Climate advocates see a path forward in the farm bill: Lining farmers’ pockets

George Naylor and his wife Patti walk through a cover crop of clover on their farm.

“If we want to make sure these practices and others like them are more widely adopted, we have to make sure they are voluntary, they keep the farm profitable, and that [USDA] is equipped at a staff level to help farmers carry them out,” said Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), a House Agriculture Committee Republican, who […]

Swedish Minister: Pockets of success will create pockets of poverty

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Stockholm ready to support Dhaka to help reduce poverty, says Swedish minister for international development cooperation Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Per Olsson Fridh has described Bangladesh’s graduation from the list of least developed countries (LDC) as the success of the people of the country, noting that success will also create poverty. He expressed […]