State backs revived youth health-ed program [ Tuscaloosa News ] Jan 13, 2008  MONTGOMERY: Good nutrition and more physical activity are increasing in importance for public schools combating a growing obesity and diabetes epidemic among the young. Read More ...

Bay Area anchors megaregion: Sprawl, industry help unite Northern California [ Contra Costa Times ] Jan 13, 2008  On Nov. 27, thousands of Sacramento County commuters crept into the darkness to begin what for some would be a two-hour trip to work in the East Bay, San Francisco or Silicon Valley. Read More ...

Tomato harvest started in the city Lamard [ IANA News Agency ] Jan 9, 2008  'In the current farming year, autumnal cultivation of Tomato has been done in open air in the city in 200 hectares' said the management of agricultural jihad of the city Lamard Read More ...

Reduce rural-urban divide [ Central Chronicle ] Jan 13, 2008  The biggest challenge is how to convince rural people that they need not migrate to urban centres for better quality of life and employment but same will be available to him at his doorsteps. Read More ...

Green Revolution pioneer sees crisis in Indias agriculture [ TODAYonline ] Jan 09, 2008  An Indian farmer cuts rice in a paddy field on the outskirts of Siliguri, November 2007. Indian agriculture is heading for a crisis as food output stagnates and millions of poor farmers struggle with high debt and crop failures, the nation's foremost farm scientist has warned. Read More ...

Pakistani troops escort wheat trucks to stop theft [ Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News ] Jan 13, 2008  Pakistani paramilitary troops have begun escorting trucks carrying wheat to stop supplies being stolen amid shortages of flour that have inflamed anger against the government before an election, an official said on Sunday. Read More ...

South Africa: Urban Youth Slipping Through the Cracks [ AllAfrica.com ] Jan 11, 2008  As the new school year begins here many destitute or orphaned children are in need of assistance to pay for their educations. An unknown number of urban youngsters, however, are slipping through the social welfare net. Read More ...

Corporate Farmings Best Friend [ AG Weekly ] Jan 13, 2008  This was the year the antiquated and expensive farm subsidy program was to be reformed. A growing chorus has turned against the $16 billion annual subsidy, which gives most of the money to corporate farms rather than the small farmers for whom the program was designed during the Depression. Read More ...

Pinar to gain ground in Urban Agriculture [ Cuba Headlines, Cuba ] Dec 16, 2007  Around 20 units of Urban Agriculture will be destined to semi-protected agricultural areas in the province, aimed at supplying the state markets with ... Read More ...

Kenya: Post-election conflict precipitates extreme food insecurity ... [ ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland ] Jan 11, 2008  Already consumers in urban centers across the country are purchasing 2-kg of milled maize at a prohibitive Ksh. 80 instead of the normal price of Ksh. 50. ... Read More ...

Seeds: The next big growth story in agriculture [ Economic Times, India ] Jan 12, 2008  Four, the booming Indian economy has made us all very conscious of our urban landscape, living and working spaces, gardens, and public buildings. ... Read More ...

Church supports youth in agriculture venture [ Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Ghana ] Jan 12, 2008  In an interview with Radio Ghana, the General Secretary of the Church, Senyo Senanu Dzamesi said the project is aimed at reducing the rural-urban migration ... Read More ...