India

 BRAZIL

Soyabeans are about to become hot stuff in Brazil. The crop faced a serious crisis when the government almost entirely cut it out of its subsidised credit programmes and the producers were

Publication Date: 
14/09/1995
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Soyabean, Farmers, Brazil
Agriculture

 Safe storage

Using a little turmeric powder mixed with rice can protect the stored grain from pests

Publication Date: 
14/09/1995
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Spices, Food Storage, Farmers, Agricultural Science
India

 Cancerous farming

Brazilian farmers frequently using pesticides in their farm operations, unknowingly make their children susceptible to kidney cancer. Recently, researchers established that 18 per cent of Wilms'

Publication Date: 
14/09/1995
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Pesticides, Farmers, Child Health, Brazil, Agricultural Science
Economy

 ARGENTINA

Unsustainable economic conditions and farming practices have reduced 80 per cent of the total surface area of the southern Argentine state of Patagonia -- once prime grazing land for sheep -- to

Publication Date: 
30/07/1995
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Migration, Farmers, Argentina
India

 Looking to the past

IN THE traditional farming system, locally available resources that are cheap and sustainable have been used after repeated experiments with local knowledge for subsistence. While modern agricultural

Publication Date: 
14/05/1995
S Rajendran
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Agricultural Systems, Farmers
India

 The spirit of los Haitises

Humans and forests stand at a bitter crossroad in the Dominican Republic, where conserving remnants of rainforests jeopardise the survival of the small farmer

Publication Date: 
14/08/1994
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Tropical Forests, Forest Conservation, Farmers, Dominican Rep
India

 Rogue elephants in the backyard

A study explains why peaceful pachyderms go on rampages that leave crops and humans devastated

Publication Date: 
14/08/1994
Anju Sharma
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Farmers, Conflicts, Elephant, Mudumalai SA, India
India

 GATT politics

Political parties, with the exception of the ruling Congress, are preparing action plans to fight GATT

Publication Date: 
14/06/1994
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Farmers, GATT, Political Parties, India
India

 'Ours by right'

Dharwad (Karnataka) Opposition to GATT in Karnataka is spearheaded by the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRSS), which has gained strength over the past 2 years and forced the ruling Congress

Publication Date: 
14/06/1994
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India

 Blind ballot

WHATEVER the outcome of the byelection in Rajasthan's Rajakheda assembly constituency on May 26, it will be remembered for one thing: GATT as a campaign issue. Previously, elections in Rajakheda were

Publication Date: 
14/06/1994
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