The high cost of hand-planting native seedlings prompted resistance from many farmers and ranchers, but they worked with ISA to find a cheaper alternative.

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GARCIA-NAVARRO: His economic proposals, and that is the issue that most Mexicans are interested in, revolve around the campaign of public spending, a new overland shipping route that will rival the Panama Canal, high-speed railways connecting cities and the planting of a million acres of furniture-grade forest will provide the jobs.

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The Colombian Coffee Federation said its country's high-end growers have begun planting corn and other crops as a way of diversifying incomes, and that most have been reinvesting by replacing old coffee plants with newer, more productive ones.

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Within three years of planting, Gruet Winery was producing a high-quality sparkler that undersold rivals, mainly from California, by 25%.

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These range from planting mangroves to increase water catchments in high flood regions to providing low-cost risk transfer methods to farmers in developing countries.

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