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...Africa, AGRA is funding scientists working on new seed strains, bankrolling the breeders who produce them, and helping wholesalers expand their inventory. Most importantly it's enlisting locals like Odiambo as free-market agriculture extension officers, training them in the proper use of seeds and chemical fertilizers. "The farmer will leave the shop with the product, and also the knowledge of how to use it," says Esborne Baraza, who coordinates AGRA's efforts in western Kenya...
...while the new paper maintains the belligerent stance displayed last summer and admits that Russia, one of the world's largest exporters of oil and gas, is willing to use military force to protect and even expand its reserve of resources, the tone has been softened. "If you look at what was formulated concerning Arctic strategy last year and you look at this paper, it looks as if the government position has changed and become more moderate," says Petrov. "Another explanation is that the foreign ministry is trying to present strategy in a less aggressive...
...dollar menu that Wal-Mart (WMT) decided it will create one, too. The difference is that the Wal-Mart version will be merchandise and not food. McDonald's philosophy of selling very inexpensive food in a clean, well-lit environment served by consistently friendly people has helped it expand its operations to 36,000 stores worldwide. Wal-Mart's approach to retail stores is not terribly different. It may not be entirely coincidental that Wal-Mart was started in 1962 and McDonald's began in 1955. Millions of relatively young people, most of them parents, were only a decade removed...
...licensed by the City of Cambridge to have 16 people in the store, a number it regularly exceeds during holidays and busier hours, said Napier. According to Fabis, Burdick’s is looking to begin a petition in the store to garner community support to expand its capacity. Lint said she imagined their application would be successful. Fabis said that the continuous conflict with Settebello has become a nuisance. “In economic times like these, it’s disconcerting that a fellow small business owner is putting so much pressure on us.” Fabis...
...cost-cutting measures, said that the Coffee Bar’s espresso machine and vending machines “will remain available if demand is sufficient.” Widener Café will also continue to have microwave ovens and hot water machines, and plans are underway to expand vending machine selections, the Web site said. Jane Kelley, an 18-year veteran of HUDS and the sole employee staffing the Widener Café, said that she decided to accept the University’s early retirement incentive package after administrators finalized plans to close the Café in late April...