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  • Can cutting down trees protect New Mexico's water?

    May 26, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    New Mexico adapts an innovative forestry idea from Quito, Ecuador, to prevent unpredictable and untamable forest fires. The application of this idea, called the Rio Grande Water Fund, raises money around the Rio Grande valley to pay for the thinning of overgrown forests on private and public lands. When trees are thinned out in dense areas, it's more difficult for fires to jump from the ground to the tree tops, which inhibits the rapid spreading of flames we've seen in recent years.

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  • Chicken farming brightens future for Haitians

    May 23, 2016 |

    The Tennessean |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Gressier

    Middle Tennessee nonprofit KORE Foundation is combating poverty in rural Haiti with the help of chickens.

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  • How To Store Onion Without Storehouses? Teen Finds A Way Out

    May 23, 2016 |

    NDTV (New Delhi TV) |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: India, Dedla

    Indian farmers frequently struggle with cheap ways to store their produce. A new kind of low-cost onion storage facility, built by 19-year-old farmer Rohit Patel, may eventually come to the rescue of onion farmers across the country.

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  • U.S. Fish And Wildlife Cease Dell Creek Wolf Pack Kill

    May 20, 2016 |

    Wyoming Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Bondurant, Wyoming

    Growing wolf populations in Wyoming are forcing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make hard decisions about culling the endangered species in order to preserve local wildlife and livestock.

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  • When the River Rises: an investigative report on flooding in Richland County, Ohio

    May 16, 2016 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    As farmers continue to experience floods—and lack control over the dredging of the rivers running through their farms—a few have looked to homegrown solutions, and others to amending policy to create "subdistricts."

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  • Brazil's School Food Revolution

    April 20, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    By requiring schools to buy 30 percent of products from smallholder farms, Brazil provides fresher food to students and economic benefits to otherwise struggling farmers. Since 1955, Brazil's staple national school lunch program has responded to economic and social trends - what was once a program focused on ending malnutrition has evolved to address rising rates of obesity and diabetes. Though there is variation in quality and compliance between regions and principals often have to step in to cover unforeseen costs, leaders are optimistic about the value of the program.

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  • Coexisting with Carnivores

    April 01, 2016 |

    OR Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Wolves and ranchers have a long history of conflict. Today, wolves are back in Oregon, and ranchers are learning how to coexist with them, using an array of nonviolent techniques to protect both their herds and the predators.

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  • Against the Grain

    April 01, 2016 |

    OR Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Female farmers are working to close Oregon's gender gap in the agriculture industry. Communities like the OSU farm networks provide a forum where these women can share experiences.

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  • Letting (Some of) India's Women Own Land

    March 22, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Baripada, Odisha

    Finally, the right to own land in their own name has begun to change the way thousands of very poor women farm and feed families in some parts of India.

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  • Finding common ground in the debate about African agriculture

    March 17, 2016 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    How might African farmers enhance their productivity and increase their resilience to climate change without compromising the health of their land? How might American companies play a role without short-term gains standing in the way of long-term sustainability? The two are coming together to create a solution for a sustainable future for the African continent.

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