Sentences with phrase «by farmers for»

It seemed the local reservoirs had mysteriously «lost» a third of their capacity, with some local politicians pointing the finger at surreptitious use by farmers for irrigation.

Again we know that chemicals for forcing dormancy in trees have been used by some farmers for decades.

He further said that the council approved N388.4 million for the payment of the subsidy component on fertiliser redeemed by farmers for the 2018 cropping season.

Since then, 77 high - yielding rice varieties have been released as a result of rice breeding collaboration, including many that are currently grown by farmers for the domestic market and some that are grown for export.

It comes after a push by farmers for a mandatory code of conduct as they sought protection from price gouging in the light of the ongoing supermarket price wars.

Late in the week, Statistics Canada released planting plans by farmers for the 2018 crops.

Not exact matches

NEW DELHI, May 2 - India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to help sugar mills by paying the cane farmers that supply them a subsidy for their produce, a government source said, as part of efforts to help a sector struggling with a glut.

Strategic branding and creative agency Design Coup cut its fee roughly in half for coffee company Thrive Farmers, because it was so impressed by the startup's business model.

I wonder if the transition costs should also be borne by the farmers who sold their quotas for windfall profits.

And it's likely that the Sinaloa cartel is driving much of that production: In 2014, it is believed that the production of opium increased 50 % in Mexico, and in Guerrero state, a hotbed for heroin production, farmers and officials told The New York Times that the trade is controlled by the Sinaloa cartel — whose opium and marijuana fields in the country reportedly cover 23,000 miles, an area larger than Costa Rica.

Monsanto, which is being acquired by Bayer AG (bayer - ag) for $ 63.5 billion, has said its dicamba herbicide is safe when applied properly and that U.S. farmers failed to follow label instructions.

CSA Financing Community supported agriculture, or CSA, programs were first popularized by eco-conscious foodies; they pay local farmers a lump sum at the beginning of the year in exchange for regular deliveries of produce.

Some farmers and city leaders worry that the fracking boom is consuming too much of a scarce resource, while others see the push for production as an opportunity to make money by selling water while furthering the nation's goal of energy independence.

David Griswold cofounded and ran Aztec Harvest, a sales - and - marketing outfit for coffee farmers from Mexican cooperatives that was owned by the farmers.

For example, it initiated a project to support co-operatives in Odisha, India, by training female farmers to build and conserve organic cotton seed banks, which reduces farm operating costs and improves profitability.

AIF's Kigali - based plant, which produces fortified cereal — much of it for WFP — is operated by East Africans, and its cereals are made with locally - grown maize and soybeans procured from 7,500 smallholder farmers.

Abe had put a lot of personal political capital at stake in beating on the agricultural lobby, and not just the farmers... but the [agricultural] banks, pension schemes, all the rest, to get support for a US - led TPP deal, and then Trump pulls out,» Bremmer said, referring to the Trans - Pacific Partnership, a sweeping trade deal, spearheaded by Barack Obama, that Trump exited days after taking office in January 2017.

Pete and Gerry's didn't adopt the industrialized, factory - style farming that was common for egg farmers, and by the late 1990s, it didn't have the scale to supply eggs to supermarkets or large chains.

SokoText, from students at the London School of Economics, has been testing similar technology in Mathare Valley, Nairobi, by sending text messages from small - scale rural farmers to individuals in slums who want to secure wholesale prices for healthy produce once it arrives at a market.

Founded by CEO Amol Deshpande, a former venture investor with Kleiner Perkins, FBN started as a kind of professional social network for farmers.

By supporting these programs, De Laurentiis and Simply7 hope to eventually source all the red and blue corn they need for their popcorn line exclusively from female farmers across the country.

The exceptions and the EPA's refusal to disclose them have infuriated the corn lobby, which argues the waivers hurt farmers by undermining demand for corn and should be used only sparingly for tiny facilities in dire straights.

An initial screening cost of only $ 199 allows farmers to have their soil samples analyzed by Trace, which applies machine learning to uncover not just what's in there, but what it means for crop yield and productivity.

For all Baumann and Grant's bluster about innovation and feeding the world, many farmers worry that this merger is motivated by profit alone — which will be much easier to make after the tie - up.

When selecting photographers for this project, he sought out those that had «insatiable curiosity, the kind that can get to the core of an assignment, the kind that can comprehend what a truck driver, or a farmer, or a driller or a housewife thinks and feels and translate those thoughts and feelings into pictures that can be similarly comprehended by anyone.»

Scheer did so by promising to protect «supply management» for Canada's dairy and poultry farmers.

In Norway, they're as intelligent as humans and help simple farmers by scaring away gremlins in exchange for food (left out on miniature plates, of course).

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- It could take months for Haitian farmers to recover as heavy rains brought by Hurricane Irma have flooded parts of the impoverished Caribbean nation, humanitarians said, calling for better disaster preparedness.

This trade war comes at a tough time for U.S. farmers, who have seen net farm income decline by 50 percent since 2013.

Price Setting: Milk prices (for consumers as well as processors of butter, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream) are set by the dairy farmers themselves — based on cost of production plus what they determine is the appropriate profit.

The well - funded dairy lobby spends a great deal of money (an estimated $ 80 to $ 100 million each year — ironically paid for by the higher prices consumers pay), persuading federal and provincial politicians that supply management «protects the family farm,» «ensures food security» and that, because these farmers are so numerous, doing anything to upset them would be political suicide.

Ironically, and perhaps most frustratingly, it hurts many of the dairy farmers themselves — certainly the most efficient ones, as highlighted in «Reforming Dairy Supply Management: The Case for Growth», a new report by the Conference Board of Canada.

The absence of minute by minute pricing for farmers to obsess over means farmers tend to set prices by analysing what the farm will earn over a long period of time.

So here's a modest proposal: why doesn't the federal government get things rolling by pushing for reform of supply management — that convoluted mess of federal and provincial policies that actually make it an offence for farmers to sell milk and poultry across provincial boundaries?

Agriculture is an area specifically targeted by the retaliatory tariffs proposed by China, and California farmers exported $ 2.0 billion in agricultural products in 2016 to China (including Hong Kong), which ranked third as a destination for the state's agricultural exports.

Specific policies include encouraging job creation and innovation in the new energy economy; improving the fairness of employment standards (including re-establishing the National Minimum Wage; reversing «tax giveaways» to corporations; introducing and maintaining balanced budgets; protecting Canadians from «price gouging» by businesses; implementing income stabilization programs for farmers; promoting long - term economic and environmental sustainability of marine and forestry resources; and re-investing in education, skills training and apprenticeships to help Canadians succeed in the economy.

for the year as a whole Other transfers to business, students, aboriginals, farmers, etc. declined by $ 392 million -LRB--3.4 %), primarily due to the recognition of disaster assistance liabilities in 2016 - 17.

The primary justification for the proposed tax changes was that high - income individuals (e.g., doctors, small business owners, farmers, among others) were using the tax system to reduce their income tax by incorporating CCPCs to conduct their businesses or carry on their professional practises This meant that individuals with the same income could end up paying different taxes and this, according to the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister was «unfair».

At a reunion with 12 of 13 farmers who had been jailed for taking wheat across the border, Rick stood by his decision to participate in the act of civil disobedience.

for the year as a whole Other transfers to business, students, aboriginals, farmers, etc. declined by $ 463 million -LRB--2.0 %), primarily due to the inclusion of disaster assistance liabilities during the first half of 2016 - 17 and the timing of recent budget initiatives.

A lobbying group for US farmers pleaded with the administration not to go forward with the tariffs, fearing retaliation by China, one of the largest buyers of US crops.

What is interesting is that yes farmers did enroll in the WCB before bill 6 and what has been shown by the majority of responses to this blog is that there is much greater concern for the workers than the farmer, K. Larson I am not including you in the last comment as I am well aware that you are a farmer.

for the year as a whole Other transfers to business, students, aboriginals, farmers, etc. increased by $ 620 million (3.8 %), primarily due to the timing of recent budget initiatives affecting most components.

And Canada is further sharing its expertise on food security by developing innovative sustainable agricultural kits for Nepalese farmers, and improving food security for Cambodian farmers through new farm ventures.

Beijing has threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on US agricultural exports, and Trump told lawmakers that he saw the TPP as a way to help American farmers deal with the blow by opening up new markets for their crops.

Alberta farmers have difficulties getting their products to market by rail, and now without pipeline construct will continue to compete with oil and gas companies for rail transportation.

Among the retaliatory moves announced by China are new tariffs on soybeans, which could hurt American farmers already struggling with low prices for their crops.

The O'Malley administration has struck a deal to buy a Kent County farm for $ 2.8 million and then lease it for $ 1 a year to a company controlled by an organic farmer and Democratic campaign donor.

In the famous story of Naboth's vineyard, the Israelite farmer Naboth is approached by King Ahab, who wants to purchase it as a «vegetable garden» for his own use.

Established by Quaker merchants in the 1730s, Wilmington was a milling and grain - shipping center for farmers in Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania.