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High food prices put World Food Day 2008 in the spotlight - 10-09-2008
Rarely has World Food Day assumed greater meaning than at the present time, as rapidly rising food prices risk increasing the number of hungry people, notes FAO’s Chief of World Food Day events, Sidaty Aidara.
World Food Security: the Challe...
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Agricultural developments 'failing to reach farmers' - 03-09-2008
Agricultural research advances in Africa are not reaching farmers in the field, top African scientists have warned.
Speaking at the third African Green Revolution Conference in Oslo, Norway, last week (28 August), they said that although res...
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Poor countries' media must tackle climate change - 19-08-2008
Climate-change reporting is woefully inadequate because too often editors lack interest and assign writers without expertise, says James Fahn.
When Zhang Ke, a Beijing-based reporter for China Business News, traveled to Liupanshui in 2006, h...
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£13M Newton International Fellowships Launched - 25-07-2008
A new multi-million pound initiative to fund research collaborations and improve links between UK and overseas researchers was launched by the Science Minister Ian Pearson in June.
The Newton International Fellowships will be overseen by th...
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