He implemented a subsidy program for agricultural products that was credited with boosting the economy of the largely agrarian nation.

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Cunha wants Congress to pass the so-called Ag Jobs bill that would create a special guest worker program for agricultural workers.

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The 21 Americans in the crew were trying to deliver tons of food and other agricultural materials for the World Food Program, to be distributed among destitute Muslims in that Kenyan port city, and beyond.

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Meanwhile, ahead of their coming harvest, many farmers are turning to a temporary agricultural visa, known as the H-2A program, which allows growers to bring workers into the U.S. for a short period.

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Marco Rubio, are again pushing a temporary guest worker program that is favored by the business community and agricultural interests that depend on seasonal employment.

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California regulators have approved four categories of carbon offsets in its soon-to-launch cap-and-trade program: forestry, urban forestry, ozone depleting substances, and agricultural methane.

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The AgJobs Act, supported by both growers and the farm workers union, would largely solve the problem in agriculture by providing a streamlined visa program with an opportunity to legalize the immigration status of longer-term agricultural workers.

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We noted progress in the Maximizing Agricultural Revenue through Knowledge, Enterprise Development and Trade (MARKET), a U.S. program that directly supports the ASEAN Integrated Food Security (AIFS) framework and associated Strategic Plan of Action for Food Security (SPA-FS), emphasizing enhanced trade facilitation as well as improved farmer and policy-maker access to information, in partnership with the private sector.

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