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The Buzz: Sen. Dianne Feinstein has a GOP challenger for 2012 race
November 29, 2011

Capitol Alert: Californians' economic confidence falls, survey finds
November 28, 2011

Policy Research Institute Videos

THE AGENDA | WEDNESDAY | Joecks | 05/16/2012
May 16, 2012 | KSNV Las Vegas

THE AGENDA | | 04/19/2012
April 19, 2012 | KSNV Las Vegas

FACE TO FACE | McAllis/Matthews/Lichtenstein | THU 04/05/12
April 06, 2012 | KSNV Las Vegas

Sacramento Connect

Food: Reduce hunger, nurture women farmers
March 09, 2012
TILLABERI/KIGALI/JOHANNESBURG, 8 March 2012 (IRIN) - The UN theme for International Women's Day - "Empower rural women - end poverty and hunger", probably does...

"Land Grabs" in Agriculture: Fairer Deals Needed to Ensure Opportunity for Locals
July 26, 2011
In Mozambique, while land grabs can bring in development, it can also strip farmers off their land and livelihoods. (Photo credit: Bernard Pollack) ...

Droughts Do Not Happen Overnight
July 26, 2011
BERLIN (IDN) July 25, 2011 - As the international community struggles to provide all possible assistance to more than 11 million people in Ethiopia, Somalia,...

Other local news reports

Boom in Moroccan argan oil boosts rural economy but threatens forests
August 26, 2011 | UC Davis News
In addition to Lybbert, the research team included Abdellah Aboudrare, a researcher at the Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture in Morocco; researcher Deborah Chaloud and statistician Maliha Nash, both with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Las Vegas; and Nicholas Magnan, a postdoctoral fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute ...

From around the web

Hundreds of Indy homeless pack convention center for free supplies, services
April 11, 2012 | indystar.com
That same year, the homeless count in Indianapolis hit its highest since 2007, according to a research by the Indiana Public Policy Research Institute. Researchers found that...

Partisans on both sides lose credibility on tax sunset issue
March 17, 2012 | ReviewJournal.com
Gov. Brian Sandoval's announcement he wanted to extend taxes expected to sunset July 2013 was greeted with the usual moans of despair from the right by the Nevada Policy Research Institute ...

Indianapolis Mayor Ballard kicks off Indy Homeless Connect event in April
March 14, 2012 | indystar.com
That same year, the homeless count in Indianapolis hit its highest since 2007, according to a research by the Indiana Public Policy Research Institute. Researchers found that...

Church camp operators get legal help fighting federal agency
January 17, 2012 | ReviewJournal.com
Now the Nevada Policy Research Institute will represent the Fuenteses as they seek to recover more than $85,000 in damages. ...

Tanzania defends Iowan's enormous ag project
October 23, 2011 | DesMoinesRegister.com
'' We do see a win-win opportunity for investors to go to Africa, south Asia, to bring the technologies, to bring investment, to bring markets, to the region,'' said Shenggen Fan, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute ...

Guest columnist: A famine- proof world requires investment in farm research
September 06, 2011 | DesMoinesRegister.com
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted in a speech last month at the International Food Policy Research Institute,'' investing now decreases the chances that Americans or...

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YouTube Videos

"Bangladesh Awakening" video
June 02, 2010

Arden Bement on GPRI
October 15, 2010

Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks to International Food Policy Research Institute
February 10, 2011

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