Case Studies on the Effects of Transferable Fishing Rights on Fleet Capacity and Concentration of Quota Ownership (FAO Fisheries Technical Paper)
The Agonist (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The fields stretch out across the horizon. An attenuated, high altitude light falls on the dark volcanic soils. The rusted hulks of dead war machines litter the roads. A shepherd boy smacks a goat into line, driving them all back into line. Baboons scamper across the highway. The main north-south artery between Addis Ababa and Axum is a dirt road. It is a more fecund land than I ever expected. But...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
XI'AN, China, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Green Agriculture, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CGA; "China Green Agriculture" or "the Company"), a leading producer and distributor of humic acid ("HA") based compound fertilizer through its wholly owned subsidiary, Shaanxi TechTeam Jinong Humic Acid Product Co., Ltd., has entered into definitive agreements to sell 1,282,052...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
NEW YORK and GUANGZHOU, China, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sino Green Land Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SGLA), a leading distributor of high-end fruits and vegetables in China, today announced the ground breaking for construction of the company's China Green Food Distribution Hub located in the Guangzhou Yuncheng Wholesale Market, now that the Municipal Government of Guangzhou has given its...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
DENVER, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Wage and Hour Division together have fined Tempel Grain Elevators LLP of Wiley, Colo., more than $1.6 million following the May 29 death of a teenage worker at the company's Haswell, Colo., grain storage operation. The youth suffocated after being engulfed by grain...
Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
For example, in 2004, USDA awarded the Michigan Turkey Producers Cooperative in Wyoming, Mich., a Value-Added planning grant totaling $55,000 to prepare a feasibility study and business plan for marketing turkey products to health-conscious customers. In 2005, a second $150,000 grant was awarded to provide marketing capital in order to increase brand awareness and promote the benefits of the company's...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
SUGAR LAND, TX (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Producers of fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides and related products make up a rather small segment of the Chemical Processing Industry (CPI) in the United States and Canada, with fewer than 200 plants in total. Despite the size of this segment, it has been a significant player in capital and maintenance spending...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
CAYUGA, N.D., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble Agriculture recently announced that Trimble resellers will distribute the AgCam stainless and aluminum cameras for use as an accessory with the Trimble® AgGPS® FmX(TM) integrated display.
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
( University of California - Berkeley ) Using historical data on the relationship between temperature and conflict in Africa, researchers at UC Berkeley, Stanford, New York University and Harvard have estimated the effect of rising temperatures due to global warming. They concluded that the incidence of African civil war could increase 55 percent by 2030, resulting in an additional 390,000 battle deaths...
subrealism (Free subscription) | yesterday
NYTimes | In a series of meetings, Saudi government officials, bankers and agribusiness executives told an institute delegation led by Zeigler that they intended to spend billions of dollars to establish plantations to produce rice and other staple crops in African nations like Mali, Senegal, Sudan and Ethiopia. “They laid out this incredible plan,” Zeigler recalled. He was flabbergasted,...
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | yesterday
( Census of Marine Life ) En route to historic 1st global Census of Marine Life (Oct. 2010), scientists have inventoried an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution of deep sea species that have never known sunlight -- creatures that somehow manage a living in a frigid black world down to 5000 meters (three miles) below the ocean waves.
The Bluegrass Ireland Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Rural TV asks: 'Do you love tractors? Do you use tractors? Want to know more? Well, here's your chance to question the experts from John Deere about the new 5 Series prior to RURAL TV Live on Monday 7 December @ 8.00 p.m. (GMT).' You can submit your questions now by this link . We hope the music played throughout the programme will be 'John Deere tractor' and other tracks from the album of that name...
Dave's World (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
A well-placed US official who recently spent some time in Afghanistan tells me that the US and UN are scapegoating Karzai with highly-inflated charges of corruption which basically is the cost of doing business in Afghanistan. This official says the real problem was the dearth of funding over the last decade and a half as well as misplaced confidence in eradicating an opium poppy agribusiness too prosperous...
Pensacola Beach Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
We have a good friend who can be seen all over Pensacola this time of year, embarrassing herself by waving crimson flags and shouting, "Rolltide, Rolltide." Check out any sports bar that may be showing Alabama football. You'll be forgiven if you mistake her for a crazy tea bagger. The other day, she sent us a film clip, seen below. Either she was trying to convey her condolences or she was...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
MARICOPA, Ariz., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Arizona Technology Council presented Yulex Corporation with the Green Innovator of the Year award at the Governor's Celebration of Innovation gala Nov. 19 in Phoenix. The award, given each year to an Arizona-based company in the technology industry, recognizes the scientific advancements Yulex has achieved and its commitment to providing environmentally...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
LONDON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Urban Barns Foods (URBF.OB), set to acquire a leading-edge provider of fruit and vegetables, who "Grow Locally" and can produce to "Organic Grown" standards, today announced the appointment of Mr. J. Robyn Jackson to its board of directors as well as Executive Vice President, Logistics. Mr. Jackson has a distinguished 33-year career as the...
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