On a recent visit, displays included various farm tools such as rakes and shovels that were used on the surrounding farmland.

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Besides large plots of land, the government promised them schools, credit and farm tools, but often failed to deliver.

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Farm tools likes axes, adzes and froes--even horses' tails swishing against the barn door--have all left their marks, giving the wood that lovely distressed look that comes from real wear and tear.

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Five are commercial ventures, including the overall winner, Bioneedle, and a Kenya-based social enterprise, Backpack Farm Agriculture Program, which sells tools and products like seeds and drip irrigation equipment to small commercial farmers in East Africa.

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Congress has stood in the way -- I should be precise about that -- House Republicans have stood in the way of passing a bipartisan farm bill that was passed through the Senate that would offer additional tools for us to deal with the challenges of the drought.

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