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Ghana farming region set to decide presidential election
SMH 12:00am 02 Jan 2009 Some 50,000 Ghanaians in a remote farming region were set to cast ballots Friday in a knife-edge election to decide the next leader of the country seen as an example of democracy in volatile west Africa.
Voting starts in key Ghana constituency
SMH 12:00am 02 Jan 2009 Voting is underway in a remote farming region of Ghana in an election that will determine the outcome of the presidential vote.
Laser experiment hopes to save farm water
SMH 12:00am 31 Dec 2008 Seventy-six years after the invention of the modern sprinkler helped revolutionize farming, lasers may revolutionize it again.
Coalition targets carbon policy gap
TheAge 12:00am 30 Dec 2008 The Coalition will unveil a major policy on deforestation and agriculture in a renewed effort to take on the Rudd Government, which has faced wide-ranging criticism of its greenhouse targets and climate change policies.
Toddler's death a mystery after autopsy
SMH 12:00am 24 Dec 2008 An autopsy has failed to determine the cause of a toddler's mysterious death on a NSW farming property.
Climate grants for farming bodies
SMH 12:00am 22 Dec 2008 Farming bodies can apply for grants of up to $80,000 to help farmers adapt to climate change.
US farm chief welcomed
TheAge 12:00am 18 Dec 2008 Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack, who made a brief bid for presidency in 2007, expected to be named overnight as Obama's agriculture secretary.
Dry weather hits NZ farms in Uruguay
SMH 12:00am 18 Dec 2008 New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay (NZFSU) has expanded its forecast losses in the light of volatile milk prices and dry conditions.
Pork products back on Irish shelves
SMH 12:00am 11 Dec 2008 Irish pork products can go back on sale, so long as processors can prove the meat was not from herds contaminated by dioxins, the agriculture ministry says.
Phuket - Culture & History
SMH 12:00am 11 Dec 2008 Modern History: The 20th century saw the rise of rubber farming in Phuket, and the continued diversification of the island's ethnic make-up. From the late 1800s, an increasing number of Chinese immigrants arrived to work in the tin and rubber industries, while the coastal fishing population remained predominantly traditional Southern Thai Muslim. From the arrival of the first rubber tree in 1901, Thailand has gone on to become the largest exporter of rubber in the world.
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