162-bank-loan-buy-ag...
OBC PO and Agriculture Officer Recruitment 2012 — Sakori.Org ...
The Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) PO-Probationary Officer and Agriculture Officer Recruitment 2012. OBC is an India – based bank, it is is one of the public ...
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Google Alert - organic farming


News7 new results for organic farming
 
Food safety spurs organic farm growth in China
Channel News Asia
Food safety issues in China are prompting the growth of organic farms.
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WWOOF volunteers help Colorado organic farms while learning the trade
Denver Post
Colorado organic farmers who have struggled to find affordable labor are being helped by a program that connects them with volunteer workers eager to learn the ins and outs of life on a farm.
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STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA : Organic farming ...
4-traders
In 2011 the number of agricultural holdings with organic farming increased by more than 5% over the previous year. The number of newly registered agricultural holdings in conversion increased from 34 in 2010 to 59 in 2011. The total number of ...
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Hilltop & Canyon Organic Farms
Santa Barbara Independent
Growing avos, citrus, heirloom beans, and more off Rincon Road in Carpinteria.
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Santa Barbara Independent
Organic tomatoes have higher antioxidant value, suggests study
NutraIngredients.com
"Organic farming doesn't use nitrogenous fertilizers; as a result, plants respond by activating their own defence mechanisms, increasing the levels of all antioxidants," explained study lead Anna Vallverdú Queralt. Organic vs Conventional ...
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NutraIngredients.com
Organic Farming on the Rise in Slovenia
STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription)
Almost 6% of all utilised agricultural land, or almost 27500 hectares, was farmed organically in 2011, which is up over 9% compared to 2010, the Statistics Office said on Wednesday.
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Weather forces farmers to replant
Kennebec Journal
Russell Libby, executive director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, said some farmers who were late with seed may decide to forgo planting altogether because it's too late in the season. "The exciting thing is many of the farmers ...
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Kennebec Journal

Web2 new results for organic farming
 
Organic farming – "inputs are much less, yield is more than before ...
Harivansh Prasad and his wife Pramila Devi are organic farmers in Premanbigha , Nalanda district. Farmers since the last forty-fifty years, they practiced farming ...
smartfarming.org/.../organic-farming-inputs-are-much-less-yie...
A Handbook of Organic Farming - AgricultureInformation.com
ABOUT THE BOOK: In this handbook almost all the aspects related to organic farming has been covered with the balanced approach. The author.
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Google Alert - agriculture technology


News7 new results for agriculture technology
 
Why the Green Revolution did not bring food security
Tehelka
WHEN THE Borlaug seed fertiliser technology was introduced during the mid-1960s, the growth in India's agricultural output began to gradually catch up with its population growth rate, and eventually outpaced it. Not surprisingly, the technology became ...
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Tehelka
Centre expands as roll rises
Taranaki Daily News
Taratahi, which has an agricultural training partnership with the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki, has 40 students already studying the level-3 National Certificate in Farming Skills - a 40 per cent increase on last year's figures. It's now ...
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Taranaki Daily News
Targeted Growth Appoints and Secures New Funding
Private Equity Hub (press release)
Targeted Growth, an agricultural bioscience company, today announced additions to its management team and board of directors, as well as additional funding as it continues to build out its portfolio of technologies that increase crop yield.
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US, Viet Nam hold technology conference
Viet Nam News
A four-day conference, Technology Entrepreneurs Creative Arts Mix, opened yesterday in HCM City, with the theme "Technology Transforms Our Lives". ... Industries · Agriculture · Environment · Opinion · Outlook Your Say You Asked Op-Ed In the Spotlight ...
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Premier Tech makes a U.S. acquisition
PR Newswire (press release)
Corporate profile For close to 90 years, Premier Tech has been building its know-how and reputation on the expertise and synergy of its three groups - Horticulture and Agriculture, Industrial Equipment and Environmental Technologies. They have one ...
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Agro tech
Fiji Times
Recently, a group of agricultural researchers from the Pacific recently gathered in Suva for the first-ever regional training in the use of DSSAT. Dr Singh conducted the five-day training. The training was organised by the University of the South ...
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US-backed technology conference kicks off in HCMC
Tuoitrenews
"There will also be opportunities to brainstorm and collaborate on education and sustainable agriculture, sectors being rapidly changed by technology and visionary entrepreneurs," An added. There are about 15 American businessmen and experts who ...
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