Arable Farming News

12:51 PM EST
2/9/2012 Rising prices and looming maize shortagesMalawi's maize-growing central and southern regions have not had good rains, prompting concerns about possible shortages of the staple in the coming months.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Foreign Aid, Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming, Weather, Statistic

12:24 PM EST
1/31/2012 The 'less is more' philosophy of rice productionIn the 1970s Madagascar was a rice exporter but has since become a rice importer, a consequence of outdated farming methods and poor infrastructure, but farmers still produce 80 percent of the country's national rice requirement.

Source:IRIN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming

8:32 AM EST
1/27/2012 Fears of looming food shortage in BurundiThere are fears of a looming food shortage in Burundi after heavy rains damaged two successive harvests, say officials. The affected crop accounts for the country's June to December harvest that represents 15 percent of the annual production.

Source:IRIN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Flood, Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming, Social Issue, Poverty

7:15 AM EST
1/27/2012 Time running out for displaced farmersMuch of Dawood Boy's village in northern Afghanistan is empty. More than 1,000 families from Alburz in Balkh Province abandoned it four to six months ago after a drought affecting nearly half the country left 2.8 million people in need of food assistance, according to the World Food Program. The drought destroyed the crops Boy had planted, killed his livestock which no longer had animal feed, and left his family without seeds for next season.

Source:IRIN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Famine, Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming, Social Issue, Poverty

8:31 AM EST
1/10/2012 Nepal's Monsanto debate spotlights seed sovereigntyAn effort by US donors and multinational agribusiness Monsanto to partner with Nepal to boost local maize production with imported hybrid seeds has met civil society opposition calling - instead - for home-grown solutions.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Foreign Aid, Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming

8:32 AM EST
1/6/2012 Rice harvests lost in Kachin conflict zonesThe annual harvest season in Myanmar's northern Kachin State has come and gone but much of the rice crop has not been harvested or was never planted after fighting between government forces and the Kachin Independence Army erupted on 9 June 2011.

Source:IRIN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Armed Conflict, Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming, Social Issue, Homelessness

12:59 PM EST
1/4/2012 Frigid weather chills U.S., threatens Florida fruitCold winter weather enveloped Florida Tuesday threatening fruit crops and manatees.

Source:AHN Topics:Weather, Report, Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming

10:46 AM EST
12/20/2011 Syrian sanctions pose new threat to Jordan’s economyJordanian farmers fret over lost exports as a main route to European markets is blocked by sanctions against Syria

Source:TML Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming, Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict

11:02 AM EST
12/6/2011 Higher arsenic levels found in those who eat more ricePeople who eat more rice have higher levels of arsenic in their system, suggesting that eating rice may expose some people to potentially harmful levels of arsenic.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Research, Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming, Consumer Goods, Food

11:56 AM EST
11/21/2011 Cocoa farmers hope reforms will pay offIncome for cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire is expected to rise after reforms announced by President Alassane Ouattara's government in early November.

Source:IRIN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict, Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming