But the Mapalad farmers, and many others of their generation, say they aren't sufficiently educated to work in a factory.
Mr Noboa has tried to appease this group with extra spending for rural schools and health-care projects, but the farmers remain opposed to dollarisation and they can be expected to try to bring the country to a halt when fuel prices rise.
The birds were formerly widespread and common in the UK, but they were gradually killed off by farmers and gamekeepers.
But for some of the farmers (and all of their supporters) the fight is not just about any land, it is about the promised land.
The best way to do that is by passing a comprehensive, multi-year farm bill that not only provides much-needed disaster assistance but gives farmers and ranchers the certainty they deserve while enacting critical reforms.
"Prevention of rural crime such as this can be tackled but it needs the farmers, police and the wider rural communities to work together to combat it, " said Sgt Matthew Howells, who represents the police on rural issues.
But the farmers have to go on growing and selling their produce to survive.
Relay focuses on the organic and natural like Whole Foods does, but with the farmers market tacked on the side.
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But the farmers say they are being unfairly taxed and making a living is proving increasingly difficult.
But through the cooperation of local farmers, vineyard owners and conservationists, Valais is becoming a sanctuary for these highly endangered insects.
But farmers are unhappy and have persuaded the European Parliament's agriculture committee to reject key elements of the reform.
But the department will toughen its monitoring of local farmers and processors.
Foot-and-mouth spelt economic ruin for farmers and rural Britain, but the government was determined it would not spell electoral ruin for it as well.
Many farm jobs were lost, but mostly it was the sons and daughters of farmers moving to the towns and cities to take factory and other jobs.
Ranchers and farmers have complained for years about the damage feral pigs can cause, but federal and state officials said the loss of crops, the spread of noxious weeds as the pigs carry seeds to new spots and the stress they put on endangered species and other wildlife is now worse due to a persistent drought that has hammered two-thirds of the country.
But the first chords will not have been music to the ears of a coalition of environmentalists, farmers and ideologues, who fought hard against the concert.
But the National Farmers' Union said every animal was inspected before going on to a lorry and it was the captain's discretion whether to sail.
The residents were primarily subsistence farmers trying to eke out a living through both crops and livestock, but the U.S. Army knew little more than that about them.
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But farmers say vaccinated animals can still carry the virus and pass it on, without showing any symptoms - so jabs could worsen the outbreak in the long run.
Now a few big convoys are trundling across, but the service is slow and expensive, so northern farmers are paying more for their petrol and receiving less for their sugar.
To be sure, the dam has helped Egyptian farmers irrigate year-round and has prevented periodic flooding, but it has also deprived the Nile delta of nutrient-rich silt, which instead just piles up behind the dam.
Roughly 4.1 million people are directly employed in production agriculture as farmers, ranchers and laborers, but the industry directly or indirectly employs approximately one out of six American workers, including those working in food processing, marketing, shipping and supermarkets.
Lord Smith, whose agency covers England and Wales, insisted the reservoirs would be needed not just by farmers, but also by commercial turf growers, golf clubs, sport stadiums and race courses.
But farmers complain of red tape and fear that the incentives will shift.
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But it is not only farmers who make the countryside look nice and scenic as town-dwellers like it to.
But not everyone has backed the network of paths, some farmers and landowners say it will hit them in the pocket.
But, unsurprisingly, many of the small farmers have got into difficulty and have had to sell up.
But firms are finding ways to improve the lot of small farmers, and burnish their own reputations, without signing up to Fairtrade's rules.
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As this report from the Northern Territory shows, even a temporary suspension will not only hit cattle farmers, but all the support industries, like trucking firms and, more curiously, helicopter mustering groups.
But farmers are worried that the ramifications could go much further, and some mining companies have given warning that they are reluctant to make new investments, lest they be affected by aboriginal land claims.
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