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UN-backed land use rules ready for final OK

milan / reuters / After three years of debate, the United Nations is issuing guidelines on responsible land use as part of an effort to regulate so-called land grabbing and boost food security. The guidelines include promoting equal rights for women in securing title to land, creating transparent record-keeping systems accessible to the rural poor,
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Professor says farmers and ranchers are “an endangered species”

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The rural landscape is changing, and not for the better. “Farm and ranch people are an endangered species, without the benefit of protective legislation,” Roger Epp told farmers attending a recent grazing conference in Winnipeg. “Their habitat has also become subject to persistent encroachment over time.” Agriculture and rural life on the Prairies were once
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Funding For Food Programs Facing Cuts

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In China, dairy cows revolve on carousels in synchronized milking, while in Kenya, small farmers are planting a new high-yielding sweet potato. These projects, and scores more, are shaping a new century of agriculture. Whether it be cattle herders in sub-Saharan Africa or rice growers in rural Asia, farmers and ranchers need help to produce
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New Accident Reporting Rules

Manitoba government release Under changes to the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) that went into effect Oct. 10, motorists will no longer be required to report collisions involving property damage to police, except under certain circumstances, Attorney General Andrew Swan, minister responsible for Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI), has announced. These changes respond to a request from
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Fire, Smoke Issue Over Thanksgiving Weekend

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Extremely dry weather, high winds and above-average temperatures have put a damper on crop residue burning, while a wildfire had some producers on evacuation standby over the holiday weekend. I was ready to call in Emergency Measures, it was that close, said Victor Baraniuk, reeve of the rural municipality of Clanwilliam. But we were lucky,
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More Animal Health Improvements Needed, Report Says

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Co-operator contributor / ottawa Canada has improved its animal health procedures, but changing risks posed by rising international trade and emerging threats point to the need for additional safeguards, says a new report. Animal health risk assessment in Canada is built on a solid foundation of knowledge and expertise, says the report of 12 experts
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Where Clearing Land Is More Than Just Hard Work

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Farming communities along the South Sudan- Uganda border are afraid to till their land. After years of civil conflict, the risk of landmines and other unexploded ordnance is great. Roselina Achan lives in Ngomoromo in northern Uganda s Lamwo district. She says, Landmines are a big problem here; my sister was blown up in 2007
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U.S. Must Lead Fight Against Hunger — Bill Gates

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Billionaire Bill Gates knows how to end the poverty and hunger that afflicts nearly one billion people worldwide – help them grow more food. At a food security conference May 24, Gates called for U.S. leadership in a global campaign to expand food production. Agriculture ministers of the Group of 20 major developing and emerging
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Global Grain Reserve Idea Gaining Momentum – for May. 5, 2011

During the decade from 1996 to 2006, the world became accustomed to stable crop production levels. Production problems in one part of the world were balanced out by increased production elsewhere. In such a world it was easy to argue that reserves were unnecessary, because there would always be someone with a supply they were
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Canada Needs Food Policy

More than 3,500 Canadians have tabled a document calling for a national food policy that emphasizes domestic food systems, more farmers, and initiatives such as school lunch programs. CalledResetting the Table: A People’s Food Policy for Canada, the document is the first national food policy proposal to emerge from this country’s growing food movement. The

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