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2 hrs ago | The Ecologist

Gathuru Mburu: Kenya has already had a Green Revolution

Forget trying to grow hybrid maize - Africa already has all the crops, storage systems and knowledge that it needs to grow itself out of poverty After working for many years for Professor Wangari Maathai , and then with the African Biodiversity Network , Kenyan ecologist Gathuru Mburu wanted to share his learnings with his own local community who ...

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, World News, Kenya, Africa, Ecology, Life, Food, Vegetables, Weather, Natural Disasters

10 hrs ago | The Herald

Enron and others pay for roles in manufactured energy a crisisa

Nearly a decade after Enron Corp., the bankrupt energy broker, bragged about gouging millions of dollars from West Coast grandmothers, Snohomish County utility payers will finally get some payback - what amounts to 92 cents a person.

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18 hrs ago | New Vision

Uganda's temperature to rise by 1.5 degrees

By Raymond Baguma UGANDA'S average temperature will increase by up to 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next 20 years as a result of global warming, according to the State of the Uganda Population Report, released yesterday by finance minister Syda Bbumba.

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Related Topix: World News, Uganda, Africa, Weather, Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Science, Medicine, Malaria, Health

22 hrs ago | Fresno Bee

Local: Scientists announce proof of mega-droughts

While Californians worry about the three-year drought dragging on another season, researchers say climate change soon could create much longer dry spells - lasting decades or even centuries.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Life, Hobbies, Spelunking, Calaveras County, CA, Merced Metro, Merced, CA

Thu Nov 26, 2009

The Indian Express

States must act to check prices, say Pawar, Pranab

Pranab Mukherjee exhorted people to 'recognise' that there will be inflationary pressure in a growing economy and it was up to the govt to moderate it.

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Peak Oil

Climate change already a reality in Africa

From prolonged droughts to melting ice caps to heavy flooding and unpredictable weather patterns, climate change effects are already wrecking lives in Africa, the continent that pollutes the least.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters

Telegraph.co.uk

Australia to cull 6,000 camels in Outback

Protracted drought has brought what has been described as a 'biblical' camel plague into the Docker River township in search of water, leaving residents cowering in their homes as they have smashed through water mains and invaded the airstrip.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, Weather, Natural Disasters

EurekAlert!

Time of day matters to thirsty trees, U of T researcher discovers

The time of day matters to forest trees dealing with drought, according to a new paper produced by a research team led by Professor Malcolm Campbell, University of Toronto Scarborough's vice-principal for research and colleagues in the department of cell and systems biology at the St.

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The Town Talk

Concordia Parish to receive SBA help

After a year marked by heavy spring and fall rains and a summer drought, the Small Business Administration says it will be offering businesses and non-profits in 10 rural parishes in Louisiana disaster loans.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

Independent Online

Al Shabab bans WFP

By Ibrahim Mohamed Mogadishu - The UN's World Food Programme must immediately stop importing relief rations to Somalia, hardline rebels said on Wednesday, accusing the aid agency of devastating local agriculture.

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Charleston Daily Mail

Algae toxins found in endangered fish in Klamath

Toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West have been found in endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding another obstacle to restoring species that have forced irrigation shutoffs for farmers.

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Related Topix: Technical Services, Weather, Natural Disasters, Grants Pass, OR

BBC News

Wild camel searches for food near the Ross River

A remote Australian outback town is under siege from thousands of feral camels hunting for water as drought continues to grip parts of the country.

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The Town Talk

St. Landry Council seeks disaster order

The St. Landry Parish Council has asked the state to declare the parish a disaster area in regard to farming.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, St. Landry, LA, Weather, Natural Disasters, Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables, Eunice, LA

Messenger

Oconee benefits from wettest fall on record

November 24, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST It's raincoats and umbrellas for these Clemson University students as they head to class earlier this month.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

Daily Monitor

When the blessing of rain becomes a curse

For people who practice rain-fed agriculture like most of us in Uganda, the rain season comes with its challenges.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drink, Coffee

Inter Press Service

US-COLOMBIA: Activists Target 'World of Coca-Cola'

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov 24 - Activists from the U.S. and Colombia are targeting the World of Coca-Cola museum, located near its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, accusing the company of "union busting", paying its workers "poverty wages", and engaging in environmentally destructive practices.

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The Western Producer

Crops: Taller stubble In places where it's dry, give taller stubble a try. MORE

Stubble creates a micro-climate that can reduce the effects of wind, frost and sun.

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Tvnz.co.nz

Lamb numbers up but high dollar hits profits

Lamb numbers are showing some signs of recovery, and agricultural economists say this spring's record lambing percentage increased numbers by 6.2%. Meat and Wool New Zealand's economic service says this year's lamb crop will be 28.9 million, up 1.7 million from the 51-year low experienced last spring.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

KMSB-TV Tucson

Arizona drought continues after weak monsoon

While rain and snow have ended droughts across much of the U.S. this year, conditions have gotten worse in Arizona, further extending a dry streak that began in 1996.

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Natchez Democrat

Miss-Lou declared a disaster

For the second time in a month, part of the Miss-Lou has been declared a disaster.

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