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If insurance companies pay out too often farmers will be threatened with ruinLeipzig, Germany (SPX) Sep 21, 2011 Insurance can help farmers to survive dry periods. However, it can also result in the long term in overgrazing and therefore threaten their existence if insurance companies pay out in periods of moderate drought and farmers change their management strategies as a result. This is the conclusion of the world's first study on the ecological effects of rain-index insurance. As the international community decided at the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun to set up a fund with which industrial natio ... read more |
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  Astrotech Subsidiary Wins Contract for NASA Mission Astrotech has won a fully-funded task order under the previously announced Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. The Company will provide f ... more | .. |
 Paraguay outbreak threatens farms, jobs Paraguay faces a worsening crisis in its fragile agriculture and livestock sector as mounting losses from a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak threaten to decimate exports and make thousands jobless. ... more | .. |
  Somali rebels send back starving thousands into famine zone Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked rebels said Thursday they were moving over 12,000 starving families back into famine zones they had fled, where the UN has warned they will die without help. ... more | .. |
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 Booming China is number one Bordeaux importer The booming Chinese mainland is now the largest importer of Bordeaux by volume, driving a jump in exports of the French wine, an industry body said. ... more | .. |
Ugandans displaced by UK company landgrab: Oxfam At least 22,500 Ugandans were forced from their homes to make way for a British timber company, the aid agency Oxfam said in a report Thursday calling for an investigation into alleged abuses. ... more | .. |
Philippines eats, sells biodiversity riches A Philippine brown deer hobbles on three legs in a tiny mud pit of a pen at a government-run wildlife rescue centre, a grim symbol of the country's rapidly vanishing flora and fauna. ... more | .. |
 Scientists Develop New Potato Lines to Wage War on Wireworms When wireworms feast on potatoes, the results aren't pretty: The spuds' surfaces are left punctured, pitted and unappealing. For the past few years, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists ... more |
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 China says duties on US chicken products lawful Beijing said Wednesday that duties imposed on US poultry exports were lawful, after Washington asked the World Trade Organization to look at Chinese tariffs on the billion-dollar chicken trade. ... more | .. |
Two arrested over China 'gutter' oil murder Police in China said Wednesday they have arrested two people suspected of killing a Chinese journalist who had been following a scandal involving the sale of "gutter" cooking oil. ... more | .. |
China's farm subsidies soar but OECD states' at record low China's subsidies to farmers soared six-fold between 2008 and 2010 to $147 billion, making it the global leader, OECD data showed Wednesday, in what could complicate trade liberalisation talks. ... more | .. |
  Plants create a water reserve in the soil Experiments performed at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) reveal that a zone of higher water concentration exists around the roots of a plant. It has long been known that roots alter the soil in th ... more |
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 Deaths likely to spiral in famine-hit Somalia: aid agencies Drought and famine-blighted Somalia is at a "turning point" as conditions decline with hundreds of thousands more people likely to die in coming months, 20 aid agencies warned on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Bangladesh PM confident of river deal with India Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina voiced confidence Tuesday at reaching a water-sharing agreement with India after a summit failed to clinch a deal seen as vital to her nation's farmers. ... more | .. |
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 Japanese meteorological firm to launch satellite to track Arctic sea ice Japanese Weathernews will launch a satellite in September 2012 that will provide navigational services to ships travelling along the Russian and North American coasts in the Arctic Ocean, the newspa ... more | .. |
 Breeding Soybeans for Improved Feed Modifying soybean seed to increase phosphorus content can improve animal nutrition and reduce feed costs and nutrient pollution. However, further research is needed to commercialize this valuable te ... more | .. |
China reporter killed after 'gutter' oil news A Chinese journalist who had been following a scandal involving the sale of cooking oil made from leftovers taken from gutters has been stabbed to death, police and state media said Tuesday. ... more |
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 ADB approves $80m loan for Kathmandu water supply The Asian Development Bank said Monday it had approved an $80 million soft loan to Nepal to improve the chronically poor water supply for nearly three million people in the Kathmandu valley. ... more | .. |
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 TUM scientists document aquatic species decline at dams and weirs Dams and weirs have a stronger impact on the ecosystem of watercourses than was previously realized. Species diversity in the dammed area upstream of weirs shows a significant decline: the diversity ... more |
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 Cities to grab lands equaling size of Mongolia In next 20 years In the next 20 years, more than 590,000 square miles of land globally - more than twice the size of Texas - will be gobbled up by cities, a trend that shows no signs of stopping and one that could p ... more | .. |
 Consumers willing to pay premium for healthier genetically modified foods Consumers are eager to get their hands on, and teeth into, foods that are genetically modified to increase health benefits - and even pay more for the opportunity. A study by Iowa State Univer ... more | .. |
 NASA Mars Research Helps Find Buried Water on Earth A NASA-led team has used radar sounding technology developed to explore the subsurface of Mars to create high-resolution maps of freshwater aquifers buried deep beneath an Earth desert, in the first ... more | .. |
 ERS satellite missions complete after 20 years After a final thruster firing last week to deplete its remaining fuel, ESA's venerable ERS-2 observation satellite has been safely taken out of service. Ground controllers also ensured the space env ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman to Complete Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder for Joint Polar Satellite Systems Northrop Grumman will build and deliver the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) for the Joint Polar Satellite Systems (JPSS) under a contract with NASA. JPSS is a system of polar-orbi ... more | .. |
  Tools That Will Help Reduce Nitrogen Pollution A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) soil scientist in Colorado is helping farmers grow crops with less nitrogen-based fertilizer. The fertilizers are a major reason why agriculture is a si ... more | .. |
 Tanzania finds fishery improvements outweigh fuelwood losses When the government of Tanzania established Saadani National Park in 2005, it enhanced protection of the coastal mangrove ecosystem from further degradation. A study by a team of University of Rhode ... more |
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