Sentences with phrase «by farmers groups»

The conference was participated by farmer groups and sectoral organizations from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.

1) Conserved natural ecosystems; 2) Areas being restored to natural ecosystems; 3) Tree cover within agroforestry or silvopastoral production plots2; 4) Gardens, live fences, riparian zones or border plantings; or 5) Off - site compensation areas, including land held in common by farmer groups that is not part of individual member farms3.

Not exact matches

With a lack of state support, farmers interested in moving out of the coca trade are often exposed to FARC dissidents and other criminal groups, who have rushed to fill the vacuum left by demobilizing FARC units and want farmers to continue tending coca bushes.

Owned by the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, 21st Century was also one of our 5 most expensive Laredo insurers.

We continue to artificially support this small group, barely six per cent of all Canadian farmers, by fixing prices, imposing extremely high tariffs to keep those prices high, and controlling production.

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.

The event will be attended by thousands of victims from all walks of life - soldiers who lost limbs clearing landmines, mothers whose children were forcibly recruited by the rebels, never to be seen again and farmers driven off their land by right - wing paramilitary groups.

The media followed with articles like «Cargill Link to Anti-GMO Group Spurs Criticism From Farmers» by Bloomberg and «How a moment that looked like PR win for Cargill turned into a kerfuffle» by the Minneapolis Star - Tribune.

This week, a group of bloggers will be sharing recipes inspired by what we find at our local farmer's markets, or for those with a green thumb, in our gardens.

A group of organic farmers, led by...

In a full - page paid advertisement in Tuesday's Washington Post, a group of organic brands, farmers and researchers demanded U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to reinstate the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule issued by the USDA in January 2017.

I discovered Kona coffee, grown in limited areas of Hawaii by a select group of farmers.

As of October 2016, the project has enrolled 7,000 farmers (88 % of the project's total target), who are registered in the Olam Information System (OFIS); completed basic training in order to optimize sustainable yields and other income opportunities; introduced record keeping practices by distributing log books to 1,000 farmers; promoted farmer group development in a Training of Trainers (ToT) session; trained 10 new lead farmers on best agricultural practices that were then integrated with climate - smart agricultural Practices (CSA) and the Sustainable Agricultural Network (SAN) Standard; as well as conducted a baseline sampling monitoring survey that is currently being analyzed by the program team.

The uprooting of the Golden Rice field trial by more than 400 farmers and sectoral groups last 2013 proved to be just, given the dangerous nature of the said product» said Panerio.

The group said the Duterte administration's goal of poverty eradication can be achieved through genuine land reform and providing safe, sustainable agricultural production that can be managed by farmers and local producers.

The activity was attended by key farmers, mostly coming from the Black Tai, Muong, Tay, Hmong, Nung, Co Ho, H're and Ca Doong ethnic groups in nine provinces in Vietnam, the Lao Loum from Laos, and also participants from eight countries.

Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd is New Zealand's largest company by turnover and is owned by around 11,000 farmers throughout New Zealand.

The group said that an earlier agreement involving processors to raise retail milk prices by two pence per litre had failed to benefit farmers.

This time the warning has been issued by First milk, the 4,000 strong farmer owned co-operative, and the Farmers For Action group (FFA).

The decision comes after the group became one of a number of companies impacted by farmer boycotts across Europe back in June.

According to a report to creditors by the administrators of Stay in Bed Milk & Bread, which traded as Aussie Farmers, directors appointed advisers in mid-2017 to help the group raise pre-initial public offering funding.

The Organic Farm Gate Pty Ltd was established by a group of Australian farmers to provide structure behind the further development of the Horticultural Organic Category.

Arla Foods Ingredients Group P / S is a 100 % owned subsidiary of Arla Foods, a global dairy company and cooperative owned by dairy farmers in Denmark, Sweden, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg.

The Organic Farm Gate Pty Ltd was established by a group of Australian farmers to provide structure behind...

THE first products from the Organic Milk Group are now in shops and it is the culmination of years of work by farmers Gary Watson and Simon Elphinstone.

Some groups are keen on stopping the deployment of Golden Rice by raising speculations that a) it will threaten food security by contaminating traditional rice varieties, b) it is being forced to farmers and consumers as a complete solution to VAD, and c) its lengthy development shows that it is a false solution to VAD.

Biological Farmers of Australia was the name given to a not for profit organisation formed by a group of farmers 25 yeaFarmers of Australia was the name given to a not for profit organisation formed by a group of farmers 25 yeafarmers 25 years ago.

Two of Britain's leading supermarket groups raised the price of milk earlier this week by two pence a litre in a move designed to help ease the increasingly difficult economic situation facing many of the UK's dairy farmers.

Brought to you by the Organic Exporters Association of NZ & the Organic Dairy & Pastoral Group 6 June — 27 June A special opportunity to travel with organic dairy and beef farmers and organic wine growers to learn about organic farming, processing and marketing.

Commonly used by farmers to control weeds, and Landcare groups to kill grass and weeds before tree planting, many don't have any qualms about using glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup ® — but not the Storti's and thousands of other organic farmers.

OMSCo was formed in 1994 by a group of dairy farmers as a better way to farm, and it now has over 200 farmer members across the UK.

But in the past few weeks the sector took a fresh round of hits when franchise group Aussie Farmers collapsed, RFG announced an $ 88 million loss and flagged up to 200 franchise - run stores would close, while pizza giant Domino's reported disappointing results on the back of franchisees complaining about a brutal business model, and Caltex announced it was ditching its franchise model days before a damning report was released by the workplace regulator that found 76 per cent of its franchised stores had payroll compliance breaches that included underpaying workers.

In addition to this new contract, Arla also said that ASDA is increasing its support by extending the ASDA DairyLink groups, where it has been working directly with Arla farmer owners to improve animal welfare, reducing carbon footprint and increasing farm efficiency.

Champions 12.3, a coalition of 30 CEOs, government ministers, executives of research institutions, farmer organisations and civil society groups, was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos and aims to accelerate progress toward meeting target 12.3 of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which seeks to halve per capita food waste by 2030.

There are a number of smaller processors and acquirers including The Union Dairy Company (backed by The Midfield Group and global agricultural merchant Louis Dreyfus), Beston, Bega, Australian Dairy Farmers Corporation and Australian Consolidated Milk.

A statement released by the group upon its launch states: «Reducing food loss and waste can be a triple win: it can save money for farmers, companies, and households; wasting less can feed more people; and reductions can alleviate pressure on climate, water, and land resources.»

In total, at least 11 per cent of IFAD expenditure approved since 2013 has been allocated to post-harvest infrastructure and equipment, accompanied by training for farmers, farmer groups and value chain operators on post-harvest techniques and the operation, maintenance and management of equipment to ensure sustainable food loss reduction.

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We'd like to remind the group that 80 % of the world's food is produced by small farmers and farmer autonomy is critical to maintaining current and future food security and food sovereignty for everyone.

The Soil Association was founded in 1946 by a group of farmers, scientists and nutritionists who were concerned about the way our food was produced.

Champions 12.3 is a coalition of executives from governments, businesses, international organizations, research institutions, farmer groups, and civil society dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward achieving SDG Target 12.3 by 2030.

PARIS and WASHINGTON, 21st June 2016 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has agreed to join Champions 12.3, a coalition of leaders from governments, businesses, farmer groups, and civil society organisations dedicated to inspire ambition, mobilise action, and accelerate progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3 by 2030.

They are the group where the farm gate price is pretty much set by the export parity price, which applies mainly to the farmers in southern Australia and particularly in Victoria, and the farmers who are in areas that are not so involved in the export market, so their marginal sales of milk are much more closely aligned with supplying fresh milk to the local markets.

The conference, which is supported in part by Clif Bar & Company, Full Belly Farm, and Veritable Vegetable, hosts artisan cheese, beer, and wine tastings; live entertainment; an Exhibitor Marketplace showcasing over fifty organic and ecologically - based businesses and organizations; a mixer linking current and future farmers; a seed swap; and new this year, a series of Farmer Discussion Groups.

Supporting the Organic Trade Association in the suit, as groups harmed by this protracted government inaction, are organizations representing organic livestock farmers, organic certification agencies, and organic retailers and consumers.

The people, almost 2,000 in number, are millionaires and manual laborers, businessmen and farmers — an incongruous group made one by an age - old preoccupation with the perfection of fine dogwork.

Information for the submission was drawn from Baby Milk Action (marketing of breastmilk substitutes, water pumping in São Lourenço, Brazil), International Labor Rights Forum (child slavery and labour in the cocoa supply chain, Labour rights abuses in Colombia), Union of Filipro Employees (Labour rights abuses in the Philippines), Corporate Accountability International (Conflicts with communities over water resources), Attac Switzerland (Spying on campaign organisations), with additional information drawn from Food Inc. published by the UK Food Group (reference in the submission, treatment of dairy and coffee farmers).

Royal City, May 2011 A group of farmers and school food service staff throughout central Washington visited Tonnemaker Farm, Cloudview EcoFarms, and got a hands - on cooking lesson in the kitchen of Wahluke School District led by the Nutrition Director and staff of Wenatchee School District.

A group in the Northern region has rejected the apology by Deputy Agric Minister William Quaitoo after he made ethnocentric remarks about farmers in the north.

The order and accompanying code of practice were drafted by the Northern Ireland Snaring Working Group, which is chaired by BASC and included Countryside Alliance Ireland and Ulster Farmers» Union representatives.