Egypt's Contingency planning for rising sea levels [ IRIN News ] Mar 12, 2008  The rise in sea levels due to global warming threatens Egypt's densely populated coastal strip and could have grave consequences for the country's economy, agriculture and industry. Read More ...

City Farms: Finding Your Urban Oasis [ The Epoch Times ] Mar 11, 2008  From Perth to Melbourne and New York to London, city farms are no longer an urban myth, but an urban reality.With the majority located just a few kilometres from city centres, these hubs bring a... Read More ...

Increasing nitrogen pollution overwhelms filtering capability of streams [ EurekAlert! ] Mar 12, 2008  MBL, WOODS HOLE, MAIncreasing nitrogen runoff from urban and agriculture land-use is interfering with our streams and rivers natural processes for reducing this pollutant before it endangers delicate downstream ecosystems, reports a nationwide team of 31 ecologists, including two from the MBL Ecosystems Center. Read More ...

Govt allots P2.9B to avert food crisis [ The Manila Times ] Mar 12, 2008  Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap on Wednesday announced that President Gloria Arroyo has earmarked P2.82 billion for a program to mitigate the impact of a looming global food crunch caused by tightening supplies and soaring basic commodity prices. Read More ...

Saving farmland in Chippewa County left to volunteers [ The Chippewa Herald ] Mar 12, 2008  By big city standards, Chippewa Countys version of urban sprawl is pretty modest. Still, its not hard to spot examples of residential neighborhoods taking over areas that were once prime farm land. That sometimes creates conflicts, and cries for authorities to do something to save agriculture areas. Read More ...

Art About Agriculture on display in Newport [ Newport News-Times ] Mar 12, 2008  Art About Agriculture was established in 1983 as the first annual arts competition and tour exhibit with an agricultural theme. Read More ...

Zimbabwe: Clear Policy on Urban Agric Vital [ AllAfrica.com, Washington ] Feb 18, 2008  Harare City Council must have a clear-cut policy on urban agriculture that takes into consideration the need to conserve the environment and the ... Read More ...

New report focuses on stemming farmland loss [ California Farm Bureau, CA ] Mar 4, 2008  ... ever-growing population, Merced County farmers, like those in many other counties in the state, see increased urban encroachment on agricultural land. ... Read More ...

Regulate Urban Farming, Council Told [ AllAfrica.com, Washington ] Feb 14, 2008  THE Harare City Council must come up with proper framework to regulate urban agriculture so as to protect conservancies, forests and wetlands under its ... Read More ...

Future agriculture without child labour [ The New Nation, Bangladesh ] Mar 5, 2008  Overcome the urban/rural and gender gap in education 5. Promote youth employment opportunities in agriculture and rural areas Promoting rural employment as ... Read More ...

A Future For Urban Agriculture [ 89.7 WUWM ] Feb 27, 2008  They work roughly five or six days a week assisting us with all of our urban agriculture project. And so that means they're learning hands on how to grow ... Read More ...

Southeast urban farmer rides bike, not tractor [ The Bee, OR ] Mar 5, 2008  I thought to myself 'agriculture is a growth industry'. It is recession-proof.' What inspired him to become a full-time urban farmer, he said, was watching ... Read More ...

Academics lend advice to bank [ Fiji Times, Fiji ] Mar 5, 2008  'In the past two decades there has been a significant movement of people from the rural agricultural sector to the urban areas and the FDB should rightfully ... Read More ...