1.   A degree of economic self-sufficiency can be attained relatively quickly by assisting local farmers in getting back on their feet.

2.   In addition, they oppose creating a new enforcement role for the Agriculture Department, which traditionally has focused on assisting farmers.

3.   Millions of dollars have been allocated to assist farmers, LaPierre said.

4.   Officials in New Jersey, New York and West Virginia also are cutting water use and trying to assist farmers.

5.   Sally Spener, spokeswoman for the International Boundary and Water Commission, said the meeting included discussion of short-term water delivery to assist struggling farmers in the United States.

6.   The distribution of millions of dollars in federal and state aid that could assist the farmers is tangled in red tape.

7.   Already, groups are being formed to assist farmers and campaign for more research.

8.   Among the programs not likely to be affected are those that support health clinics and assist farmers in gaining access to markets for their products, the official said.

9.   It said FAO was assisting Iraqi farmers by aerial spraying their date palm groves in the central and southern parts of Iraq.

10.   It will also be used for school construction, poverty-oriented infrastructure programs and others to assist Jordanian farmers.