Federal Investments in Local Food Boost Economic Growth — USDA Releases Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Report and Compass
Updated: 2012-02-29 19:19:09
For Immediate Release February 29, 2012 Contact: Helen Dombalis, 202-547-5754 Washington, DC, February 29, 2012 – Today USDA released a comprehensive report on its Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, launched in 2009 to enhance coordination among federal programs that in various ways help to build local and regional farm and food systems. “This Read the Rest...
By Vijaya Ramachandran - This is a joint post with Julie Walz Since the mid-nineties, many African nations have ushered in dramatic economic and political changes. But growth in other countries is stalled due conflict, repressive regimes, and lack of infrastructure. A new publication captures the diversity across Africa, using an economic lens to evaluate the key issues affecting [...]
By Nancy Birdsall - This post is joint with Arvind Subramanian The next World Bank president will need the legitimacy and wide support that only an open and merit-based selection process can ensure. This is now commonly agreed. The best way to ensure legitimacy is to have more than one serious candidate. The Obama administration is sure to nominate [...]
By Amanda Glassman - This is a joint post with Denizhan Duran. One of the few things donors agreed on at the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan was the need for increased transparency: better aid data is needed to help donors channel their aid more effectively and recipient countries hold their donors accountable. Yet despite the [...]
As the House Budget Committee prepares its FY2013 budget proposal in the coming weeks, its worth remembering that last year’s GOP House budget proposal contained a total of $178 billion in cuts to agricultural programs over 10 years. Although $30 billion is often cited as the benchmark from last year’s outline, that amount was only [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Friday , February 24, 2012 1 IN 5 AMERICANS ARE DEPENDENT ON THE GOVERNMENT The Heritage Foundation just reported that 21.8 of Americans or 67.3 million are subsidized by the government . nbsp Posted by Legal : Disclaimer at 9:13 AM Older Post Home Visit us on Facebook : at facebook.com kopsa.otte Wondering about the IRS's important due dates Gain access by clicking the link . below Small Business Tax Calendar Blog Archive 2012 33 February 15 1 IN 5 AMERICANS ARE DEPENDENT ON THE
By Michael Clemens - Last month, a CGD initiative succeeded in getting Haitians access to America’s largest temporary work visa program. Access to this visa has the potential to unleash hundreds of millions of dollars of new income—at no cost to the United States—for Haitian families still coping with a catastrophic earthquake and the world’s worst cholera epidemic. It [...]
The global economy grew 3.8 percent in 2011, a drop from 5.2 percent in 2010. Economists had anticipated a slowdown, but this was even less growth than expected, thanks to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, unrest in oil-producing countries, … 
: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Sunday , February 19, 2012 CHANGES IN THE TAX CODE Several years ago one of my son’s said that he was thinking about becoming an accountant . nbsp I told him that it was a good profession and listed the advantages and disadvantages . nbsp One of the advantages was that you have to keep learning because things keep changing all the time . nbsp Here is an : example I just read a report stating that there have been 4,428 changes have been made to the 3.8 million-word code over the past 10
By Charles Kenny - As we look ahead to 2015 and the potential for a new round of MDGs, there’s a growing chorus of people arguing that, given how much the world has changed since 2000, the new set should look completely different from the last lot. The 2000 vintage was about rich and poor countries, focused on where [...]
By Todd Moss - Lately I’ve been thinking Nigeria should be a little bit more like, of all places, Iran. Yes, Iran. And maybe Alaska. Here’s how. Africa’s most populous nation has been a massive underperformer since independence. It’s earned hundreds of billions of dollars from petroleum exports, but the average Nigerian has little to show for it. At [...]
By Amanda Glassman - This is a joint post with Denizhan Duran. The President’s budget request for 2013 is out: total money spent on GHI is reduced by 3.5% and PEPFAR’s budget shrinks by 10.8%. While both figures may be alarming, there is a bright spot: contributions to the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria go up by [...]
By David Roodman - Did you see the Valentine’s Day humor flood Twitter over the last week? There were #FedValentines (as in The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, not edible cardioids), #HealthPolicyValentines…and, to CGD’s everlasting credit (from the Latin credere “to trust, entrust, believe,” from the Indo-European kerd-, “heart”), there were #DevelopmentValentines. It was the health [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Saturday , February 11, 2012 NEW HSA AMOUNTS FOR 2012 Here are the new HSA contribution limits for 2012 : Contribution limit : Family 6,250 : Self 3,100 Catch up if over 55 : Family 1,000 : Self 1,000 Minimum deductible : Family 2,400 : Self 1,200 Max out of pocket : Family 12,000 : Self 6,050 The catch up contribution can only be made by individuals who are at least 55 and are not yet enrolled in Medicare . Remember that starting in 2011 because of Obama Care over-the-counter medicines
By Amanda Glassman - This is a joint post with Denizhan Duran. Which donor provides the “best” health aid, and why is it a relevant question? We attempted to answer these questions by adapting the Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA) methodology to health aid. To be honest, one working paper later, we still do not have a definite [...]
By Kate McQueston - A recent study from the Lancet says that malaria caused 1.24 million deaths in 2010 (compared to previous estimates of 655,000), suggesting that the number of deaths from malaria globally may be twice as large as previously believed. Needless to say, this new finding is making headlines and bringing renewed attention to malaria as a [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Friday , February 3, 2012 DEADLINE COMING UP FOR FLEX PLANS A deadline for many flex plan participants is coming up . nbsp The 2011 set-asides must be used by March 15 if the plan uses IRS’ 2½-month grace period . nbsp Any funds left over are forfeited . The deadline for other FSAs was Dec . 31, 2011. Remember that after this year , the ceiling on FSA set-asides will drop to 2,500. Posted by Legal : Disclaimer at 1:58 PM Older Post Home Visit us on Facebook : at facebook.com kopsa.otte