Ideas Galore

The International Research Institute (IRRI) called for sustained global reinvestment in agriculture to cut soaring food prices that it said have made seventy five million more people hungry.

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Swine are among the farm animals that are usually given excessive veterinary drugs by raisers who don’t know any better.

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In global trade talks, farm subsidies in the developed world remains a thorny issue having derailed the finalization of global trade rules under the World Trade Organization (WTO) since the Seattle debacle a few years back, may again stall this time  with the same subject.

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To reduce the Philippines annual import of dairy products from Australia, New Zealand and the United States. The Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) is seeking to produce sufficient genetically superior carabaos (water buffaloes)  to improve the country’s dairy production output.

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Rice a staple in Asian households has its price increased nearly fifty percent since the start of this year, 2008. The crisis is anticipated to deepen with prices rising further in the second quarter as key producers put export curbs in place even as imports scramble to secure near term supply.

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An entrepreneur could engage in a number of specialized segments of poultry production of his preference. One could get into broiler production, layers, capons, day old chicks and production of ready to lay pullets. Each of these segments offer certain advantages as well as drawbacks.

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