The Tajiks, with a population of 33,538, mainly live in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. A few can be found in Shache, Zepu, Yecheng and Pishan counties in the western edge of theTarim ...
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The Shui population is 345,993. Most of them live in Sandu Shui Autono-mous County of Qiannan Buyi-Miao Au?tonomous Prefecture, Libo, Duyun, Dushan, and Kaili, Liping Rongjiang, Congjiang counties of Qiandongnan Miao-Dong Autonomous ...
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SODECOTON, the Cotton Development Company of Cameroon, said it foresees a further rise in its raw cotton output during next 2012-13 season, a press release stated. Iya Mohamed, General Manager, SODECOTON said as compared 2011-12’s ...
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As an agricultural people, the Buyi worship the Land. Outside every village there is usually a Temple of the Land, inside which there are usually two stones that represent the Father Land and the Mother Land. They sacrifice a chicken or a ...
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A long, long time ago, Humanity and Nature became sworn comrades and signed a non-aggression treaty. But soon, the humans who had pledged never to invade their ally realized that without Nature's offerings, they could not survive. ...
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The Yaos, with a population of 2,134,013, are mainly distributed in Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Jia ngxi provinces. A wedding of the Yaos living in Jinxiu, Yunnan Province. The bride and groom undergo the kneeling ...
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The textile industry is considered the biggest consumer of water among all industrial sectors and also one of the worst polluters. Among the various processing sectors of the textile industry, the dyeing and printing sector is the largest ...
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has entered into an agreement with the government of the Equatorial Guinea, under which FAO will invest $3m to develop poultry farming in the country over three years. This ...
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Remei AG releases annual report for 2011 / 2012 period. Patrick Hohmann, Managing Director of Remei AG says that it is no longer a secret: the hype about organic- cotton farming in India is ebbing away, partly due to the measures taken by ...
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The Hershey Company has announced that it will source 100% certified cocoa for its global chocolate product lines by 2020 and speed up its programs to help eradicate child labor in the West Africa cocoa regions. Certified cocoa will be ...
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“The benefits of the Maharashtra Textile Policy will not benefit the cotton farming community in the state”, so said a leader of a Maharashtra farmers organisation. It may be recalled that the Maharashtra government had ...
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Brazil and Japan have signed a technical cooperation agreement to raise funds to develop agri industry in the Nacala Corridor,in Mozambique. The project,known as Pro-Savana,will involve the exchange of technical knowledge between Brazil ...
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Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda has appealed to farmers in the country’s cotton growing regions to enter into contract farming, as it is best suited to boost the production of cotton. Addressing a news conference after a ...
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Pineland Farms Creamery,a dairy firm based in Maine,US,has announced that its natural cheese will be available at nearly 500 Kroger shops across the US. The product will be available in both Kroger Specialty Cheese shops and the Murray's ...
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At 37th Annual General Meeting of The Southern India Mills' Association (SIMA) Cotton Development & Research Association held on September 17, 2012 at the Hotel Le Meridien, Coimbatore, Mr. T. Rajkumar, Chairman of Sri Mahasakthi Mills ...