Turning Tanzania’s farmers into agri- entrepreneurs. A unique international alliance helps smallholder farmers become more sustainable and profitable (By Caitríona Palmer and Birom Seck)

09 october 2025 - 07:36:35
Mwanza, Tanzania (PANA) - It is just past dawn in the village of Kasuguti, Tanzania, and as a golden pink [...] Full text...

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‘Shift the narrative’ on suicide to prevent loss of 720,000 lives annually

11 september 2025 - 05:39:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head [...] Full text...

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Improved local production of maize in Zimbabwe expected to up human consumption by 6 percent in 2025/26

18 june 2025 - 11:54:06
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Following the challenging maize crop in the 2024/25 marketing year due to severe drought conditions, Zimbabwe's [...] Full text...

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Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza

23 april 2025 - 19:28:39
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing [...] Full text...

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Is Artificial Intelligence the future of farming? Exploring opportunities and challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: World Bank Blog By Chakib Jenane, Regional Director for Sustainable Development, West and Central Africa, World Bank

13 march 2025 - 07:33:43
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Across Sub-Saharan Africa, a quiet revolution is underway. Smallholder farmers are increasingly leveraging Artificial [...] Full text...

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'Tragedy in the making in central Sudan'

11 november 2024 - 16:41:20
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A human tragedy is unfolding before the eyes of the world as bitter fighting in [...] Full text...

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Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns

16 october 2024 - 21:28:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Cattle-rearing generates more global warming greenhouse gases, as measured in CO2 equivalent, than transportation, and smarter [...] Full text...

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UNEP: Some chemical pollutants reducing in humans and environment, but new ones keep popping up

17 june 2024 - 14:02:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A comprehensive global study of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) – health-endangering chemicals that stay in the [...] Full text...

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UN calls for awareness, action to keep plants healthy

13 may 2024 - 12:08:08
Rome, Italy (PANA) - As the world marks the International Day of Plant Health 2024, the UN is calling on everyone to [...] Full text...

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World Migratory Bird Day focuses on insects

11 may 2024 - 18:37:17
Bonn, Germany (PANA) - As the world celebrates World Migratory Bird Day 2024 on Saturday, the UN has announced that [...] Full text...

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Eswatini looks forward to increased sugar exports from improved cane production

18 april 2024 - 13:07:24
Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – Eswatini’s sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast to rise on improved cane deliveries [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Planning the post-war reconstruction and recovery of Gaza

06 april 2024 - 07:02:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The destruction wrought across the Gaza Strip by Israel in the six months since the beginning [...] Full text...

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Senior officials call for action and solutions at UN Environment Assembly

29 february 2024 - 19:35:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Leaders attending a major UN environmental conference in Nairobi must drive forward solutions to combat climate [...] Full text...

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World unites at UN Environment Assembly to combat ‘triple planetary crisis’

27 february 2024 - 05:45:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The latest meeting of the “world’s parliament on the environment” opened in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday [...] Full text...

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Libyan authorities meet on action to counter rising groundwater levels in Zliten, east of Tripoli

31 january 2024 - 17:51:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, Tuesday met the [...] Full text...

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Smallholder farmers embrace integrated pest and disease management in Malawi, saving ecosystems* (World Bank Blog By Mercy Chimpokosera-Mseu)

02 november 2023 - 14:33:20
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Pest and diseases are a global challenge when it comes to turning food and nutrition security [...] Full text...

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New UN framework to protect environment from harmful chemicals adopted

01 october 2023 - 06:09:44
Bonn, Germany (PANA) - A new global framework to reduce environmental risks from chemicals and waste was adopted at a [...] Full text...

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Mauritian minister says global warming will get worse

16 august 2023 - 08:27:12
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The effects of climate change, of rising temperatures and global warming on agriculture and health, will [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Mauritius highlights transformative power of food production

23 july 2023 - 11:40:53
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Transforming the way food is produced on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mauritius could help to [...] Full text...

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Stop tobacco farming, grow food instead, says WHO

26 may 2023 - 16:20:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With hunger spreading worldwide and tobacco responsible for eight million deaths each year, countries should stop [...] Full text...

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WHO urges governments to stop subsidizing life-threatening tobacco crops

25 may 2023 - 14:01:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) urges governments to stop subsidizing tobacco farming [...] Full text...

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Countries urged to take more action against chemical pollution

02 may 2023 - 05:42:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 2,000 delegates from around the world gathered at the UN in Geneva on Monday to [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM calls for peace process leading to elections in Libya

09 april 2023 - 16:10:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, said here Saturday the current [...] Full text...

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‘Without nature, we have nothing’: UN chief sounds alarm at key UN biodiversity event

07 december 2022 - 05:30:11
Montreal, Canada (PANA) - The UN’s key biodiversity conference, COP15, began on Tuesday in Montreal, Canada, where negotiators will set [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to regulate and monitor use of pesticides

07 september 2022 - 07:52:25
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government has taken several measures to regulate, control and monitor the importation and use [...] Full text...

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Mauritius produces 12.3% of energy supply from local renewable sources

30 july 2022 - 09:35:43
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius produced 12.3 per cent of its energy supply from locally renewable sources, namely hydro, wind, [...] Full text...

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World’s richest countries damaging child health worldwide: UNICEF

25 may 2022 - 05:40:42
New York, US (PANA) - Over-consumption in the world’s richest countries is creating unhealthy, dangerous and toxic conditions for children [...] Full text...

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IMF team, Niger reach staff level agreement

18 may 2022 - 07:02:25
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team and the Niger government have reached a staff-level agreement which  would [...] Full text...

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UN focus on plant health, crucial for boosting food security worldwide

13 may 2022 - 05:25:41
Rome, Italy (PANA) - On the very first International Day of Plant Health, marked on Thursday, the UN Food and [...] Full text...

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Burundi to establish regulatory authority for veterinary products, pesticides and food

07 april 2022 - 12:47:46
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi government is to establish a regulatory authority for veterinary products, pesticides and food. This is in [...] Full text...

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African rural voices reach UN Food Systems Summit

20 september 2021 - 13:00:06
New York, US (PANA) - Small-scale farmers and other rural people are development actors in their own right, with a [...] Full text...

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UN highlights importance of pulses for diets and food security

10 february 2021 - 13:42:56
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is marking World Pulses Day on Wednesday, highlighting their importance not only as [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s record wheat harvest proves success of AfDB’s agricultural transformation programme

20 october 2020 - 16:06:55
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Despite coronavirus-related lockdowns, travel and transport restrictions, Sudan has just recorded its largest wheat harvest, according [...] Full text...

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Congo sets up National Pesticide Management Committee

17 september 2020 - 09:47:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of State in charge of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Henri Djombo, on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Congo, FAO organize workshop on use of pesticides

27 august 2020 - 18:13:33
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization [...] Full text...

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Botswana government dismisses claims of poisoning of elephants

18 august 2020 - 11:54:53
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The authorities in Botswana have dismissed claims that the recent elephant mortalities are due to deliberate [...] Full text...

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Benin hopes to produce 850,000 tonnes of cotton next season

19 july 2020 - 12:00:05
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin is targeting to produce a minimum of 850,000 tonnes of cotton for the next season, [...] Full text...

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UNEP supports global food systems providing net positive impacts on nutrition, environment

13 july 2020 - 11:17:41
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – While progress on reducing hunger has stagnated in the last five years, evidence suggests [...] Full text...

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As climate change ravages Southern Africa, two Zimbabwean farmers turn to drone irrigation (Feature by Tatira Zwinoira)

16 june 2020 - 17:48:43
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nathan Zecks Mazvazva, aged 25, remembers standing in the center of his 15-acre sugar cane field [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian agency says new swarms of locusts threaten to increase hunger in East Africa

27 may 2020 - 10:43:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarian agency Oxfam warned on Wednesday that millions of people in East and Central Africa, already [...] Full text...

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Battle ‘not yet over’ against locust invasions in East Africa and Yemen - says FAO

12 may 2020 - 05:39:59
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Despite the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and other challenges, significant gains have been made against Desert Locust [...] Full text...

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Desert locust fight goes on in East Africa despite coronavirus crisis measures

10 april 2020 - 07:13:59
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sustained efforts to contain East Africa’s worst invasion of desert locusts in decades are forging ahead, [...] Full text...

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Belgium gives 462,000 euros to aid fight against locusts in Africa

03 march 2020 - 11:54:42
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgium has released 462,000 euros to support the fight against locusts that have invaded several countries [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: The best journalists of 2019 rewarded

01 march 2020 - 12:08:41
Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - The Media Trust, an umbrella organization of the Mauritian government, honoured the best journalists of the [...] Full text...

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Kenyan state agencies intensify fight against desert locust outbreak

18 january 2020 - 12:58:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)  -  A locust outbreak affecting 17 percent of the Kenyan territory is continuing to pose a major [...] Full text...

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FAO scales up fight against Fall Armyworm

05 december 2019 - 07:12:40
Rome, 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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Rights group says four European dev't banks linked to palm oil abuses in DRC

25 november 2019 - 11:32:06
London, UK (PANA) – Four European development banks are financing a palm oil company in the Democratic Republic of Coengo (DRC) that [...] Full text...

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One person dies every 40 seconds from suicide - says WHO

09 september 2019 - 17:00:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) says one person dies every 40 seconds from suicide although [...] Full text...

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Mauritius takes action to control fruit flies

22 august 2019 - 18:17:04
Reduit, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday opened a Fruit Fly Rearing Facility in Reduit, a mass rearing system producing high [...] Full text...

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Coal remains the major source of power generation in Mauritius

31 july 2019 - 06:47:14
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Statistics Mauritius has on Wednesday indicated that in 2018 coal was the major fuel used to [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches mobile application launched for farmers

07 june 2019 - 07:23:41
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security, in collaboration with the Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation have launched [...] Full text...

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Forest loss, bush fires are a threat to bees in Casamance (Senegal)

21 may 2019 - 18:52:28
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Deforestation and bushfires are a threat to bees in Casamance, southern Senegal, said on Monday evening [...] Full text...

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Botswana to deal with food insecurity caused by poor rains

11 april 2019 - 18:12:16
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana is posed to act in an emergency response to improve food and nutrition security caused [...] Full text...

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Mauritian youth urged to embrace agriculture

21 march 2019 - 17:04:04
  Plaine Magnien, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security Minister Mahen Seeruttun, on Thursday urged the youth to embrace [...] Full text...

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IAEA funds Gravity-Fed Drip Irrigation System for Vulnerable Farmers

25 october 2018 - 19:29:01
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has funded the purchase of 25 gravity-fed drip kits, 250 [...] Full text...

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Those who produce food are among world’s hungriest – UN rights expert

25 october 2018 - 05:14:18
New York, US (PANA) - Agricultural workers have the hardest time accessing food for themselves, and are often excluded from [...] Full text...

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FAO's C'ttee on Agriculture focuses on boosting sustainable dev't through innovation

02 october 2018 - 12:56:08
Rome, 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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UN committee recommends 4 hazardous chemicals to be listed

14 september 2018 - 11:51:33
Rome, 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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Tobacco control, a ‘major component’ of environmental protection efforts – WHO official

05 september 2018 - 07:05:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From deforestation to soil degradation and pollution, tobacco production and its use by consumers, is “tremendously [...] Full text...

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Food safety critical to development and ending poverty: FAO deputy chief

03 july 2018 - 06:54:29
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ensuring that people everywhere can trust the safety and quality of the food they eat is [...] Full text...

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FAO helps Kenyan farmers rescue harvest from Fall Armyworm (Feature by FAO)

23 june 2018 - 06:26:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - ‘With a good harvest, we have enough maize for ourselves, and then some to sell. But [...] Full text...

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Pollutants from agriculture a serious threat to world's water - FAO

20 june 2018 - 08:37:46
Rome, 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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On World Day to Combat Desertification, UN shines spotlight on ‘true value’ of land

18 june 2018 - 06:52:55
New York, US (PANA) - Land is not a limitless resource and ignoring its role in our everyday lives threatens [...] Full text...

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UN labour chief calls for an end to child labour

12 june 2018 - 19:50:35
Geneva, 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 - 09:39:23
Rome, Italy (PANA) - After years of steady decline, child labour in agriculture has started to rise again in recent [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to introduce Use of Pesticides Bill

21 may 2018 - 11:31:22
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agroindustry and Food Security Minister Mahen Seeruttun will on Tuesday introduce the Use of Pesticides [...] Full text...

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'Bees must be protected for the future of our food' - FAO

19 may 2018 - 16:48:44
Ljubljana, Slovenia (PANA) - On the eve of the first World Bee Day, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...] Full text...

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FAO report sounds alarm on soil pollution

02 may 2018 - 13:54:53
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil pollution poses a worrisome threat to agricultural productivity, food safety, and human health, but far [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe government, companies failing to protect tobacco workers - HRW

06 april 2018 - 09:04:17
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Children and adults who work on Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms are facing serious risks to their health [...] Full text...

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FAO launches guide to tackle Fall Armyworm in Africa head-on (An FAO feature)

16 february 2018 - 11:25:30
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Faced with the infestation of millions of hectares of maize, most in the hands of smallholder [...] Full text...

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ICRC to increase assistance in Darfur, southern Sudan

11 january 2018 - 09:55:26
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it will increase its field assistance activities [...] Full text...

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FAO hails UN resolutions honouring family farmers, bees, camelids, fisheries

21 december 2017 - 09:48:01
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has welcomed the UN's decision to create a decade [...] Full text...

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FAO launches handbook to improve safety in banana farming sector

09 november 2017 - 06:12:01
Geneva, Switzderland (PANA) – The United Nations agriculture agency and the Government of Ecuador launched on Wednesday a practical guide [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Countries urged to reap benefits of food trade by setting standards

13 july 2017 - 06:29:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries are to [...] Full text...

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Italy: Soil pollution comes under scrutiny at FAO plenary assembly

23 june 2017 - 09:20:48
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil pollution, due mostly to human activities that leave excess chemicals in soils used to grow [...] Full text...

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Italy: FAO releases new guide to prevent child labour in conflicts, disasters

12 june 2017 - 10:47:18
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new guide by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) urges child labour concerns be [...] Full text...

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Congo: WHO calls for high taxes on tobacco to finance health for all in Africa

20 may 2017 - 15:23:17
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Increasing tobacco taxes to reduce demand for tobacco could generate revenue for African governments to finance [...] Full text...

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UK: Tobacco giant BAT urged to respect human rights

25 april 2017 - 11:54:25
London, UK (PANA) – Two human rights groups on Tuesday asked British American Tobacco (BAT) to strengthen its processes for [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: EU to support climate smart agriculture in Mauritius

14 march 2017 - 14:57:04
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has allocated MRs 115 million Mauritian Rupees (38 rupees = 1 euro) [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: UN rights experts call for global treaty to regulate dangerous pesticides

08 march 2017 - 05:50:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two United Nations human rights experts are calling for a comprehensive new global treaty to regulate [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Potatoes grown from seeds may solve hunger in Africa - firm says

06 march 2017 - 14:30:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Potatoes grown from Dutch seeds will yield 2 to 4 times bigger harvests for small-scale, poor [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: WHO says polluted environment causes 1.7 million child deaths a year

06 march 2017 - 11:24:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of age are attributable to [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius launches first organic farming zone

28 february 2017 - 09:33:50
Britannia, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday evening launched the island's first organic farming zone at [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Zambian President prods MPs to join fight against army worms

03 january 2017 - 15:02:49
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – As the country tackles the destruction of maize fields by army worms, Zambian President Edgar Lungu [...] Full text...

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Mexico: Countries urged to prioritise protection of pollinators for food security

07 december 2016 - 08:33:08
Cancun, Mexico (PANA) - Bees, butterflies and other pollinators are increasingly under threat from human activities and countries must transform [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius introduces Gamma irradiator to tackle fruit flies

13 june 2016 - 13:32:36
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has acquired a Gamma irradiator and a digester with financial support from the International Atomic [...] Full text...

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Kenya: International panel suggests ways to end hunger, stem environmental damage

25 may 2016 - 17:00:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A major overhaul of the global food system is urgently needed if the world is to [...] Full text...

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Kenya: UN agencies release guidelines on toxic pesticides reduction

10 may 2016 - 15:52:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The FAO and WHO have released new guidelines aimed at reducing the damage done by pesticides [...] Full text...

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Italy: Experts discuss to fight insects, bacteria that infest plants, food

05 april 2016 - 12:11:23
Rome, Italy (PANA) - International experts have gathered at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to focus on the [...] Full text...

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Italy: The potential of agricultural biotechnologies will assist family farmers - FAO Chief

15 february 2016 - 14:44:02
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Much more must be done to ensure that family farmers, especially those in developing countries, have [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius launches 'Smart Agriculture'

12 february 2016 - 11:30:09
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture on Thursday night launched its 'Smart Agriculture' project in a bid [...] Full text...

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Italy: FAO to provide expertise to help curb spread of Zika virus

10 february 2016 - 06:09:20
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Under the lead of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations system, including the UN [...] Full text...

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Italy: FAO urges broader adoption of its Save and Grow paradigm for sustainable agriculture

18 january 2016 - 11:17:31
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new FAO book out on Monday takes a close look at how the world's major [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius introduces strategic plan to boost agriculture

13 january 2016 - 17:51:24
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) — Mauritian Agro-industry and Food Security Minister Mahen Seeruttun on Tuesday launched a non-sugar strategic plan [...] Full text...

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Italy: 'Revamp national laws governing pesticides'

26 november 2015 - 11:23:57
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Some 30 years to the day after UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) first launched its [...] Full text...

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UN: FAO, WHO release updated guidelines on pesticide legislation, labelling

25 november 2015 - 17:50:40
New York, US (PANA) - Some 30 years to the day after the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) first launched [...] Full text...

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UN: UN experts urge phase-out of hazardous pesticides

28 september 2015 - 18:54:15
New York, US (PANA) - Two UN human rights experts on Monday called for an immediate worldwide phase-out on use [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Campaign launched to prevent Non-Communicable Diseases among farmers

17 september 2015 - 10:24:58
Rose Belle, Mauritius (PANA) - A three-month national health campaign targeting some 10,000 small farmers was launched Thursday in Mauritius, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: 'Coal is a major component in energy production in Mauritius'

10 august 2015 - 16:32:59
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius indicated on Monday that coal is becoming increasingly a major component in the production [...] Full text...

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UN: UN food standards body deliberate on new food safety, quality standards

07 july 2015 - 17:43:00
New York, US (PANA) - The UN food standards body, Codex Alimentarius Commission, on Tuesday kicked off its latest session [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Sugar farmers celebrate World Fair Trade Day

11 may 2015 - 11:24:35
Médine, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian sugar farmers, members of the Médine Cooperative Credit Society, on Sunday celebrated the World Fair [...] Full text...

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UN: UN environment chief warns on dangerous chemicals, e-waste

04 may 2015 - 21:40:49
New York US (PANA) - The head of the UN body tasked with setting the global environmental agenda on Monday [...] Full text...

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Congo: Environmentalists call for strict management of chemical products

05 march 2015 - 22:06:11
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congolese environment specialists on Thursday called surveys on continuing organic pollutants for a better management of [...] Full text...

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Italy: Funds running out in battle against locusts in Madagascar

21 january 2015 - 16:26:11
Rome, Italy (PANA) - In Madagascar, the battle against an ongoing plague of locusts risks being lost as funds needed [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Madagascar locust plague halted but resurgence looms - FAO

02 october 2014 - 13:25:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A locust plague that spread across Madagascar threatening the main staple food crops and pasture in [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: 'More sugar farmers join fair-trade movement'

08 may 2014 - 14:23:20
Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius (PANA) - The chairman of the Mauritius Fair-trade Federation Cooperative Ltd. (MFFC), Sooriadehoo Punchu, said on Thursday that [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Africa's agricultural output to hit US$500b by 2020, says AfDB

30 april 2014 - 15:01:34
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Africa has the potential to increase the value of its annual agricultural output from US$280 billion [...] Full text...

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Libya: Locust invasion spreads in western Libya

04 april 2014 - 11:12:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The locust invasion, which started in the eastern part of Libya, has spread to other [...] Full text...

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Italy/FAO: 'New tools could revolutionize pesticide management in West Africa'

17 february 2014 - 18:53:28
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Field schools that train farmers in alternative methods of pest control have succeeded in nearly eliminating [...] Full text...

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FAO, Madagascar move to curb locust invasion

19 december 2013 - 11:20:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Control operations are continuing in Madagascar against an invasion of the Malagasy Migratory Locust, a voracious [...] Full text...

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Nigeria earns US$900m from cocoa export in 2012

11 march 2013 - 10:19:00
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s earnings from global cocoa export have steadily increased from US$882.9 million recorded in 2011 to [...] Full text...

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FAO partners Sudan, Egypt over control of locust invasion

22 february 2013 - 19:00:55
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is working in partnership with the Egyptian and Sudanese [...] Full text...

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Report examines effects of hormone-disrupting chemicals on humans

19 february 2013 - 11:52:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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FAO issues new locust alert to northwest Africa

23 october 2012 - 18:26:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has alerted Algeria, Libya, Mauritania and Morocco to prepare [...] Full text...

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Greener cities crucial to African food security, says FAO

30 august 2012 - 16:30:10
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Africa's urban population is growing faster than that of any other region, but many of its [...] Full text...

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Switzerland, France grant Niger FCFA 3.7b for locust control

19 july 2012 - 12:24:15
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Switzerland and France have granted Niger FCFA 4 billion to help the African country contain the [...] Full text...

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FAO steps up response to serious tomato pest in Near East

19 july 2012 - 10:07:10
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it is stepping up its response to a [...] Full text...

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Desert locust threat to Niger, Mali grows

17 july 2012 - 11:52:27
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Desert Locust threat to pastures and croplands in Niger and Mali is growing after swarms [...] Full text...

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FAO urges countries to step up fight against child labour in agriculture

11 june 2012 - 19:42:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The internationally agreed target of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016 will be [...] Full text...

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Pesticide misuse threatens farmers’ health, food in Ghana

19 april 2012 - 19:11:03
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The misuse of pesticides, some of them banned, in northern Ghana is affecting the [...] Full text...

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New yam seed production technique excites Nigerian farmers

22 january 2012 - 08:25:22
Lagos. Nigeria (PANA) - A healthy seed yam producing technique developed by scientists at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture [...] Full text...

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'World grain production down'

29 november 2011 - 16:05:36
Washington, D.C., U.S. (PANA) - World grain production fell, exacerbating a global food situation already plagued by rising prices, according [...] Full text...

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Climate Change: 'Govts ignore knowledge that can boost agric'

31 october 2011 - 12:40:27
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Governments are ignoring a vast store of knowledge, generated over thousands of years, that [...] Full text...

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African Green Revolution ignores downside of intensive farming

13 october 2011 - 12:32:24
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Lessons learned from Asia’s Green Revolution about the damage which intensive farming can cause [...] Full text...

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'Rising global meat consumption threatens personal, environmental health'

12 october 2011 - 07:55:39
Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - Global meat production and consumption have increased rapidly in recent decades, with harmful effects on [...] Full text...

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WHO moves to curb death from waterborne diseases

04 july 2011 - 18:16:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Each year, two million people die from waterborne diseases and billions more suffer illness – mostly [...] Full text...

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Madagascar needs funds, materials to fight locusts

21 june 2011 - 17:08:52
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A current buildup of locust populations in southwestern Madagascar could turn into a plague and seriously [...] Full text...

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FAO offers support to Niger's agricultural programme

15 june 2011 - 11:27:27
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is prepared to support the agricultural programme, called [...] Full text...

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FAO launches new initiative to boost food production

13 june 2011 - 15:42:58
New York, US (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday launched a new initiative to grow more [...] Full text...

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'Urban horticulture in DRC reaps US$ 400m for small growers'

10 june 2011 - 20:19:46
Rome, Italy (PANA) - An urban horticulture programme, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the five main [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian papers highlight divergent issues

21 may 2011 - 07:41:09
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s leading dailies this week highlighted differing issues of concern to the nation and [...] Full text...

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FAO urges African countries to establish pesticide risk assessment tools

02 may 2011 - 15:11:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese representative at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Amadou Ouattara, here Monday [...] Full text...

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Production of chemicals fundamental to economic activities - Gambian official

29 april 2011 - 09:15:14
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Alhagie Momodou Canteh, Director and Coordinator of Technical Services Network (DSTN) at the Gambian National Environment [...] Full text...

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Meeting on plant biodiversity in Africa opens in Dakar

11 april 2011 - 15:23:04
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A five-day workshop on the theme: "Restoration, conservation and valorisation of plant biodiversity in Africa", bringing [...] Full text...

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Nigerian cocoa producers request 150b naira intervention fund

31 march 2011 - 10:44:28
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian cocoa farmers are canvassing for a special intervention fund to the tune of 150 billion [...] Full text...

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Agriculture conference pledges support to govts on nutrition

12 february 2011 - 17:05:10
New Delhi (India) – An international agriculture conference, on leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health, ended in New Delhi, [...] Full text...

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Experts meet in India to discuss enhancing health, through agriculture

10 february 2011 - 16:05:17
New Delhi, India (PANA) - A three-day international conference, focusing on improving health and nutrition, through agriculture in developing countries, [...] Full text...

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FAO issues guide to address high food prices

26 january 2011 - 18:44:10
New York, US (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday called on countries to "carefully" examine the [...] Full text...

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FAO helps West African farmers on pesticide use

21 december 2010 - 19:24:03
New York, US (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said a project it was executing in West Africa [...] Full text...

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Twelve die after poisonous food

04 december 2010 - 14:10:38
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Twelve farmers in the Upper East Region have died after eating foodstuff preserved with pesticides and [...] Full text...

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Mali guards against locust invasion

24 august 2010 - 18:26:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- In anticipation of a locust invasion, the Malian governmen t has decided to beef up its [...] Full text...

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Jatropha, bioenergy crop, to benefit poor farmers globally

22 july 2010 - 18:03:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Using the energy crop, jatropha, for biodiesel productio n could benefit poor farmers, particularly in the [...] Full text...

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FAO provides free access to food, hunger info

11 july 2010 - 16:23:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is providing the largest and most comprehensive statistical database on [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian papers draw attention to poison fishing, common market issues

24 april 2010 - 12:21:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Reports that fishermen in some parts of regions bordering Lake Victoria were using poison [...] Full text...

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SEEG provides educational kit on rational use of water

22 march 2010 - 19:08:00
Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- The Gabonese Energy and Water Supply Company (SEEG) o n Monday offered educational kits to the [...] Full text...

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FAO, Libya seal co-operation deal on Food security

23 november 2009 - 19:29:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Libya and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) wi ll work closely together over the next [...] Full text...

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HIV/AIDS, road accidents, suicide main killers of youth

12 september 2009 - 14:35:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The first study of global pattern of death among people, aged between 10-24 years, has found [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 208 cases of dengue fever

23 june 2009 - 19:24:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Health Minister Rajesh Jeetah told Parl iament on Tuesday that 208 cases of dengue fever [...] Full text...

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WHO warns of growing chemical risks to developing world

14 may 2009 - 15:05:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against t he growing dangers posed by chemical use [...] Full text...

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45th ordinary session of ACHPR opens in Banjul

11 may 2009 - 13:28:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The 45th session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) opened here Monday, [...] Full text...

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UN bans nine more toxic chemicals

10 may 2009 - 18:52:00
New York- US (PANA) -- Over 160 governments have agreed at a week-long meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to ban or [...] Full text...

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UNEP, WHO announce big step towards DDT-free world

07 may 2009 - 17:41:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with the [...] Full text...

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Farming must change to feed the world, says crops expert

08 february 2009 - 15:48:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The world's farmers must quickly switch to more sustainable and productive farming systems to enable them [...] Full text...

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