The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is further stepping up efforts to boost food security and support for agriculture-based livelihoods of vulnerable rural communities in Afghanistan most severely affected by continuing drought, deep economic crisis and the devastating impacts of the recent deadly earthquake. A new […]

Countries: Afghanistan, Japan Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Almost half of Afghanistan’s population are facing hunger, and are often forced to resort to desperate measures, such as selling livestock, food reserves and other vital livelihood assets.

Nel novero delle molteplici norme e misure di favore previste per le start-up innovative dal nostro ordinamento, la non assoggettabilità di quest’ultime al fallimento sancita dall’articolo 31 del Decreto Legge 18 ottobre 2012, n. 179 rischia di non essere più una prerogativa certa. Secondo la Suprema Corte, infatti, l’iscrizione di […]

Fertilizer, fuel costs at historic highs for Montana ag producers (Post Register)  Jul 8, 2022 Jul 8, 2022 pfowlkes Fri, 07/08/2022 – 10:15 Fertilizer, fuel costs at historic highs for Montana ag producers (Post Register)  Fertilizer, fuel costs at historic highs for Montana ag producers (Post Register)  United States of […]

Photo: Pixabay/Quangpraha  The Mekong giant salmon carp is a freshwater fish and it may not strike the unitiated as a particularly exotic specimen. Yet scientists in Cambodia were elated at seeing a member of this species (Aaptosyax grypus) in local waters. The reason for that is that the fish had […]

On 6 July 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a rule proposing the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for Medicare and Medicaid participation of rural emergency hospitals (REHs), to be codified in a new subpart E of 42 C.F.R. Part 485 (the REH Proposed Rule).1  Comments on […]

Narrowing the urban-rural income gap needs greater priority, analysts say (China Daily)  Jul 7, 2022 Jul 5, 2022 pfowlkes Thu, 07/07/2022 – 13:33 Narrowing the urban-rural income gap needs greater priority, analysts say (China Daily)  Narrowing the urban-rural income gap needs greater priority, analysts say (China Daily)  China In the […]

An aquarium employee waves a mackerel near a penguin — but there’s no reaction. When she moves the fish closer to its beak, the penguin turns away haughtily. An otter sniffs the fish, then runs away.