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...policy to make farmers less vulnerable to the vagaries of the monsoon, encompassing more effective use of groundwater, better monitoring of weather patterns and water supply, implementing village water-security plans, and encouraging conservation and water recycling in the cities. In a recent editorial she wrote, "We must learn, fast, how to reinvigorate our water policy keeping in mind the two big changes - more variable rainfall and desperately growing water needs." Seth believes farmers need not just more handouts, but better access to low-interest credit, so they don't have to rely on moneylenders in every lean year...
Supplements: Chemicals In part to help them survive the crowded conditions of feedlots, where infections can spread fast, conventional cattle are given antibiotics in their feed, and sometimes growth hormones, bloods and fats...
CONVENTIONAL (99% of all cattle) The vast majority of all American cattle start off on open ranges, but that's where the similarity to their organic cousins ends. They're shifted after a few months to the tight quarters of an industrial feedlot, to be fattened up as fast as possible...
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...government officials present acknowledged gaps in their policing and intelligence capabilities. But so far, only lower level employees have been fired or arrested; and the government says it will not yet fire any ministers or department chiefs, even as it looks to fast-track a realignment of the fragile, post-American security apparatus. Interior Minister Jawad Bolani urged patience: "We are continuing working. We are very confident about the performance of our security apparatus. We don't say that there are no bad elements in our apparatus. There should be suitable punishment to those who did bad performance, and also...