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Massive 6.4 #earthquake rocks #California leaving people without power | Dec 20
- Its #epicenter was 210 miles north of #SanFrancisco, where a quake hit last week
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
6.4-Magnitude #Earthquake Hits Northern #California | -3h
Northern #California #earthquake causes 'widespread damage' to roads, homes | -2h
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🪡 1/4: #COP27 live from the #GreenZone | Hall A | Building And Amplification of Locally Led Adaptation Initiatives

#TogetherForImplementation #JustAndAmbitious #COP27AfricaAndGender Image
2/4: “We believe in #democratizing #law & #justice. How can a #community dialogue with an external agent in a way that is #understandable for both & that allows them to #determine their own futures?”

@GinoCocchiaro, Director of Programs & Development, @naturaljustice Image
3/4: “Women whose lives are tied to the #environment are underrepresented. They bear the disproportionate burden of the #climatecrisis & yet are still expected to participate in #climatedialogues & #carework.”

Dr. Meliana Chiponda, Climate Justice & Gender Advisor, @FemnetProg Image
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Fifth post of the #Wildlife Week #Reintroduction Series.

Day 5 – Return of the #Barasingha to #Satpura #Tiger Reserve !!!

Swamp Deer commonly known as Barasingha have three subspecies, Wetland Barasingha, Hardground Barasingha and Eastern Barasingha.
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Once #swamp #deer inhabited areas from Central India to the Godavari river in the south. Currently, they are found in five discrete populations in 3 regions of central, north-east and northern India.
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Before the 1950s, the number of Hard ground Barasingha was estimated to be around 3,000 in Banjar Valley of Kanha National Park (KNP). However, by the 1960s the number had dwindled to a meagre 66 due to expansion of #agricultural activities into barasingha habitats...
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🧵We are a group of volunteers exploring existing and non-conventional options for moving #Ukrainian #grains, #wheat and #agricultural products into the #European #Railway Network for distribution to EU #Export terminals, primarily, but not exclusively on the #Danube Waterway.
Why, what's stopping this?

Similar to @Apple, @Microsoft or @Android Operating Systems, #Ukraine's and #Europe's #trains, #locomotives & #wagons operate on physically different track widths.

While having similar functionalities, they don't "play well with each other".
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Specifically, a Ukrainian train cannot travel on a European railway (track) and European trains cannot travel on Ukrainian railways.

The width, called "Gauge", between rails is different. Ukrainian is 1520mm wide, while European is 1435mm.
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Citing the previous tweet
and adding more information hoping to help get a clear panoramic on increasing #foodprices and the increasingly looming narrative of #recession 👇
A massive backlog of #grains is piling up in #Ukraine to the tune of nearly 25 million tons due to "#infrastructure challenges" and blocked #ports in the #BlackSea, including #Mariupol - @Reuters reports 📰
reuters.com/world/europe/u…
#Ukraine was the fourth-largest corn exporter in the 2020/21 season and the sixth-largest #wheat exporter in the world, according to the #IGC (International #Grains Council).
igc.int/en/downloads/2…
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.@GeoffreyOnyeama: #Nigeria & #India share a special relationship in this age of #globalisation. #India has a comparative advantage in the #health sector. Its role during the #COVID19 outbreak attests to this point.

#Raisina2022
.@GeoffreyOnyeama: The #IndiaAfrica Forum Summit (#IAFS) process is aimed at developing a precise roadmap that responds to the priorities of #African countries. #India can share its technological know-how which will boost our substantial partnership.

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Reality of Doubling #Farmers Income by Modi Govt by 2022

Dalwai committee formed to double farmer's income ,talked about ‘real’ growth in farmer income & calculated that this would require an annual avg of 10.4% growth in income for 7 years, starting with 2015-16 base.
The #farm household’s avg monthly income of ₹8,059 in 2015-16 is an “extrapolation” of the Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of 2012-13. The extrapolation was done by the Ashok Dalwai-headed committee (DFI committee) constituted in 2017 to suggest how to double #farmers’ income.
Economic Survey 2021-22, indicated that the avg monthly income per #agricultural household in the country stood at Rs 10,218 in 2019, up from Rs 8,059 in 2015-16, & Rs 6,426 in 2013-14, whereas #farmers income in Jharkhand, M.P, Nagaland, Odisha decreased between 2015-16 to 2019
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Why #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matters to #EU, #US, #UK, #Canada, the world thread 🧵↓

© Olena Karpenko Image
This is #Ukraine 🇺🇦 pictured on top of a map of #Europe. It's the biggest European country, bigger than France. Donbass' territories occupied by Russia are as big as Switzerland.

What is happening now is not a small local conflict, but a hazard for the whole world.

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Why does #Ukraine 🇺🇦 matter?

✅ 1ˢᵗ in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;
✅ 2ⁿᵈ place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;

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52/ru My view: "All farm subsidies must eventually be #integrated into a direct cash transfer (#DCT) system, which delivers subsidy directly into the mobile wallet of every farmer, farm laborer & farm household!"
indianexpress.com/article/opinio…
54/ru #Rural #Agricultural: Does Rule of law matter to #LIMPs? Regulatory framework for land: esamskriti.com/e/National-Aff…
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📢New Featured Articles from @AEPP_AAEA on the 40th Anniversary of @cwae_aaea #DEI #women in #agecon
“How women saved agricultural economics” by @OffuttSusan and @jjmccluskey at doi.org/10.1002/aepp.1…
“How women in agricultural economics expanded the profession's role in #foodsafety and #nutrition” by Laurian Unnevehr, @jacaswell, Jean Kinsey at doi.org/10.1002/aepp.1…
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Investment Opportunities in Agriculture in Nigeria!!!

A Presentation by Edobong Akpabio at the Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Cathedral, Ikeja "Agro Food Processing & Packaging Seminar" on Friday 18th June, 2021.
#Agriculture
#Investment
#Opportunity
#Nigeria🇳🇬
What is #Agriculture?
There are various definitions of #agriculture but simply, it is "the science, art & occupation of farming for food, clothing, shelter, medicine, recreation, etc."

There are almost limitless opportunities for investment in the #agriculture sector in 🇳🇬.
You can find information on these opportunities in many platforms, most of them at the fingertips. They include:
1. Government policy
2. The media
3. Agriculture value chain
4. Agribusiness
5. Consumer needs, etc.

Anyone interested in investing needs good information.
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This thread will follow Feb 5 2021 thread [India
#FarmersProtests Goes Vogue] exploring sudden #celebrity uptake - as gov't struggled to contain #resistance.

Here we can study #GlobalCitizen & structure/mechanisms of such NGOs, financed to serve corporate/imperial interests. ImageImageImageImage
#GlobalCitizen model: nurturing of #celebrity worship as a "pop & policy" model to harvest/exploit targeted youth demographic. Via partnerships w/ #Rihanna, celebrities, influencers, athletes, - it intends to become world's "leading international voice, educator, & influencer". ImageImageImageImage
#GlobalCitizen is the Global Poverty Project, Inc.
UK: "We are a sub recipient of funding from the #Gates Foundation (via Global Poverty Project Inc)."

2019: $8,445,887.00 "To mobilize global public support for the Sustainable Development Goals" #SDGs

gatesfoundation.org/search#q/k=Glo… ImageImageImageImage
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INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FORUM (ISF) DIGEST - 3/2/2021

1. National Tsing Hua University Graduate Scholarship in China (Fully Funded).

Deadline: March 15, 2021.

oga.nthu.edu.tw/web.page/detai…
2. Several positions (post-doc, PhD, MS) available in Prof. Jean-Francois Lalonde’s group at Université Laval, Canada.

vision.gel.ulaval.ca/~jflalonde/opp…

3. GreyCampus Women-in-Tech Scholarship Program (full-fee waiver).

Deadline: March 31, 2021.

greycampus.com/scholarships/w…
4. MSc and PhD Positions
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#Budget2021: Highlights & Investment Opportunities

A thread 👇

In what was a first-of-its-kind digital-only budget amid a pandemic, the government was committed to aggressively tackle the perils of an ailing economy.

Here is an overview of sector-wise allocation: Budget 2021: Sector-wise al...
The union #budget 2021-22 was focussed on six pillars, ranging from infrastructure to healthcare and the total budget amount stood at ₹34 lakh crore!
The Insurance Act, 1938 will be amended to increase the permissible FDI limit from 49% to 74% in #Insurance Companies & allow foreign ownership and control with safeguards. #LIC will debut on the stock exchanges in 2021-22.

See Insurance Tracker:

smallcase.com/smallcase/insu…
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4/ag Here's a solution for "experts on everything" looking for political solutions: Central Govt should #abolish the #APMC Act and the #ECA, along with the 3 new agri laws, and leave every State to make own Agricultural laws. Then they'll be responsible/ accountable to voters!
5/ag Subject to proviso, that States cannot stop inter-state trade in agricultural goods, which framers of the constitution, correctly put under Union Govt's purview. Nor can States force CG to take any action which is responsibility of State, nor obstruct anything in Union list!
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#bookrelease! @ShankkarAiyar's new book the #GatedRepublic releases this weekend - harpercollins.co.in/product/the-ga…. Dive back into some of his latest op-eds in the thread below
After India’s announcement of ‘One Nation, One Market’ in the #agricultural sector, Shankkar Aiyar, reflects on the mechanics of #policy reforms in #India, where problems and solutions for economic growth are known. newindianexpress.com/opinions/colum…
India's circular #migrantworkers constitute a large part of the $ 2.8 trillion economy's #Workforce workforce. @ShankkarAiyar relates the lack of coordination and quick decision making that left them stranded on their way back home during the lockdown. newindianexpress.com/opinions/colum…
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The last thing #AmericanFarmers need right now is for more food processing plants to shut down. But that trend won't end until Trump truly recognizes the dignity of agricultural work and gives immigrant food and farm workers the respect they deserve and the protection they need.
Our farmers are already on the brink. Dairy farmers are flushing their milk, corn producers are seeing closure of ethanol plants, livestock farmers are getting hit with the trade wars and coronavirus disruptions of export markets.
Now, Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda has put the entire food system at risk. The vast majority of our agricultural workforce is foreign born. You can’t protect our #FoodSupply without protecting immigrant and refugee workers—which Trump is refusing to do. I
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At the top of the hour- farmdoc webinar, April 28.

* @farmdocDaily Live | #COVID19 and Ag.

* @nickdpaulson and @JoeGlauber1 on #Agricultural #Trade.
Nick Paulson
Importance of Ag #Export Markets
Export Share of U.S. Production, 2017/18
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Today we spent a chilly day out in the uMkhomazi catchment in the south of Kwa-Zulu Natal with a group of stakeholders who are mutually concerned about water security in the catchment #Water #SharedBenefits #SharedRisks
Why this catchment?
1. The Mkhomazi River is the 3rd largest river in KZN, with major infrastructure projects on the horizon #Water #InfrastructureDevelopment
2. It's identified as possible solution to long term water deficits in uMngeni catchment #WaterDemand #InfrastructureDevelopment
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The @worldbankgroup conducted a series of private sector stakeholder consultations with 254 private sector representatives of #Pakistani exporters in the manufacturing, agro processing, and services sectors to identify key challenges to #exports competitiveness. Image
1. Identified the need to put a cap on the gas and #electricity tariffs faced by exporting entities to cut energy costs to reverse the effect on cash flows, especially in comparison with competitor #economies (Bangladesh, India, Vietnam)
2. Need to rectify distortions in the #tax regimes; reduce #GST, #tariffs and regulatory duties on imported intermediate goods. Documentation related complexities also need to be simplified to encourage #SMEs.
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“The Chinese miracle is over.”

In a wide-ranging conversation, top radio talk show hosts and senior @EpochTimes staff provided context to an audience of media professionals about some of the most important headlines regarding #China. theepochtimes.com/the-chinese-mi…
John @batchelorshow, a talk show host on WABC in New York, said the #TradeWar has highlighted how “China’s business model is broken.”

US #Tariffs have taught companies they can move their supply chains out of #China, without being subject to unfair trade practices.
@batchelorshow Tom @sullivanradio of #TalkMedia Network said he’s spoken with #Farmers and residents in the heartland states most affected by #China’s retaliatory #Tariffs on US #Agricultural products; they support President Trump tackling the #Chinese regime’s trade policies.
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Named after #MahatmaGandhi, the #MGNREGA, one of the largest #publicworks programme in the world, came about because of inadequate govt schemes that weren't meeting the demand for #rural #employment. ruralindiaonline.org/library/resour… Image
Recognizing there was persistent #unemployment in rural areas – and no #SocialSecurity mechanism for the #poor, the #MGNREGA aims to provide #wage #employment to poor #rural households, strengthen rural #livelihoods, and ensure #socialinclusion. #GandhiAt150
The Act guarantees that state govts will set up schemes to provide no less than 100 days of #employment in one financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual #work.
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Interesting discussion re investment decisions being made by humans versus aLgORiThmS - wouldn't the latter be less influenced by cognitive biases? #GRASFI2019
Crucial question/comment from the floor - where is the evidence for impact "on the ground" from ESG and impact investing? Also need evidence on link between ESG and financial performance #GRASFI2019
Are we deluding ourselves into thinking green/sustainable finance is doing more good than it actually is? @NVJRobins1 called this "green wishing" (cf green washing) #GRASFI2019
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I saw a couple carrying these contraptions on way to class at a #designinstitute. My driver drove close to the bikers and they slowed down for me to take photos, giggled &waved😎thanks to Pooja I now know that these are #handmade #mousetraps used in #agricultural #domestic spaces ImageImageImageImage
She studied them for her environmental perception course and even bought one. Pooja said, there’s a specific indigenous people who make this out of palm leaf and wood - all locally available material. They sell these for Rs 120 - 150 ImageImage
They are also hired to install and empty them when the #rats are caught. The makers of this #traditional #local #designsolution make about Rs 10, 000/- per month. Thank you Pooja 😊with every #student I learn so much
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#100yearsofBauhaus
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