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IDB America
July 2005
Roger Hamilton |
Modern enigmas in the land of the ancient Mayas Can Guatemala expand economic opportunities while protecting its natural and cultural heritage?   |
IDB America
July 2005
Roger Hamilton |
Environmentally friendly cattle? A new system for raising cattle is now being introduced in Guatemala as a way for farmers to earn more from their land and at the same time protect the environment. |
IDB America
July 2005
Roger Hamilton |
Art with a machete Farmers, in the community of El Arbolito in Guatemala's northern department of Peten, sculpt ornamental plants to please the European market. |
IDB America
Jul/Aug 2000 |
A land renewed Despite war and natural catastrophe, Nicaragua can teach some lessons in wise land management... |
IDB America
October 2005
Roger Hamilton |
Can Parks Get the Protection They Need? In Guatemala's northern department of Peten, a government agency and a conservation group join forces to tackle a daunting task in the Laguna del Tigre National Park. |
U.S. Banker
July 2010
Glen Fest |
Planting Diversity With a push from agricultural lenders, farmers are adding new crops and modernizing their financial statements. |
Reason
March 2007
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Subsidy Creep American produce growers should get the same treatment as corn and wheat farmers if our farm policy is to be equitable, predictable and beyond challenge. |
National Defense
December 2009
Stew Magnuson |
National Guard Sends Agriculture Teams to Afghanistan National Guard members with agriculture and civil engineering degrees, or with practical skills are setting up demonstration farms, and helping Afghans go from subsistence farming to where they can earn extra money for their crops. |
IDB America
July 2005
Roger Hamilton |
Cutting a forest to save it A pioneering experiment in community forestry management in Peten, Guatemala. |
Salon.com
May 1, 2002
Damien Cave |
Old McDonald had a subsidy Congress is set to hand over $170 billion to farmers. But to one grower of fava beans in California's Central Valley, the money isn't just bad economics -- it's an outright insult... |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 31, 2004
Ivan Schneider |
Farm Aid for Agricultural Lenders Farm Service Agency (FSA) initiative promises to speed applications and bolster risk management practices for farmers and their lenders. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Willy H. Verheye |
Food Production or Food Aid?: An African Challenge Food production is not keeping pace with Africa's rapidly growing needs. Aid programs in the 1970s and 1980s were considered a temporary solution to the most appalling famines, but Africa's food shortage appears to be worsening. This paper discusses the reasons for this situation and ways to address it. |
IDB America
August 2005
Roger Hamilton |
A Tale of Two Invasions All over Latin America, many parks are protected in name only. Local people will respect an archeological park only if they benefit from it. |
IDB America
October 2003
Peter Bate |
Swords into plowshares Guatemalan ex-guerrillas learn to focus on bookkeeping, marketing and revenues, while preserving social justice. |
Smithsonian
November 2005
Gary Paul Nabhan |
35 Who Made a Difference: Jane Mt. Pleasant Over a three-decade career as an agricultural scientist, Mt. Pleasant has revitalized interest in the ancient Iroquois tradition of growing food through polyculture, a system that allows interdependent plants to flourish. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2011
Jacob Roche |
Don't Let Your Portfolio Get Wished Into the Cornfield High corn prices are crushing profits in certain industries. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2011
Jacob Roche |
Mr. Market Mistakes Good News for Bad What's going on with these fertilizer stocks? |
Insurance & Technology
July 2, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Farmers Completes Acquisition of 21st Century Insurance Largest acquisition in the company's history strengthens its position as the third-largest personal lines carrier in the U.S. and makes it the top auto insurer in several states, including California. |
Reason
November 2001
Michael W. Lynch |
Money for Nothing: The Joys of U.S. Farm Policy Why is there a stigma attached to using government-financed stamps to purchase food but no stigma attached to accepting government money to grow the food in the first place? American farm policy is filled with such stumpers... |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2002
Jennie L. Phipps |
Farm Bill Gives Tractor Sales Traction China deal also sparks hope in troubled farm-equipment sector, which is adding new technologies to entice buyers. |
IDB America
July 2005 |
Man in the middle Peten's governor says voters must provide continuity for policies designed to bring prosperity and environmental sustainability to Guatemala's largest department. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 18, 2012
Maggie Starvish |
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water? As the planet's population grows, urbanizes, and is subjected to climate change, many experts foresee a global water crisis (and resulting food shortages and increasing prices) looming over the next 40 years. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Seema Singh |
Pumping Punjab Dry Cheap energy endangers India's ability to feed itself |
Reason
January 2001
Ronald Bailey |
Dr. Strangelunch Or: Why we should learn to stop worrying and love genetically modified food... |
TIME Asia
May 23, 2011
Jyoti Thottam |
A New Crop Of Consumers If India can double growth in the farm sector to 4%, it could add as much as 2 percentage points to GDP growth and finally close the gap with China. |
Fast Company
November 2004
Lucas Conley |
A Different Way to Deal With Suppliers Instead of leaning on its vendors, Equal Exchange collaborates with coffee growers to make sure it gets the best beans. Here are four key steps that lead to better beans. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
May 2001
Michael F. Jacobson |
News From CSPI There are new reasons to eat lower on the food chain, contends a new book co-edited by David Pimentel, a Cornell University professor of ecology and agricultural science... |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2011
Eric Dutram |
Thursday's ETF to Watch: iPath DJ-UBS Grains Index Fund The release of the yearly "Prospective Plantings" report puts this ETF in focus today. |
U.S. Banker
February 2009
Howard Stock |
PA Community Bank Hits the Gas on Trusts Previously struggling dairy farmers in rural western Pennsylvania are cashing in on a windfall of natural gas reserves located under their land. Local community banks are supplying the wealth management expertise for many of these overnight successes |
CIO
October 15, 2002
Mohanbir Sawhney |
Fields of Online Dreams E-commerce can flourish anywhere if you build the right business model. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Monsanto's Trade Dividend The giant and competitors in agricultural biotechnology should enjoy rising sales in the developed world as subsidies come down. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company
October 2008
Elizabeth Svoboda |
The Future of Farming is in Nitrogen Efficiency A California biotech firm claims a gene that makes plants use nitrogen more efficiently can transform agriculture, make lots of money -- and slash greenhouse-gas emissions. |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Alan Bjerga |
Farmers Anxious About USDA's New Policies Organic food, nutrition, and broadband programs are trumping farm payments under Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's initiatives |
Scientific American
August 2007
Jeffrey D. Sachs |
Making Development Less Risky (Extended Edition) Innovative forms of insurance could unshackle a green revolution in Africa and other poor nations. |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006 |
What Good Are Biofuels? Crops that double as energy sources are cheap, abundant, and homegrown. Yet as farmers rush to transform food crops into fuel, some environmentalists have begun to fret. |
Insurance & Technology
January 14, 2009
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Farmers, InsWeb Form Partnership for Farmers Fast Quote and AgentInsider Integration Leads purchased by Farmers agents through InsWeb AgentInsider will be automatically populated to the Farmers Fast Quote system. |
BusinessWeek
February 5, 2007
Carey & Carter |
Food vs. Fuel As energy demands devour crops once meant for sustenance, the economics of agriculture are being rewritten. |
Insurance & Technology
April 16, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Farmers Insurance Group Will Acquire 21st Century, Other AIG Personal Auto Carriers The $1.9 billion deal to acquire AIG's Personal Auto Group is expected to close by the third quarter of 2009, pending regulatory approval. |
Food Processing
April 2013
Rory Gillespie |
Fear and Loathing Haunt GMOs It's difficult to balance the lack of negative scientific evidence against consumers' right to know what's in their food. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 3, 2008
Julia Hanna |
HBS Cases: Economics of the Ethanol Business By investing in corn-based ethanol, farmers reduce their exposure to corn prices, but at the expense of exposure to the oil market. |
IDB America
August 2005
Roger Hamilton |
And This Stone Goes Where? Architects are finally getting respect at an ancient Mayan temple site. |
Reason
June 2007
David Weigel |
Farmer in the Cell After a crackdown on illegal immigration, farmers in the rural area outside Pueblo, Colorado, found they lacked the labor to help them plant and harvest crops. One answer is to use prison inmates. |
Insurance & Technology
July 8, 2010
Nathan Golia |
Farmers Looks to E-Readers for Agent Resources The insurer and its agents are finding that improving access to sales and training resources by putting them on e-readers improves customer service. |
Insurance & Technology
September 16, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Farmers Creates iClaims Mobile App for Customers Provided free of charge to customers, the new application enables policy holders to store their agent's contact information and report claims from the scene of the loss from their iPhone or iTouch. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2009
Toby Shute |
Anxiety Mounts in Agriculture Seeds suppliers look strong, but most other players are getting pounded. |
