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Giovanni Perini

BBC News - Wildlife groups criticise green farm subsidy move - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...science-environment-25459562

bbc news wildlife groups farm subsidy

shared by Giovanni Perini on 04 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Wildlife groups criticise green farm subsidy move
  • spending a bigger share on the environment despite a smaller overall budget for subsidies.
  • transferring 15% of grants away from direct payments for farmers and into protecting wildlife and helping the rural economy.
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  • "Farmers already pocket huge amounts of cash without having to farm in ways that reduce their effect on wildlife
  • Giovanni Perini on 04 Jan 14
     
    I think this is a good article for negative externalities of production (the impact of farming on wildlife) and the actions the government should take, as well as subsidies.
  • Alan Cheung on 06 Jan 14
     
    Interesting article too, but I think you may have more to write about with your wool article.
Vicky Kalfayan

BBC News - South West agricultural labour shortage fears - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...uk-england-25181268

shared by Vicky Kalfayan on 04 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Members of the horticultural industry in the South West fear labour shortages when Romania and Bulgaria become full members of the EU next year.
  • The Home Office said it wanted to encourage more recruitment from the UK.
  • For the past 10 years, Romanians and Bulgarians have been employed on farms as pickers under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (Saws), which allowed them to work for six months.
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  • But when both countries become full members of the EU, they will be allowed to work in any British sector.
  • James Hosking, from Fentongollan flower farm in Cornwall, said before Saws was introduced the biggest problem for local growers was recruiting a sufficient number of pickers.
  • "In two or three year's time, we'll be back to where we were 10 years ago when we were all screaming that we couldn't get enough labour."
  • Romanians and Bulgarians account for about a third of the UK's seasonal farm workers.
  • The National Farmers' Union (NFU) said scrapping Saws would cause long term damage to the sector.
  • I can't get enough. The sad reality is that the majority don't want to get their hands dirty," he said.
  • "Nationality, colour, creed and gender really doesn't matter to me - I need pairs of hands and enthusiasm," he added.
  • Alan Cheung on 13 Dec 13
     
    Interesting article, but more relevant to macroeconomics.
azuccolo15

Parliament Congratulates Gallant Farmers … As Dr. Owusu Afriyie Pleads For Ch... - 0 views

thechronicle.com.gh/nge-in-fertilizer-distribution

shared by azuccolo15 on 09 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Dr. Akoto Owusu Afriyie has suggested to government to move from the Invoice System of distributing fertilizers to farmers, to the Pass Book System
  • The Invoice System, according to Ranking Member for the Food and Agriculture committee in parliament, had accounted for increased smuggling of fertilizers in the last five years, whilst compelling farmers to purchase fertilizers at black market price.
  • “Change the system of distribution of fertilizers, during Kuffour’s regime, it was based on a card slip and every farmer has a pass book and there was sole distributor in the district and beyond. You go with your pass book and sign to receive two bags for which you pay the subsidized price
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  • Continuing, he said farmers do not get fertilizers to buy and even if they do, they pay black market price which was far more than the market price
  • For instance, he said this year, government had imported 180,000 tonnes of fertilizers but argued that the amount that would go to farmers was not known because under the invoice system of distribution, beneficiaries of the subsidized fertilizers could not be traced and recorded
  • He urged the government to channel a large chunk of the revenue that would be generated from the oil and gas sector into the development of agriculture in the country
  • And is our proposal to the government to increase their allocation to the ministry
  • The Atwima-Nwabiagya South MP urged his colleague MPs to use their positions to help solve the challenges the farmers faced in the countr
  • Mr. Abu, on his part, stressed the need to make the farming profession lucrative in order to reduce the retention rate and attract the youth.
  • “It is important that our farmers are encouraged to remain in Agriculture and adopt scientific and modern practices of farming to enable them increase their production and productivity every season to reduce hunger and poverty,” he said.
  • Victorita Paun on 11 Dec 13
     
    Also a good article for a discussion on subsidies, their role and consequences.
Jeremy Christianopoulos

As drought takes tragic toll, Queensland families must decide to stay on farms or leave... - 1 views

www.couriermail.com.au/...story-fnihsrf2-1226751757275

shared by Jeremy Christianopoulos on 05 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • 15,000ha near Cunnamulla.
  • 3000 of his lambs die of starvation and with them went any income for the next year.
  • "Tens of thousands of lambs have been lost."We are losing an industry."
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  • heatwave earlier in the year
  • $10,000 a month on feed.
  • 250 farmers in 30 shires affected by drought, 25 per cent said water issues were now critical.
  • 68 per cent of respondents saying the financial impact was worse than previous drought and 85 per cent said the environmental impacts were the same of worse than the last drought that lasted eight years.
  • Victorita Paun on 11 Dec 13
     
    The article is a good choice for a discussion on supply.
Iris Tilea

In Typhoon Haiyan's Wake: Destroyed Rice, Coconut Crops, Fishing Industry - Forbes - 1 views

www.forbes.com/...coconut-crops-fishing-industry

shared by Iris Tilea on 03 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • much of the fertile rice-growing region of the central Visayas, as the region is known, is lost for this season at least and maybe  much longer.
  • much of the fertile rice-growing region of the central Visayas, as the region is known, is lost for this season at least and maybe  much longer.
  • farmers can no longer concentrate on farming
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  • “Our farmers are small farmers,” he said. “They own on average eight tenths of a hectare. Their crop was 70% destroyed.”
  • Farmers typically had about 80 or so coconut trees on average, but they too fell by the thousands.
  • Stocks of fish in protected areas were lost, according to Juan Albaladejo, regional director for the bureau of fisheries, but fish remain plentiful in the surrounding seas.
  • The ones who are affected are the ones who are fishing, not the fish,
  • Alan Cheung on 12 Dec 13
     
    This is also a relevant micro article. My concern is whether you have enough to write 750 words.
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