In what they have described as historical record, the African nations and led by Nigeria and countries in the European Union, have called for a more legally binding agreement from the developed countries at the coming conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...

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The Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has urged that reforms in the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) be hastened to overcome hunger in the world, which is now affecting more than one billion people. He said a ...

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The United Nations hosted a World Food Summit between November 16 and 18 in Rome, Italy, with the fact that more than one billion people are hungry echoing in the minds of concerned participants. Following the opening ceremony, Heads of ...

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The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Orion Genomics announced on November 9, that a consortium co-led by the Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre of MPOB and Orion Genomics has sequenced three oil palm genomes from two oil palm species, ...

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The 12th Session of The Group of Eight Developing Islamic Countries (D-8) ended here today, with member countries agreeing to work on launching feasible projects, enhance trade and create a charter for the grouping and embark on a young diplomat ...

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In Indonesia, the national government has approved PetroAlgae protein for importation, and use as a raw material in animal feed in Indonesia, after the Ministry of Agriculture completed testing. According to a statement by PetroAlgae, “Licensees of the PetroAlgae production ...

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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have developed a 15-point action plan to assist Nigeria attract more Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and thereby achieve its 20:2020 vision. The initiative, ...

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The Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA) is the Turkish Government’s Development Cooperation Agency.  TIKA has coordination offices in 20 countries and operates in many countries across Africa, Asia and Europe, delivering development assistance to partner countries through its ...

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Construction on the seed bank has been launched with a ceremony in the capital city, Ankara, in late July 2009 by Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Mehmet Mehdi Eker. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement: ...

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The Indonesian government on Monday called on fertilizer producers to improve cooperation with suppliers in Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco — major producers of raw materials for making NPK and phosphate fertilizers — to help guarantee local supplies. NPK is a ...

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