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Cafeteria - Filipinos - Food safety - Slum Area - Davao City - Philippines
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 The Philippine Star 
UN holds media forum to tackle hunger problem
| In a bid to support the government's anti-hunger program, the United Nations Country Team, led by UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Nileema Noble will participate in a media f... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Water
Contaminated   Photos   Shortage   Waste   Water  
 Scientific American 
Top 10 Water Wasters: From Washing Dishes to Watering the Desert
| SCORCHED EARTH: Water often gets wasted where it is, which may leave once-wet places high and dry. | iStockPhoto | Many of us use water thoughtlessly; it seems as abundant as the air we breathe and ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner delivers a speech at the government palace in Buenos Aires, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Fernandez said a contentious grain export tax increase that has sparked months of protests by farmers will debated by Congress  Denver Post 
Argentine Agriculture Secretary De Urquiza resigns
The Associated PressArticle Last Updated: 07/23/2008 09:25:25 AM MDT | BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Argentina's agriculture secretary has resigned following the Senate's rejection of a governmen... (photo: AP / Eduardo Di Baia)
Agriculture   Argentina   Photos   Politics   Tax  
 Sugar - Sweet - White Sugar - Agriculture - Supermarket  The Times Of India 
Sugar falls as govt panel suggests curbs
|                 MUMBAI: Indian sugar futures fell sharply on Wednesday after a parliamentary panel suggested curbs on futures trading in agriculture comm... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Agriculture   India   Photos   Society   Trading  
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Displaced Kenyan children receive food from an aid group inside the International Trade Fair at Jamhuri Park where many displaced Kenyans have been living in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008. Some displaced people who had been living in the park have returned to their homes but many others remain, fearing attacks if they return to their neighborhoods.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Horn of Africa faces food shortages
Written By:claire wanja/bbc   , Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Kenya is among countries in the Horn of Africa facing a humanitarian emergency w... (photo: AP Photo / Ben Curtis)
Food   Kenya   People   Photos   Society  
Fruits - Fruit - Peach - Peaches - Stone Fruit. (ps1) Wtop
Virginia peach harvest under way
| RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's 2008 peach crop is expected to make growers forget all about last year's freeze-damaged season. | The Virginia Department of Agriculture... (photo: Public Domain / -)
Agriculture   Crop   Farm   Photos   Virginia  
Agri futures trading should be discouraged: Par Panel The Times Of India
Agri futures trading should be discouraged: Par Panel
|                 New Delhi: A Parliamentary Committee has suggested that futures trading in farm products needs to be discou... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Delhi   Farming   India   Photos   Trading  
Vegetable - Meat - Potato - Food - Restaurant. (ps1) Asbury Park Press
Don't force-feed consumer
| A New York City law allowing health inspectors to impose fines on chain restaurants that fail to display calorie counts for items on menu boards in the same type size a... (photo: WN / patricia)
Consumer   Food   Health   Photos   Restaurant  
 monsoon - rain - weather - rainy season - hires - am1 - wn/aruna The Times Of India
Low rainfall likely to be made up in next two months
|                 NEW DELHI: Low rainfall in southern and western regions is likely to be made up in next two months, experts... (photo: WN / aruna1)
Asia   India   Monsoon   Photos   Weather  
Fruit - Fruits - Rockmelon - Melons. (ps1) The News & Observer
The melon sell
Among melons, the big three dominate. | A newcomer can find it hard to steal the spotlight from the watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew; that has been the story of the Sp... (photo: WN / patricia)
Carolina   Crop   Farm   Food   Photos  
 Drought - Water - Nature - Weather - Environment - Farm - Soil. (sv1)  The Oklahoman
14 western Oklahoma counties eligible for federal drought aid
By Michael McNutt | Capitol BureauLow-interest loans and other federal assistance will be available to eligible farmers and ranchers in 14 northwest Oklahoma counties, in... (photo: WN/sv1)
Agriculture   Aid   Oklahoma   Photos   Weather  
 Bumble bee-insect-wildlife-nature-environment (sl1) Scientific American
Commercially bred bees spread disease to wild bees
| Commercially bred bees spread disease to wild bees A bumble bee collects pollen from a flower in a garden near York, northern England, June 28, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel Rodd... (photo: Public domain photo)
Bees   Disease   England   Photos   Population  
Bird Flu Mad Cow Disease
- Teams use airport to stage bird flu drill
- Britain faces 75,000 deaths in bird flu pandemic, Lords repo
- Bird flu mutates during race against time to find vaccine
- Bird flu claims cargo worker
Ayam - Ternakan - Agrikultur - Flu Burung. (ps1)
Britain faces 75,000 deaths in bird flu pandemic, Lords report predicts
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- BSE-500 index to include KSK Energy Ventures
- Animals fed recycled leftovers
- Japan recycling more leftovers for animal feed
- Japan feeds animals recycled leftovers
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Animals fed recycled leftovers
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Farm Subsidy Farmers
- Indian softens stand on US offer on subsidy cut in WTO talks
- Nath asks US to offer "real" cuts in subsidy
- U.S. Offers Farm-Subsidies Cap To Spur Global Trade Talks
- United States offers farm subsidy cuts at Doha talks
 Susan C Schwab - US - Politics-am1
US offers $2bn subsidy cut at WTO talks
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- Retired general is a full-time farmer
- Top product prices to keep rolling for farmers
- Ont. farmer run over by combine
- Fraudulent Farmer Gets Fine
Arkersus farm scene, Norway, jsa1
Farmers plan WTO protest
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Market Organic Farming
- Agriculture future fall on CBOT; livestock higher
- Farmers plan WTO protest
- Farmers' market sprouts plenty of reasons to stay
- Australian Stocks: Market closes higher
Arkersus farm scene, Norway, jsa1
Farmers plan WTO protest
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- New Fertiliser for Organic Farming
- Top End organic grower disputes industry sales
- Women leading organic charge
- Day or night, Tacoma aid organization gets job done
Organic Farm sl1
Study shows organic farming yields as good or better
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Livestock Crops and Soil
- Cattle Drive marks opening of 2008 California Mid-State Fair
- Agriculture future fall on CBOT; livestock higher
- Livestock prices
- Agriculture future fall on CBOT; livestock higher
Cattle egret
Cattle egrets breed in the UK for the first time
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- GrainCorp drops Ridley bid after stocks cropped
- Coming to America: Introducing Little Britain's new crop
- Coming to America: Introducing Little Britain's new crop
- Project Boosts Crop Yields
Banana Tree
Wild weather threatens banana crops in Queensland
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