Sentences with phrase «rural farmers»

The thing is, the opportunity of transforming individuals» footprints into wages for rural farmers in least - developed countries is so vast that we may stay happily in Phase 1 indefinitely, and find a way to facilitate another new standalone intermediary to take on the domestic version of COTAP.

Grown in partnerships with rural farmers of Northern Thailand, our rice is authenticly grown in its ideal environment.

Mobile Climate information services provide crucial information for many rural farmers in developing countries.

Every year in India, millions of gallons of milk gathered by rural farmers from their small herds spoil on their way to market.

Zedeck writes,» [B] y eliminating the need for traditional fertilizers (which damage soil and water tables), and distributing a cost effective drip irrigation system and training on green water management (rainwater collection) techniques, we think the Backpack farm model could actually shift the entire mindset of how to develop rural economies and make a positive impact Africa's food security by empowering rural farmers with access to markets.

When shocks do occur, and crops are ruined or livestock dies, the endemic poverty of most rural farmers means they have little to cushion them in terms of savings and stockpiles.

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, which then - President George W. Bush signed into law in 2007, requires energy companies to blend ethanol and biodiesel into gasoline and diesel fuel to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on oil imports, while helping rural farmers.

The improvements include ways to preserve and promote regional farming and food production; connect rural farmers with city markets; cultivate urban agriculture; create large - scale municipal composting facilities; and expand food cooperatives and outreach programs to residents in low - income areas, especially through school food and afterschool programs.

Ironically, Clinton's proposal could actually hurt many rural farmers by shifting the mandate from corn - based ethanol to advanced biofuels that aren't derived from corn.

He is best known for his own research in that country, in which he looks at the widespread implementation of a program to provide a form of private schools to the children of impoverished rural farmers.

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.

When consumers choose frozen wild blueberries, they are directly supporting rural farmers and their families in Eastern Maine and Canada.

I know they are helping market women and rural farmers out there

«There was a sustainable opportunity for rural farmers if Congolese communities could develop business relationships with clients who valued not only quality, but the people behind the quality.

In its first 5 years, the REA provided over $ 227 million in government subsidized loans ($ 3.6 billion in today's dollars) to connect rural farmers through laying distribution lines, wiring homes, and even building local diesel generation plants.

This is expected to lead to decreased food security and increased vulnerability of poor rural farmers, especially in the arid and semi-arid tropics and Asian and African megadeltas.

There, she created the Grameen Foundation's first field - office in Latin America and led data - driven programs that empowered rural farmers to compete more effectively in the modern economy.

They followed the problem upstream, both literally and figuratively, and eventually realized that deforestation was destroying the livelihoods of rural farmers who were migrating to the slums in search of better opportunities.

Charles Kwowe Nyaaba added that, most rural farmers will be discouraged by government's directive that beneficiaries of the programme deposit some amount of money into a bank account.

A new paper argues that he «industrialization» of deforestation provides environmental lobby groups with identifiable targets that may be more responsive to pressure on environmental concerns than tens of millions of impoverished rural farmers.

We work closely with rural farmers helping them produce and availing market for their produce.

The unpredictability of rainfall — when, how often and how much — makes subsistence agriculture a crapshoot for rural farmers in the Bolivian Amazon, and the randomness is expected to get only worse.

The coastal mountains of Oaxaca produces some of the world's finest organic coffee, thanks to decades of tireless work by rural farmers.

«If you think about doing it in a way that's both good for rural farmers and good for forests, you have a win - win situation, and that's what our conservation scenario plays out,» she said.

The initiative forms part of Accra Brewery Limited's Sustainable Development Initiative to improve the livelihoods of rural farmers.

But I'm cautiously optimistic that real change is happening in Egypt, that the solidarity between Muslims and Christians, between urban elites and rural farmers, and between computer - savvy youth and illiterate workers - is sustainable.

IFAD's expertise in rural development and its close connection to rural farmers and producers makes it particularly well placed to respond to this.

Such technology will allow knowledge of advanced agricultural techniques to spread to rural farmers, and it will link those rural farmers as well to local, national, and international markets.

The team's separate report on slumber among 21 rural farmers in Madagascar over 292 days will appear later this year in the American Journal of Human Biology.

«People far from urban lights, bright screens still skimp on sleep: Rural farmers in Madagascar make up for lost slumber with a more regular sleep routine.»

Rusesabagina relates the full story of his life - growing up as the son of a rural farmer and the child of a mixed marriage (Hutu father, Tutsi mother), and how he became the first Rwandan manager of the Belgian - owned Hotel Milles Collines.

Rusesabagina tells for the first time the full story of his life — growing up as the son of a rural farmer, the child of a mixed marriage, his extraordinary career path which led him to become the first Rwandan manager of the Belgian - owned Hotel Milles Collines — all of which contributed to his heroic actions in the face of such horror.

Comment: Rusesabagina relates the full story of his life - growing up as the son of a rural farmer and the child of a mixed marriage (Hutu father, Tutsi mother), and how he became the first Rwandan manager of the Belgian - owned Hotel Milles Collines.

«I represent a lot of rural farmers and ranchers, and this bill is critical to them.

In the early twentieth century, the dispute for water between the city and rural farmers was so bitter that it became known as the California Water Wars (and was turned into the Academy Award - winning movie Chinatown (1974) starring none other than Jack Nicholson).

After graduating from Graceland University (Lamoni, Iowa) with a BS in biology, she traveled to Zambia with the U.S. Peace Corps, working with rural farmers to develop a sustainable source of protein through aquaculture practices.

It is a multiple - use zone where a group of rural farmers have decided to formalize and institute a common property management system in terms of wildlife and related economic activities.

It was designed to provide adequate and effective training on climate change issues to agricultural extension workers, so that they acquire the expertise to impart climate - smart agriculture practices to rural farmers and build resilience to climate change.

In Kibera, the largest slum in Africa, farmers are growing seeds of indigenous vegetables and selling them to rural farmers.

«Rural farmers are the biggest beneficiaries» of land - based wind power in Poland, agreed Cetnarski.

Elephant - Farmer Conflicts Elephants are particularly in need of protection in Sri Lanka, where habitat loss is bringing the animals into conflict with rural farmers.

The radio was funded by early backers who believed it would be the ideal device for delivering sermons to rural farmers.

A rural farmer or rancher may need to use a horse or livestock trailer for daily operations.