FAO scales up fight against Fall Armyworm
05 december 2019 - 07:12:40Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday launched a three-year Global Action for Fall [...] Full text...
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FAO scales up fight against Fall Armyworm
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Three Tunisian monuments on list of Islamic civilization
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Participants at AfCFTA meeting call for capacity building of African public sector
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Kenya braces for tropical cyclones along Indian Ocean coastline
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Tunisia hosts meeting on ’Violence against women and the digital space’
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Health expert says screening for cervical cancer based on risk could save more lives in Africa
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Thales Alenia Space and Nilesat agree to build a geostationary satellite
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Malian teachers’ unions plan strike from 16-20 Dec. to demand pay rise
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2019-20 CAF Champions League: Results of some Day 2, Group matches played on Friday
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday launched a three-year Global Action for Fall [...] Full text...
Congo hosts sub-regional meeting on forest governance
03 december 2019 - 14:19:48Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is organizing a technical workshop in Brazzaville from December [...] Full text...
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Tunis to host FAO Regional Conference on improving water productivity in agriculture
29 november 2019 - 11:32:02Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A regional conference on improving water productivity in agriculture will be held from 4-6 December in [...] Full text...
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Gambian experts advance effort to promote nutrition
26 november 2019 - 23:15:49Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Nutrition experts in The Gambia Tuesday organized a day’s forum to discuss the country’s efforts to [...] Full text...
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CAF announces nominees for CAF Awards 2019
25 november 2019 - 05:23:16Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Africa's football governing body, Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Sunday released the list of nominees [...] Full text...
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Securing seafood for the future (Opinion Piece by Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya and Member of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy)
19 november 2019 - 12:02:55Rome, Italy (PANA) - Our dependence on the great, global ocean cannot be overstated. It sustains and benefits us all [...] Full text...
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'Ocean could be key to future food security' - Fisheries experts
19 november 2019 - 12:02:04Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new scientific paper written for the High Level Panel a Sustainable Ocean Economy finds that, with better [...] Full text...
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(Update) Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading up
18 november 2019 - 23:13:03Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading up with the BRVM 10 index that [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading up
18 november 2019 - 23:07:00Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading up with the BRVM 10 index that [...] Full text...
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UN mosquito sterilization technology set for global testing, in battle against malaria, dengue
15 november 2019 - 06:18:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With more than half the world now at risk from mosquito-transmitted dengue fever, according to the [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down
11 november 2019 - 23:25:54Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading down, compared with the previous session, as [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading down
08 november 2019 - 21:59:05Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Friday trading down, compared with the previous session, as [...] Full text...
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UN food agencies urge support for southern Africa’s hungry people as climate shocks intensify
01 november 2019 - 06:30:20Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – A record 45 million people across the 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) will be [...] Full text...
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UN to provide technical assistance to farmers in Southern Africa
28 october 2019 - 18:44:03New York, USA (PANA) - The United Nations (UN) Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, says the international body’s different organs are [...] Full text...
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Five African countries in need of 'urgent humanitarian food assistance'
28 october 2019 - 07:03:11New York, USA (PANA) - American food insecurity network, FEWS NET, says Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Lesotho and areas in the [...] Full text...
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FAO holds first regional conference on improving water production in Middle East and North Africa
26 october 2019 - 12:20:42Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced here Friday it would hold its first regional [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Faouzi Benzarti, new coach of Libyan national football team
25 october 2019 - 14:29:09Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Libyan Football Federation has signed a six-month renewable contract with Tunisia's Faouzi Benzarti to lead the [...] Full text...
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Angolan George Chicoti tipped to be elected Secretary General of ACP
25 october 2019 - 11:46:58Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Angola's ambassador to Belgium and the European Union, George Chicoti, who is running for the post [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading up
18 october 2019 - 23:15:46Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Friday trading up, compared with the previous session, as [...] Full text...
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FAO calls on Congolese to respect the food chain
17 october 2019 - 13:39:49Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative, Suze Percy Filippini, on Wednesday urged producers and consumers [...] Full text...
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Obesity rates soar due to dramatic global diet shift, says UN food agency
17 october 2019 - 13:26:24Rome, Italy (PANA) - Eating food high in starch, sugar, fats and salt; combined with a sedentary lifestyle, is a [...] Full text...
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FAO, Danone team up to foster sustainable diets and food systems
17 october 2019 - 08:24:18Rome, Italy (PANA) -The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Danone have agreed to work together to improve global [...] Full text...
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Mali celebrates international rural women, food days
16 october 2019 - 21:45:50Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian minister of women, child and family promotion, Dr Diakité Aïssata Kassa Traoré, Tuesday presided [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading up
14 october 2019 - 23:00:31Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading up, compared with the previous session, with [...] Full text...
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Belgium grants 100,000 Euros to help women fight child malnutrition in Chad
10 october 2019 - 15:15:21Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgium has granted 100,000 euros to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to finance a [...] Full text...
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Enough food being produced but hunger on the rise in parts of the world - UN
04 october 2019 - 07:57:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Enough food is produced today to feed everyone on the planet, but hunger is on the rise [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading down
02 october 2019 - 22:38:52Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading down, compared with the previous session, with [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Tuesday trading down
24 september 2019 - 21:35:16Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading down, compared with the previous session, with [...] Full text...
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Spanish Institute to evaluate Gabon Fish Stocks
24 september 2019 - 18:06:15Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Spain will send a team from its Institute of Oceanography to Gabon to assess fish stocks [...] Full text...
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Africa to witness more food insecurity due to climate change
23 september 2019 - 05:41:51New York, USA (PANA) – Climate change will see food insecurity grow in African countries, among other regions, if no [...] Full text...
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South Sudan’s peace process ‘precarious, but progress in being made’, Security Council hears
18 september 2019 - 20:09:04New York, US (PANA) - One year on from the signing of a Revitalised Agreement to ease conflict in South [...] Full text...
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Gabon: Fishes’ committee for Central-Eastern Atlantic meets in Libreville
17 september 2019 - 23:06:57Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Gabonese capital, Libreville, will from 17 - 19 September host the 22nd session of the [...] Full text...
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Army worms risk undermining agricultural policies, says Nigerien President
13 september 2019 - 11:47:47Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Niger's president Issoufou Mahamadou warned on Thursday that the fall army worms risk undermining all agricultural [...] Full text...
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FAO commits to support Congo to reach the 'Zero hunger' goal
12 september 2019 - 12:34:31Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will support Congo to develop its agriculture and fight [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde produces 7,000 cubic meters of wastewater a day
11 september 2019 - 19:09:03Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde produces 7,000 cubic meters of water a day from wastewater treatment plants, according [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down
09 september 2019 - 23:54:15Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading down, compared with the previous session, with [...] Full text...
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South Korea supports UN to build resilient communities in Blue Nile State
07 september 2019 - 08:06:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The South Korean government has signed an agreement with UN agencies operating in the Sudan to [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading down
06 september 2019 - 23:05:09Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Friday trading down, compared with the previous session. Thw BRVM [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading up
05 september 2019 - 23:34:12Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading up, compared with the previous session. The BRVM [...] Full text...
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Somalia to see worst harvest since 2011, with more than 2 million expected to go hungry
03 september 2019 - 20:22:38Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia’s 2019 cereal harvest is the poorest the country has seen since 2011, when famine strained [...] Full text...
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24% of the total food insecure people in the world live in IGAD region - Report
02 september 2019 - 18:18:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A report by the East and Central African authority on development on Sunday said climatic shocks, [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading down
30 august 2019 - 23:19:19Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Friday down, compared with the previous session, with the [...] Full text...
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4,000 agro-pastoralists compensated for plague of small ruminants in Burundi
29 august 2019 - 22:12:46Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 4,000 agro-pastoralists from eight of the 18 Burundian provinces hard hit by a plague of [...] Full text...
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Solibra, the biggest rise on Abidjan stock exchange
28 august 2019 - 22:57:54Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM) closed its trading session on Wednesday, down from the [...] Full text...
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Japanese agro-entrepreneurs commit to doubling Africa rice production
28 august 2019 - 21:14:50Yokohama, Japan (PANA) – The Sasakawa Association will work with the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) to help double rice [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes trading Tuesday down
27 august 2019 - 20:58:34Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading down, compared to the previous session, with [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading up
26 august 2019 - 21:11:42Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday 26 August 2019 trading up for the BRVM [...] Full text...
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Refugees, low rains threaten food security situation in Uganda
26 august 2019 - 13:06:33Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Influx of refugees and drought are key risk factors that are likely to spark off a [...] Full text...
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Malian President condoles Senegal following death of Jacques Diouf
19 august 2019 - 12:40:28Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita has expressed deep sadness following the death of Jacques Diouf, former [...] Full text...
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CS Sfaxien win Tunisia Football Cup
18 august 2019 - 13:25:46Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Club Sportif Sfaxien on Saturday evening won their fifth Tunisia football Cup by beating Etoile Sportive [...] Full text...
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FAO, British Govt differ on calls for Zambia to declare hunger situation as emergency
16 august 2019 - 15:53:02Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Calls for Zambia to declare the hunger situation in some parts of the country a national [...] Full text...
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Experts call for more efforts to address food security in Africa
06 august 2019 - 19:27:53Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Experts gathered in Kigali for a two-day Africa Food Security Leadership Dialogue, on Tuesday called for [...] Full text...
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Botswana Agriculture minister to attend food security talks in Rwanda
02 august 2019 - 12:53:24Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security will travel to Kigali in Rwanda for [...] Full text...
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FAO warns of Desert Locust outbreaks in Yemen, Horn of Africa
25 july 2019 - 19:49:45Rome, Italy (PANA) - Desert Locust summer breeding, amplified by heavy rains, can pose a serious threat to agricultural production areas [...] Full text...
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FAO assists Togolese NGOs in development of agriculture
25 july 2019 - 05:36:56Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has released more than 73 million CFAF to [...] Full text...
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Over 820 million people suffering from hunger, new UN report reveals
15 july 2019 - 20:00:17New York, US (PANA) - After nearly a decade of progress, the number of people who suffer from hunger has [...] Full text...
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Togolese gov't warns against illegal importation of tilapias
11 july 2019 - 14:20:58Lome, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese government has warned against the illegal importation of tilapias into Togolese markets, the Ministry [...] Full text...
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Tunisia elected member of FAO Council for three years
28 june 2019 - 19:19:18Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisia was on Friday elected member of the Council of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization [...] Full text...
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FAO strengthens its support to Gambia
28 june 2019 - 13:24:44Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has over the past few years raised its portfolio [...] Full text...
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Chinese Qu Dongyu elected new FAO chief
23 june 2019 - 20:03:02Rome, Italy (PANA) – Qu Dongyu of China was elected Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United [...] Full text...
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Botswana Agriculture minister leaves for Italy
20 june 2019 - 01:21:52Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security, Fidelis Molao left for Rome, Italy, on [...] Full text...
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Turkey: Land tenure, a major sticking point at COP 14 in New Delhi, says UNCCD head
18 june 2019 - 17:39:23Ankara, Turkey (PANA) - Land tenure will be one of the major sticking points in negotiations at the forthcoming COP [...] Full text...
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Congo develops project to rationalize resources in agriculture
13 june 2019 - 22:30:16Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese minister of agriculture, livestock farming and fishing Henri Djombo said here Thursday that water resources [...] Full text...
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More funding needed to tackle child labour in agriculture, says UN
12 june 2019 - 20:36:40Brussels, Belgium, (PANA) - The number of children working in agriculture has increased by 10 million since 2012, which is [...] Full text...
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FAO pleads for establishment of instruments to fund food security in Congo
07 june 2019 - 21:57:58Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The country representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Programme (FAO), Suze Percy Filippini, Friday urged [...] Full text...
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FAO, EU distribute 2,000 bulls to rebuild economy of youths in Nigeria's Borno State
07 june 2019 - 13:43:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on Friday said that it will [...] Full text...
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World marks first-ever World Food Safety Day
07 june 2019 - 06:14:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unsafe food kills an estimated 420,000 people every year, the head of the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, IOC, EU to organise two conferences on maritime security
06 june 2019 - 11:26:32Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will host on June 18 and 19, two conferences on maritime security. They are the 2nd [...] Full text...
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CAF to convene extraordinary meeting Tuesday following disputed Esperance de Tunis match
02 june 2019 - 10:44:34Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided to hold an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday following [...] Full text...
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Congo to host Central African Parliamentary forum on food security in October
30 may 2019 - 09:50:44Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Congo, Suze Percy Filippini, announced [...] Full text...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus participates in Cape Verde Microfinance Symposium
20 may 2019 - 17:24:36Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, will participate in the [...] Full text...
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FAO and German agency jointly promote use of solar energy in Tunisian agriculture
11 may 2019 - 15:23:38Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The office of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Tunis and the German International [...] Full text...
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More time needed to ascertain compensation for repossessed Zimbabwe land: Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch
06 may 2019 - 22:19:53Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Advocacy group Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch says it is unrealistic to think that government will be [...] Full text...
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Security situation in Burkina Faso worries farmers
26 april 2019 - 22:09:57Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The security situation in Burkina Faso, marked by terrorist attacks, has become a source of [...] Full text...
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UN project to aid 140,000 people in Sahel desert area
26 april 2019 - 07:50:12Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Union have announced a new project [...] Full text...
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Botswana to deal with food insecurity caused by poor rains
11 april 2019 - 18:12:16Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana is posed to act in an emergency response to improve food and nutrition security caused [...] Full text...
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New report warns millions will be affected by food crisis in Horn of Africa
03 april 2019 - 10:00:57Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - There is a high risk of worsening food insecurity in parts of Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and [...] Full text...
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FAO presents report to Burkina leader Kaboré
28 march 2019 - 23:49:26Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Thursday received in audience the acting representative [...] Full text...
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Congo adopts national strategy to strengthen capacities of civil society organizations
26 march 2019 - 23:29:36Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Congolese sectoral executives, and civil society experts on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Fall amyworm traced in Rodrigues
26 march 2019 - 15:19:12Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry and Food Security minister Mahen Seeruttun on Tuesday informed Parliament that his ministry [...] Full text...
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Experts agree project to improve agricultural production in West,Central Africa
22 march 2019 - 05:32:41Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Experts from the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) and the [...] Full text...
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Workshop on agricultural production in West and Central Africa begins in Dakar
20 march 2019 - 14:24:59Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A validation workshop on a project to promote conservation agriculture in West and Central Africa began [...] Full text...
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Workshop on agricultural production in West and Central Africa opens in Dakar
19 march 2019 - 19:02:47Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Weak agricultural production in West and Central Africa is partly linked to poor practice of conservation [...] Full text...
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Conference on promoting private investment in agri-food in Africa holds in Paris
19 march 2019 - 14:08:10Paris, France (PANA) – A conference, gathering major international development institutions, driven by the African Development Bank (AfDB), with the [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde hosts int'l forum on lack of water for agriculture
18 march 2019 - 18:04:01Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde will Tuesday hosts an international forum on the lack of water for agriculture, [...] Full text...
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Fruits, vegetables export yields CFA F 4 billion in Togo in 2017
15 march 2019 - 18:42:50Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togo earned CFA F 4.5 billion in 2017, according to a report from the National Institute [...] Full text...
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UN chief sends condolences to families of Malawi flood victims
12 march 2019 - 06:34:08New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has extended his condolences to the families of flood victims across [...] Full text...
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UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by Ethiopia Airlines plane crash
11 march 2019 - 05:28:03New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres says he is “deeply saddened at the tragic loss of lives”, in the [...] Full text...
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At least 23 people killed in Malawi flash floods this week
09 march 2019 - 20:03:40Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Heavy rains and floods have affected most parts of the Southern Region in Malawi, following the [...] Full text...
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Salame briefs High Council of State on developments in Libya's political process
04 march 2019 - 09:32:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ghassan Salame, on Sunday informed [...] Full text...
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World Bank doubles budget support for Burkina Faso to US$100m
01 march 2019 - 11:51:27Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Director of the World Bank operations for Burkina Faso, Côte d'ivoire, Benin and Togo, [...] Full text...
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16 securities up, 20 on decline at Abidjan Regional Securities Stock Exchange
28 february 2019 - 13:27:10Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A value of 971,092,570 CFAF, approximately US$ 1,680,090, was committed for a volume 1,197,591 shares from [...] Full text...
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7 million face severe food insecurity in south Sudan, says UN
24 february 2019 - 20:49:59Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The United-Nations have warned that about seven million people in South Sudan live in severe [...] Full text...
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Benin unveils 10-year action plan for sustainable land management
21 february 2019 - 07:19:43Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin has unveiled a 10-year action plan (2018-2027) for the sustainable management of its lands, sources [...] Full text...
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Deadly animal plague threatens cattle in Kenya’s pastoralist region
19 february 2019 - 16:29:48Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – An outbreak of the deadly virus, Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), which causes running nose on [...] Full text...
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Africa hunger crisis rises with an additional 34 million people within four years, UN report
14 february 2019 - 10:22:00Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A new United Nations report reveals hunger is on the rise in Africa following years [...] Full text...
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World warned about needless food-related illnesses, deaths
13 february 2019 - 05:26:21Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Each year, food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins or chemicals cause more than 600 [...] Full text...
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AU Summit honours FAO Director-General for fighting hunger
12 february 2019 - 09:24:49Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Summit has honoured the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), [...] Full text...
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African leaders meet AfDB President to accelerate job creation ventures
11 february 2019 - 17:08:24Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, (PANA) - African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina, has held several high-level bilateral meetings on the sidelines [...] Full text...
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FAO, Italian company step up efforts to tackle malnutrition, food waste
05 february 2019 - 10:02:09Rome, Italy (PANA) - An Italian food company, FICO Foundation and the UN Food and Agriculture Oraganisation (FAO) are joining [...] Full text...
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Kagame to address first ever international conference on food safety in Africa
04 february 2019 - 17:23:48Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame and outgoing Chairman of the African Union (AU) will address the opening [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Cabinet approves creation of IED training centre
31 january 2019 - 20:04:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta chaired his first Cabinet meeting of the year, approving the establishment of [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL to open office in Benghazi
30 january 2019 - 15:18:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - President of the Benghazi Municipal Justice Council (East), Saqer Omran Boujouari, on Wednesday discussed with a [...] Full text...
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UN report sees link between conflict and hunger worldwide
29 january 2019 - 04:43:09New York, US (PANA) - Conflict-driven hunger is getting worse, according to a snapshot of the eight places in the [...] Full text...
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Belgian cooperation minister opens humanitarian meeting in Brussels
16 january 2019 - 11:38:29Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Belgian cooperation minister, Alexander De Croo, on Wednesday opened a humanitarian meeting in Brussels [...] Full text...
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11 Libyan executives trained in veterinary services in Cairo
04 january 2019 - 10:24:29Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Eleven executives of Libyan agriculture, animal and maritime resources on Thursday ended a training session on [...] Full text...
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Measles cases in Niger slump from 60,000 in 2004 to less than 1,500
18 december 2018 - 12:33:38Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Cases of measles in Niger have slumped from 60,000 in 2004 to less than 1,500 today, [...] Full text...
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Preparing Africa for ravages of climate change ‘cannot be an afterthought’ – COP24
14 december 2018 - 21:05:36Katowice, Poland (PANA) - Africa is at a “tipping point” as global warming increases, and urgent action needs to be [...] Full text...
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Congolese Parliament deploys 0.5% of its budget to fight against hunger
14 december 2018 - 14:18:51Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese parliament (National assembly and Senate) will grant 0.5% of its budget to the Congolese [...] Full text...
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Tunisia gets new French coach for national football team
13 december 2018 - 17:56:26Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) on Thursday announced the appointment of French Alain Giresse, 66, as new [...] Full text...
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Soil pollution ‘jeopardizing’ life on Earth, UN agency warns
05 december 2018 - 22:47:04Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil is a “treasure beneath our feet,” essential to human lives and well-being, a senior United [...] Full text...
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UN agriculture chief urges ‘transformative changes’ to how we eat
04 december 2018 - 04:29:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - Obesity affects millions of people, and several billion suffer from diseases caused by vitamin- or mineral-deficient [...] Full text...
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Italian Deputy Foreign Minister to visit Horn of Africa
28 november 2018 - 12:02:59Rome Italy (PANA) - Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Emmaniela Del Rey will soon travel to the countries of the Horn [...] Full text...
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Museveni calls for fishing controls at global marine summit
26 november 2018 - 10:12:46Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday urged leaders attending a global summit on the conservation of [...] Full text...
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Food waste in Tunisia hits US$197 million per year
22 november 2018 - 13:00:20Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Food wasted in Tunisia represents 5 percent of food expenditures per year (572 million dinars or [...] Full text...
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UN agriculture agency teaches techniques to combat drought in Kenya
21 november 2018 - 22:25:15Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - To strengthen resilience in the Horn of Africa against natural hazards like drought, which can lead [...] Full text...
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Farmers on the frontline in battle against drug-resistant microbes: UN health agency
15 november 2018 - 05:02:57Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed that as some 700,000 people are [...] Full text...
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Antimicrobial resistance a 'global health emergency,' UN warns
13 november 2018 - 03:41:18Rome, Italy (PANA) - By 2050, some five million people could die each year in Asia alone due to resistance [...] Full text...
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Every bite of burger boosts harmful greenhouse gases: UNEP
09 november 2018 - 04:50:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Even though meat production is known to be a major contributor to climate change and environmental [...] Full text...
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FAO encourages agriculture careers for students in central African schools
08 november 2018 - 15:18:39Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)'s representative in Co9ngo, Suze Percy Filippini, on Thursday said [...] Full text...
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Poor diets threaten health more than malaria, tuberculosis, measles – new UN report
07 november 2018 - 19:56:39Rome, Italy (PANA) - With one-in-five deaths associated with poor-quality diets, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued [...] Full text...
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More countries partner to target ‘zero hunger’ in global south
03 november 2018 - 04:05:10Changsha, China (PANA) - More than 20 countries committed to a new declaration on agricultural and rural development on Friday, [...] Full text...
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FAO distributes 11,000 fuel-efficient stoves to displaced families in Northeast Nigeria
31 october 2018 - 14:28:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it has distributed 11,000 fuel-efficient stoves to families displaced [...] Full text...
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Africa needs its young people to modernise its agricultural sectors - FAO Chief
26 october 2018 - 12:00:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - Migration, both to urban areas and abroad, risks depriving African countries of the young people they [...] Full text...
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'Public and private funding can end poverty and hunger'
24 october 2018 - 08:57:23Marrakesh, Morocco (PANA) - Public funding alone is not enough to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and development and [...] Full text...
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UN-led effort helps developing nations improve forest monitoring to counter climate change
19 october 2018 - 10:37:13Rome, Italy (PANA) - A UN programme that is helping developing countries cut greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation has scored [...] Full text...
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World Food Day official ceremony highlights Zero Hunger goal still possible
16 october 2018 - 11:43:57Rome, Italy (PANA) - Speakers at the global World Food Day ceremony in Rome on Tuesday called for stronger political [...] Full text...
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No time to lose to reverse negative hunger and malnutrition trends - FAO chief says
16 october 2018 - 11:39:48Rome, Italy (PANA) - There's still time to deliver on the global pledge to eradicate hunger but "urgent measures" are [...] Full text...
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Benefits of rural migration effect often overlooked, new UN report suggests
16 october 2018 - 05:13:01Rome, Italy (PANA) - Agricultural policies should work to maximise the contributions of rural migration to economic and social development, [...] Full text...
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Boosting farm productivity in Africa through the sustainable use of machines (Feature by FAO)
08 october 2018 - 03:48:00Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the African Union have launched a new framework [...] Full text...
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PACA calls for enhanced country-led approaches for sustainable aflatoxin mitigation in Africa
04 october 2018 - 13:30:34Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called on all AU [...] Full text...
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FAO chief and Nobel Peace Laureate stress links between tackling violence and hunger
03 october 2018 - 12:49:16Rome, Italy (PANA) - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday marked the [...] Full text...
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EU, FAO reaffirm commitment to build a more sustainable future for all
03 october 2018 - 11:20:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - The European Union (EU) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday reaffirmed [...] Full text...
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FAO's C'ttee on Agriculture focuses on boosting sustainable dev't through innovation
02 october 2018 - 12:56:08Rome, Italy (PANA) - Achieving sustainable development means shifting away from high-input and resource-intensive farming and food systems, FAO Director-General [...] Full text...
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South Sudan’s ‘relentless conflict’ leaves almost 60 per cent suffering desperate food crisis
29 september 2018 - 10:59:42Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - “Relentless conflict” in South Sudan has now left more than six million people facing crisis [...] Full text...
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Gender gaps in African agriculture holding back progress - FAO
27 september 2018 - 11:01:57New York, US (PANA) - Gender gaps in agriculture in Africa are holding back progress towards ending hunger and must [...] Full text...
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EU and FAO scale up efforts to boost resilience to food crises
26 september 2018 - 08:00:02New York, US (PANA) - The European Commission and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have strengthened their partnership [...] Full text...
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Where conflicts arise, hunger increases says FAO chief
25 september 2018 - 10:28:56New York, US (PANA) - Without peace there will be no food security, and without food security there will be [...] Full text...
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Peace is key to rid the world of hunger, says FAO chief
22 september 2018 - 12:31:54Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ridding the world of wars is an essential step in eradicating hunger, FAO Director-General Jose Graziano [...] Full text...
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Climate change to 'significantly' alter food production - FAO
17 september 2018 - 10:00:41Rome, Italy (PANA) - With climate change poised to alter significantly the ability of many world regions to produce food, [...] Full text...
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Trade and consumption of cheap junk food are an obstacle for healthy diets - FAO
15 september 2018 - 06:21:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - The globalized food system is not delivering the diets that people need for a healthy life, [...] Full text...
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UN committee recommends 4 hazardous chemicals to be listed
14 september 2018 - 11:51:33Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Rotterdam Convention’s Chemicals Review Committee has recommended that four hazardous chemicals recommended should be [...] Full text...
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Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says
11 september 2018 - 11:27:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, [...] Full text...
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Countries set to take on deadly livestock-killing disease
08 september 2018 - 05:14:24Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Gathered at a major United Nations agricultural conference, over 45 countries on Friday pledged to eradicate [...] Full text...
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FAO Food Price Index holds steady in August
06 september 2018 - 09:35:13Rome, Italy (PANA) - The FAO Food Price Index remained stable in August, as cereal prices rebounded while vegetable oils [...] Full text...
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Eradication of ruminants plague top priority to preserve incomes, assets of families - FAO
03 september 2018 - 10:41:38Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said eradicating the Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) or [...] Full text...
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AfDB, FAO target agriculture investments to end hunger, create wealth in Africa
28 august 2018 - 10:25:24Rome, Italy (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and FAO on Tuesday agreed to boost joint efforts aimed at [...] Full text...
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Agricultural businesses can stem the tide of migration in Africa - FAO
25 august 2018 - 06:33:26Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Creating decent employment opportunities for youth in Africa's agriculture sector can significantly reduce youth migration from [...] Full text...
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AfDB Chief, Akinwumi Adesina, to speak on Africa's agric. potentials
20 august 2018 - 13:58:46Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - For two days, 28 to 30 August, 2018, the President of the African Development Bank [...] Full text...
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FAO Director-General stresses the need to create more jobs for youth
20 august 2018 - 11:41:13Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Africa's young people are key to achieving the continent's sustainable development, but realising this great potential [...] Full text...
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UN food agency chiefs pledge to redouble joint efforts in Sahel
18 august 2018 - 06:14:54Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund [...] Full text...
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To beat hunger and combat climate change, world must ‘scale-up’ soil health – UN
14 august 2018 - 06:25:00Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - Healthy soils are essential to achieve ‘Zero Hunger’ – and other Sustainable Development [...] Full text...
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FAO helps farmer field schools in South Sudan (A feature by FAO)
13 august 2018 - 09:12:44Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Akuilina Ihurre used to think she was too old to join a farmers’ group but [...] Full text...
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FAO works out new framework to bolster food security to help sustain peace (A feature by FAO)
12 august 2018 - 07:09:55Rome, Italy (PANA) - Civil wars and conflicts have increased markedly in the past decade, leading to the recent reverse [...] Full text...
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Severe food insecurity stalks two Madagascar regions
09 august 2018 - 09:30:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - About 1.26 million people are expected to be severely food insecure in the Grand [...] Full text...
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UN urges protection of indigenous peoples’ rights during migration
09 august 2018 - 06:09:13New York, US (PANA) - Marking the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres [...] Full text...
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FAO Food Price Index posts sharp drop in July
02 august 2018 - 09:22:33Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global agricultural food commodity prices fell sharply in July, as all the major traded items posted [...] Full text...
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AfDB Chief, Adesina, attends Morocco’s Fête du Trône celebrations
01 august 2018 - 14:20:58Tangier, Morocco (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, on Monday participated in [...] Full text...
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FAO sounds alarm on overlooked humanitarian emergencies
01 august 2018 - 11:58:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is sounding the alarm on [...] Full text...
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AfDB, partners move to control Fall Armyworm threat in southern Africa
25 july 2018 - 15:53:03Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and partners are to convene for talks on controlling Fall Armyworm [...] Full text...
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FAO, partners equip farmers to withstand impacts of climate change
22 july 2018 - 05:26:23Rome, Italy (PANA) - Millions of small-scale farmers will be better equipped to withstand the negative impacts of climate change [...] Full text...
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Countries step up to tackle antimicrobial resistance (Feature by FAO)
22 july 2018 - 05:21:38Rome, Italy (PANA) - Countries are making significant steps in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but serious gaps remain and [...] Full text...
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FAO reiterates support to Portuguese-speaking countries to eradicate hunger, malnutrition
17 july 2018 - 08:59:31Ilha do Sal, Cape Verde (PANA) - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva on Monday reiterated his support to the [...] Full text...
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Protecting, sustainably managing forests crucial for achieving SDGs - FAO says
17 july 2018 - 07:14:40Rome, Italy (PANA) - Senior government officials from around the world on Monday gathered at FAO to focus on ways [...] Full text...
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Poorest countries face growing burden from cost of importing food - FAO
10 july 2018 - 09:50:25Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food imports are placing an increasing burden on the world's poorest countries, a new FAO report [...] Full text...
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Global fish production to continue to expand - FAO report
09 july 2018 - 07:37:31Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global fish production will continue to expand over the next decade even though the amount of [...] Full text...
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Time running out for world's forests - FAO report
06 july 2018 - 10:42:56Rome, Italy (PANA) - Time is running out for the world's forests, whose total area is shrinking by the day, [...] Full text...
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FAO chief highlights peace as a powerful force for ending hunger
06 july 2018 - 05:52:28Paris, France (PANA) - The Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization José Graziano da Silva has highlighted the [...] Full text...
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FAO Food Price Index declines in June for the first time in 2018
06 july 2018 - 05:45:52Rome, Italy (PANA) - International agricultural food commodity prices fell in June for the first time in 2018, as trade [...] Full text...
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FAO, UNESCO redouble efforts to achieve SDGs
04 july 2018 - 19:33:19Paris, France (PANA) - UN Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN Educational, Scientific and [...] Full text...
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Poorer countries set to be 'increasingly dependent' on food imports, says FAO report
04 july 2018 - 06:37:07Rome, Italy (PANA) - Poorer countries with rising populations and scarce natural resources are likely to be “increasingly dependent” on [...] Full text...
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Food safety critical to development and ending poverty: FAO deputy chief
03 july 2018 - 06:54:29Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ensuring that people everywhere can trust the safety and quality of the food they eat is [...] Full text...
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New UN-supported farming app is cream of crop in tackling Fall Armyworm
25 june 2018 - 19:54:15Rome, Italy (PANA) - Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have a new digital weapon in their agricultural armoury to take on [...] Full text...
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How partnerships are the way forward in tackling global challenges (Feature by FAO)
24 june 2018 - 04:34:47Rome, Italy (PANA) - We can’t really talk about the planet’s most pressing environmental problems without talking about food systems. [...] Full text...
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FAO helps Kenyan farmers rescue harvest from Fall Armyworm (Feature by FAO)
23 june 2018 - 06:26:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - ‘With a good harvest, we have enough maize for ourselves, and then some to sell. But [...] Full text...
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Rockefeller Foundation, FAO supporting Africa to halve food loss
21 june 2018 - 12:01:36Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food that ‘disappears' from the food chain after harvest owing to spoilage could feed an estimated [...] Full text...
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FAO, UNHCR launch new tool to save forests in displacement-affected areas
20 june 2018 - 11:52:11Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Niger President Issoufou says 'development is the only way to stop migration'
20 june 2018 - 08:48:32Rome, Italy (PANA) – Development is the only way to stop migration, President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger said on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Pollutants from agriculture a serious threat to world's water - FAO
20 june 2018 - 08:37:46Rome, Italy (PANA) - Water pollution from unsustainable agricultural practices poses a serious risk to human health and the planet's [...] Full text...
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FAO calls for pro-active, long-term planning against droughts
15 june 2018 - 11:03:54Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called for a fundamental shift in the way [...] Full text...
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Belgium gives FAO 2 million euros to help farmers in Africa, Gaza
14 june 2018 - 06:54:07Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it is further developing a monitoring, early-warning and [...] Full text...
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FAO, partner launch programme to boost soil productivity in Africa
13 june 2018 - 19:21:30Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and its Global Soil Partnership on Wednesday launched [...] Full text...
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UN labour chief calls for an end to child labour
12 june 2018 - 19:50:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - No child under the age of 18 should be toiling in mines, fields, factories and homes, [...] Full text...
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FAO says child labour in agriculture is on the rise, driven by conflict and disasters
12 june 2018 - 09:39:23Rome, Italy (PANA) - After years of steady decline, child labour in agriculture has started to rise again in recent [...] Full text...
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Protecting the right to a childhood (A feature by FAO)
11 june 2018 - 11:43:42Rome, Italy (PANA) - Many of us look back on our childhoods with warm feelings. But for more than 150 [...] Full text...
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FAO helps countries lay the groundwork for climate-resilient initiatives
11 june 2018 - 11:35:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is supporting 10 projects in countries in Africa, Asia, [...] Full text...
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Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing affects all of us (Feature by FAO)
10 june 2018 - 07:06:58Rome, Italy (PANA) - With the health of our oceans at stake, illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has quickly [...] Full text...
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FAO lists actions to transforming food and agriculture
08 june 2018 - 05:55:22Rome, Italy (PANA) - To help policy makers and other development actors accelerate progress towards global promises to end poverty [...] Full text...
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Cereal stocks remain ample, worldwide cereal output forecasts raised - FAO
07 june 2018 - 10:19:18Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global agricultural food commodity prices rose in May, with dairy prices jumping significantly. The FAO Food [...] Full text...
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Conflicts, weather expand list of countries needing food aid - FAO
07 june 2018 - 10:11:11Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food supply conditions remain broadly ample, but conflicts continue to acutely aggravate and prolong severe [...] Full text...
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UN food agencies commit to deeper collaboration to achieve zero hunger
06 june 2018 - 11:43:52Rome, Italy (PANA) - The three United Nations agencies tasked with ending hunger and boosting rural development have committed to [...] Full text...
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'Knowledge-sharing, partnerships key to eradicating poverty, hunger by 2030'
06 june 2018 - 05:01:16Rome, Italy (PANA) - A high-level delegation of the Government of China, representatives from Italy, several African countries and United [...] Full text...
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FAO Chief says peace is fundamental in bringing down number of hungry people
05 june 2018 - 04:45:01Rome, Italy (PANA) - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva in an opening address on Monday to the organization's executive, [...] Full text...
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Local food varieties can support nutrition and food security (Feature by FAO)
03 june 2018 - 04:10:39Rome, Italy (PANA) - The population of Pohnpei, one of the islands in Micronesia, a country situated in the western [...] Full text...
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From a small seed, a mighty trunk may grow (Feature by FAO)
03 june 2018 - 03:57:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Women are the backbone of rural economies, particularly in Africa, but they are much less likely [...] Full text...
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FAO touts cooperatives in growth of Africa's agriculture
01 june 2018 - 11:30:46Utrecht, The Netherlands (PANA) - Africa boasts huge potential for social and economic development, with agribusiness poised to play a [...] Full text...
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Sweden supports drought-stricken farmers and herders in the Sahel
31 may 2018 - 09:59:31Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sweden, through the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), will support drought-stricken farmers and herders [...] Full text...
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International partnership to address human-animal-environment health risks gets boost
30 may 2018 - 19:20:34Divvonne-les-Bains, France (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
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FAO chief warns against use of antimicrobial medicines to promote growth in farm animals
30 may 2018 - 11:55:10Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN Food and Agriculture (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva said on Wednesday that antimicrobials are [...] Full text...
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Promoting biodiversity across all agricultural sectors ‘fundamental’ — FAO chief
30 may 2018 - 07:09:56Rome, Italy (PANA) - Changing how countries across the world produce food is “fundamental” to protecting the future of the [...] Full text...
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