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...also need to focus on improving the agricultural productivity of those parts of the world that have been left behind by the Green Revolution - like Africa, where average crop yields per acre remain well below those in Asia or the West. One simple way is to increase the amount of fertilizer available to African farmers. Sanginga notes that about 440 lb. (200 kg) of nitrogen fertilizer is generally needed to grow 5 tons (5,000 kg) of maize, but the average African farmer can afford only 8 lb. of fertilizer. We can also work on safeguarding the degraded soils...
...Citi is still going through a period when it is important for the government, which loaned the bank money, and investors, who lost most of theirs, to see someone humiliated for the company's missteps. That is a fine way to focus on the past but not on the future. That means the board is compounding its mistakes by continuing to take its eye off the real problems...
...trader turned Cambridge scientist and the study's lead author. "Which means there's 80% left unexplained. It's like height in tennis. It appears to give you some sort of advantage, but there's probably a dozen other things giving you an advantage, and if you were to focus just on [height], you'd be missing all sorts of great players like Jimmy Connors," Coates says. "You need speed, you need agility, you need insight, you need intelligence - it's the same thing in trading...
...recording studio in the Student Organization Center at Hilles. Current chief Spaniola took over last December.THE EVOLUTIONUnder Spaniola and general manager Caitlin V. Crump ’10, Veritas has entered a period of rapid evolution. “This year, we’re really trying to focus on booking these bands in Cambridge and recording full-length albums,” Spaniola said.Another central architect of this expansion has been Powers. With five years of experience as a recording engineer, Powers came to Spaniola last fall interested in joining the label. He began running recording workshops...
...Harvard men’s hockey team (4-11-3, 4-6-3 ECAC) could not stop Yale from maintaining its undefeated ECAC record, as poor fundamentals and a lack of focus led to a 6-2 loss against a tough Bulldogs (11-4-0, 6-2 ECAC) squad on Saturday night at Bright Hockey Center.With Harvard’s 1989 team back in Cambridge to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Crimson’s last NCAA Championship, three Bulldog goals within the first 10 minutes of the opening period put the game out of reach.Yale...