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  • Japan's Future Farms

    May 25, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Japan, Fukushima, Tōhoku

    At the Fujitsu factory in Japan, a significant decline in demand for semiconductor computer chips meant the company had large empty factory space sitting unused. A new business approach allowed them to dually address both the need to evolve their business model with a global decline of viable agricultural space needed to grow the world's food. Now, the factory houses indoor vegetable gardens, soil free and less resource-heavy than traditional farmland.

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  • How to grow food in a slum: lessons from the sack farmers of Kibera

    May 18, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Kibera, Nairobi Area

    A Kenyan government initiative is helping a growing community of residents to tackle food insecurity in one of the largest slum areas in Africa, championing an unusual form of urban farming: sack gardens.

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  • Myanmar's Smart Farmers & Saving Mozambique's Forests

    May 13, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon, Yangon Region

    The effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and hotter global temperatures, are already having drastic impact on many communities, especially the rural, agricultural regions of countries such as Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Mozambique. Earthrise explores how people in these communities are learning new skills, implementing new techniques, and are striving in every way possible to adapt to these environmental changes while creating hope for sustainable growth in the future.

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  • Carbon Pricing Helping Farmers Ease Methane Pollution

    April 24, 2015 |

    Climate Central |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The government wants more farmers turning waste methane into biogas to help combat the negative effects of global climate change. California is leading the initiative, largely through a cap-and-trade program.

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  • In India, Profitable Farming With Fewer Chemicals

    April 24, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Telangana

    In India, many farmers, especially women farmers, have transitioned to organic farming. While it requires a serious set of skills and knowledge, organic farming increases yields and decreases costs by eliminating the need to buy pesticides. The move is both ecological and economical, and the Indian government is trying to spread the solution.

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  • 'Big Dry' Lessons: Southwest can learn from Australia's drought

    November 17, 2014 |

    El Paso Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Kilmore, Victoria

    In Australia, the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council was formed after a severe drought to bring together federal, state and regional governments and bridge parochial concerns. It was meant to manage the basin as a whole and end overuse and salinization of farm land, leveraging new technologies to adapt to new realities.

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  • Sprouting success in Senegal: trees offer growing solution to Sahel

    June 11, 2012 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Senegal, Kaffrine

    Allowing trees and crops to coexist boosts the resiliency of agricultural land. In Senegal, farmers engaged in Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) prune coppiced trees to help the stumps regrow. The practice is more practical and effective than planting new trees. The coppiced trees retain much of the existing biomass under the soil. And as the trees regrow, they help prevent erosion, retain moisture, and can even increase nitrogen levels in soil.

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