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Improving land condition leads to improved rain infiltration, increased water storage in soils, increased water availability, more biomass and greater food security, which in turn reduces pressure on land and the conversion of forest to cropland.
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A delegation of Chinese agricultural scientists were keenly interested in the performance of pasture species.
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As consumers income increases the proportion spent on food declines while more is spent on lifestyle requirements.
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Chinese food consumption patterns are changing but they do not correspond with Australia’s current food export strengths.
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Cropping mechanisation is increasing rapidly and contributes to significant production increases for corn, wheat and rice. Photo: Helen Murray.
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The rise of community radio stations across Africa, combined with the mobile phone revolution, have the potential to transform the extension and advisory sector.
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De Schutter contends political factors condemn small farmers, the primary victims of hunger, to poverty. These include insufficient access to land, water and credit; poor organization of local markets; lack of infrastructure; and lack of bargaining power against intermediate and an increasingly concentrated agro-industrial sector. Photo: Imperial College London.
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