Women farmers key to China's development study says
A U N affiliated IFAD report released in London finds women produce 50 to 60 percent of rural China's food and will farm a larger share as men migrate to cities. It notes discrimination and poverty persist, with 48 percent of rural women illiterate and limited access to credit. The study urges expanded training, credit access, and enforcement of gender equality laws.
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China
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Fawzi Al-Sultan
International Fund For Agricultural Development
Al-Sultan
Peanut quota program shows minority bias among farmers
U S Department of Agriculture records reveal peanut quota holders are six times more likely to be minorities than farmers overall. In North Carolina 29 percent of quota holders are black, highest among peanut states, with minorities controlling 33.4 million pounds of quota nationwide.
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National Peanut Growers Group
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Virginia
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Georgia
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Texas
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Global appetite for insects as food across cultures
A Chicago Tribune report surveys insect eating around the world from Bolivian ants and Mexican ant eggs to Thai grasshoppers and African termites. It notes nutritional value, cultural norms, and views on adopting insects in Western diets, citing experts on protein content and amino acids.
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Scott O’grady
Bosnia
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O’grady
Mexico
Mexico City
Thailand
Chicago Tribune
Zaire
Middle East
Moses
Aaron
Israel
Africa
U.S
University of Wisconsin
Gene DeFoliart
DeFoliart
Orange cucumber developed for beta carotene rich diet
Washington AP reports government researchers created a cucumber that looks and tastes like a normal cucumber but is orange inside. The extra beta carotene converts to vitamin A, aiding deficiency areas in the Third World, while also potential for American salads.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Tobacco firm targeted in federal fraud probe
RALEIGH AP One of the world’s largest tobacco processors Standard Commercial Corp is under federal investigation for allegedly misrepresenting the origin of tobacco sold overseas The probe follows smuggling and money laundering allegations against two Wilson company employees Clarence Lewis Dickerson and Julian Minshew Canadian charges allege Dickerson conspired to smuggle and Minshew conspired to launder Dickerson and Minshew declined comment while Henry Babb legal counsel said the company was not informed of the investigation The case follows a two year London Ontario police investigation into a cigarette smuggling ring with U S grown tobacco selling at about three times the price of foreign tobacco and improving foreign quality raising profits
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Standard Commercial Corp. i
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Wilson Company
Clarence Lewis Dickerson
Julian Minshew
Dickerson
Canada
Minshew
Henry Babb
Standard Commercial
Babb
Andy Phillips
Dickerson and Minshew
North Carolina Farm Prices and Markets June 28 1995
North Carolina market report covers farm prices and conditions for June 28 1995 including hogs cattle goats and calves with state and regional quotes. Notable figures include live hog trend steady cash hogs 61.26 per hundredweight, cattle slaughter and feeder prices, cotton spot, eggs broilers and grain quotes across Raleigh and Asheville markets.
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