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This page contains links to recent information on important issues relating to
poverty alleviation, food security, climate change and sustainable agriculture.
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Sustainable Agriculture |
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RI builds warning system for food safety (3 March
2010) |
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China allocates 28.6 bln yuan to support farmers (2
March 2010) |
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Indonesia calls on developed states to invest in agriculture
(1 March 2010) |
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Predicted second wave of biotech growth and development begins
(23 February 2010) |
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Farmers have worse problems than cheap imports (23
February 2010) |
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China's soil deterioration may become growing food crisis, adviser
claims (23 February 2010) |
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Desertification driving mass migrations (22 February
2010) |
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Solomons govt hopes agriculture potential will lure rural youth home
(22 February 2010) |
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Only 9.21pc women own farm land in country: FAO (21
February 2010) |
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Philippines triples its rice yield in last 50 years
(20 February 2010) |
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Sustainability the new farm agenda, foreign workers needed
(18 February 2010) |
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Taxing agriculture (14 February 2010) |
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Australia pledges aid for Pacific farmers (12
Febraury 2010) |
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Bangladesh streamlines agriculture subsidy (11
February 2010) |
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$10 million to boost
agribusiness in the Pacific (10 February 2010) |
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Vietnam rice exports could go against the grain (9
February 2010) |
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Financial crisis should spur ‘clean’ growth in developing nations – UN
(8 February 2010) |
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Support to affordable land administration (5 February
2010) |
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Seed paddy for over 14,600 families (4 February 2010) |
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Government to raise support for rural areas (1
February 2010) |
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China's clever water use boosts food yields (29
January 2010) |
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Crop biofortification, key to achieving Millennium Development Goals
(27 January 2010) |
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‘Agriculture makes good business sense’: IFAD President urges Davos
leaders to invest in developing countries (26 January
2010) |
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Oz-based fund eyes $600m in agro-tech (21 January
2010) |
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Pesticide poisoning takes its toll (18 January 2010) |
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Indonesian government gives green thumb-up to plant Papua ‘food estate’
(17 January 2010) |
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Rice export boom an accident, analysts warn (17
January 2010) |
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Focusing on the smaller farms (12 January 2010) |
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Irrigation project key to rice output (8 January
2010) |
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Creeping deserts and crouching hunger (5 January
2010) |
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Indian farmers call for local crop focus (4 January
2010) |
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Bio-diversity plan to curb impact of climate change
(4 January 2010) |
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Crops to be procured on commercial rates (17 December
2009) |
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New rice varieties can survive floods (17 December
2009) |
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India's high growth offset by rising food inflation
(6 December 2009) |
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Plan devised to improve crops productivity by 25 percent
(27 November 2009) |
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New decree may wipe out small rice exporters (27
November 2009) |
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Should farmers be sent back to school? (24 November
2009) |
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Experts: Failure to focus on farming will undermine global climate
agreement and increase hunger (18 November 2009) |
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IFAD President says developing countries, too, must make agriculture a
funding priority (18 November 2009) |
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Farm sizes and agricultural productivity (17 November
2009) |
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Encouraging the youths to become farmers (16 November
2009) |
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FAO and IDB in $1 billion agreement (15 November
2009) |
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The farm size debate (10 November 2009) |
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Uplifting rural Pakistan: European Union and FAO boost small farmers'
food production (9 November 2009) |
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Feeding the world without harming it (3 November
20009) |
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Roots and tubers: Tapping ancient crops to meet 21st century challenges
(2 November 2009) |
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Farmers’ voices on the spoken web (Issue 51, October
2009) |
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China, ASEAN to improve agricultural cooperation (27
October 2009) |
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Pacific
urged to develop niche markets (14 October 2009)
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Agriculture investment in developing countries must increase by 50% to
feed 9.1B people by 2050: FAO (09 October 2009)
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Agricultural research 'should be open access' (29 September) |
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2050: Increased investment in agricultural research essential
(25 September 2009) |
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A revolution to combat world hunger (24 September 2009)
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Intellectual property is driving agricultural innovation, says CropLife
(21 September 2009) |
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