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Blog: Cato at Liberty
Congress is scheduled to consider a major farm bill this year, which will reauthorize many U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, including farm subsidies and food stamps. The legislation could cost $150 billion a year and so presents an opportunity to find budget savings and reduce the flood of red ink in Washington.
Blog: Australian Institute of International Affairs
Agriculture underpins our civilisation. Women have always underpinned agriculture, and continue to do so in diverse and important ways
Blog: Global Voices
Empowering women farmers is essential for the economic development and food security of Afghanistan.
Blog: Global Voices
"In this system, journalists are expected to conform to the contours of power rather than challenging them."
Blog: POLLEN
POLLEN24 in Lund invites abstracts for papers that address issues of how to combine ecology with more traditional social science approaches to political ecology within the field of agricultural research. More information about this CfP, including its rationale, deadline, and contacts below. POLLEN24 – 10-12 June 2024, Lund- Sweden The world is currently facing multiple … Read more #POLLEN24 – Call for papers: “Integrating ecology in political ecology research on agriculture”
Blog: Global Voices
To help achieve CARICOM's goal of reducing 25 percent of the Caribbean's food imports by 2025, Guyana is turning to climate-smart agriculture techniques as a means of sustainably increasing food production.
Blog: The Strategist
China's recent decision to expand the pilot planting of genetically modified soybeans has the potential to reshape the global soybean trade. Soybeans, crucial in animal feed, human food and industrial products, are immensely important in ...
Blog: American Enterprise Institute – AEI
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released its annual report on household food security. The report documented the largest yearly increase in food insecurity since the Great Recession. Although Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack implied this increase is mostly attributable to the rolling back of pandemic-era programs, its causes are more complex.
The post Food Insecurity in the US and Inflation appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Today, farmers have substantially higher incomes than other Americans, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
Blog: PolitiFact - Rulings and Stories
The U.S. Department of Agriculture requires anyone with a garden to "register that with the government."
Blog: Global Voices
Azerbaijan's ties with Israel have long been based on trade in military and agriculture equipment, oil supply, surveillance equipment, and more recently aerospace technology.
Blog: Global Voices
The UN designated 2019–2028 as the "Decade of Family Farming". Some Nepali households are embracing sustainable agriculture to address climate change and enhance income.
Blog: Reason.com
The Arizona Department of Agriculture says all eggs sold must be cage-free, a power that according to the lawsuit belongs to the state legislature.
Blog: The Strategist
China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) has announced a three-year plan to reduce the amount of soybean meal in animal feed to help decrease reliance on imports. The proportion of soybean meal in ...
Blog: The Strategist
Planet A Bangladesh has secured US$500 million from the World Bank to strengthen climate-resilient agricultural practices and enhance food security. The program aims to assist Bangladesh to revolutionise its agriculture sector by promoting crop diversification, ...