U.S. tells Afghans to grow grapes not opium poppy
KABUL (AP)–The Taliban make Afghanistan’s opium business easy, offering credit, seeds and fertilizer to farmers to grow the drugs that fuel the insurgency. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, who wrapped up a three-day visit to Afghanistan on Jan. 12, is determined to change that momentum by offering similar incentives to steer farmers away from the drug trade and toward grapes, wheat …
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USDA highlights impact of Recovery Act on rural America
Colorado The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently highlighted the successes of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. One year after the passage of ARRA, evidence is clear–and growing by the day–that the Recovery Act is working to cushion the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression and lay a new foundation for economic growth.
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Alliance will improve maize harvests, livelihoods in Africa
A group of public and private agriculture organizations today announced an alliance that will improve food security and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. The alliance will create and share new maize varieties that use fertilizer more efficiently and help smallholder farmers get higher yields, even where soils are poor and little commercial fertilizer is used. The collaboration, known as …
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