From management situations to 'action-territories': Lessons for Territorialized policy. The case of territorial farm contracts in the French Departments Overseas./De la situation de gestion au territoire actionnable des enseignements en matiere de politique territorialisee. Le cas des Contrats Territoriaux d'Exploitation dans les Departements d'Outre *.
Abstract Although public action always uses the term 'territory', it has difficulties in integrating social issues cast in territorial terms. The territory, defined as a space which has a 'sense' and which gives a 'sense' to those who live in it and which acts as a space...

Empathizing with France and Pakistan on agricultural subsidy issues in the Doha Round.
ABSTRACT Among the most contentious issues (if not the most contentious issue) in the Doha Round negotiations are agricultural subsidies. Developed countries stand accused of selfish adherence to domestic support and export subsidies that impoverish farmers in developing countries. Developing countries are blamed for self-inflicted...

February 2005 AETC Conference offers new location and format.
The Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC) revamps and moves to the newly renovated, historic Hilton Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Ky., Feb. 13-16, 2005, to precede the Farm Show. New surroundings and a new conference structure will include two keynote luncheon speakers from industry, invited session speakers and...

Sarah Geronimo endorses Senator Angara to the youth.
Byline: Crispina Belen Senatorial aspirant (again) Edgardo J. Angara couln't have chosen a better endorser than Sarah Geronimo, the country's pop/drama princess. I told "Brod Ed" he made the right decision in tapping Sarah "to introduce" him to the youth, who he admits may not know him...

Mad Cow: worse than you think.
In December a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) veterinarian discovered that a cow imported from Canada into Washington state tested positive for the invariably fatal Mad Cow disease. Two months later, the USDA quietly concluded that it had failed to find as many as 80 animals from the same...

What You Need To Know now about Complying with country of origin Labeling rules.
United Fresh Produce Association (UFPA) has prepared a White Paper to assist industry members in understanding and preparing to comply with country of origin labeling (COOL) rules that are likely to go into effect in the United States in the fall of 2008. There are currently many...

County's cancellation of contract for housing development upheld. (Williamson Act).
In canceling a Williamson Act contract, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors did not need to find that the cancellation was consistent with the county general plan or that an emergency situation existed, the First District Court of Appeal has ruled. The county only needed to find that "other...

ITC: lifting of travel, trade restrictions could double U.S. food exports to Cuba.
For years, U.S. food exporters and anti-embargo crusaders have complained that trade and travel restrictions aimed at bringing the Castro regime to its knees were hurting the American economy as well. Now they have some hard data to back up their arguments. A study just...

Canadian-American agricultural trade relations: a brief history.
Introduction Although in recent years some specialized work has been done on the agricultural trade relationship between Canada and the United States, relatively little historical work has been devoted to this subject. This is true despite a voluminous literature--most of which, admittedly, has been written from a...

Gov't urged to develop 7-8 M hectares for big-scale farming.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The government is being urged to develop idle public lands and consolidate agrarian lands if agriculture is to serve as a jump-off point for the Philippines economic take-off. Agriculture secretary Arthur C. Yap said the private sector has been prodding government...