There, farmers still raise the same crops their fathers and grandfathers did.

NPR: Six Day War: Land Ownership Disputes Arise

Some blame bad weather, such as the October floods in China's Hainan province, which damaged crops and helped raise food prices.

ECONOMIST: Memories of 2008 are influencing Asia��s policymakers

They assemble in groups of three to five to plant crops, ship goods and raise edifices, compressing into a cheerful hour or two the wheeling and dealing that consumed the careers of 16th-century colonists in the Caribbean.

ECONOMIST: German recreation

Perhaps he should indeed consider his retirement, let his mare grow fat, and live from what crops he could grow and what farm stock he could raise.

NEWYORKER: The Limner

The country should import more grain in order to raise more livestock, and devote its own land to the more profitable business of growing cash crops for export.

ECONOMIST: China