With major investments and the adoption of the most advanced technologies, Turkey, which was importing 95 percent of its seed needs from abroad until just five years ago, has become a seed exporter. Even Israel, which has a very advanced ...

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Bangladesh Bank (BB) will prioritise credit flows for productive sectors like small and medium enterprises and agriculture, said its governor last week, as quoted by Bangladesh media, STARStar Business Report. “Be innovative to give a boost to the economy,’ Dr ...

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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially opened the ministerial meeting of the World Ocean Conference (WOC) on Thursday in Manado of Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, stressing the need of saving ocean for human kind sustainability. Yudhoyono said the world had ...

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Pakistan’s fish exports increased by 21 per cent in value during the nine months of the current fiscal year despite a ban imposed by EU on import of fish from Pakistan in April 2007 on quality issues, as quoted by ...

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The changes taking place in one member of D-8, Indonesia, today are among the most remarkable developments in the Muslim world. The country’s transition to a more democratic state has proved that as a democracy, Indonesia can be culturally vibrant ...

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The Food Auditing and Certification Research Association (GİMDES) will for the first time in Turkey soon begin issuing halal food certificates, bringing the country one step closer to winning a share from the giant global market for halal food — ...

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Turkey’s poultry exports in the first quarter of 2009 increased by 254 percent over the same period the year before. In 2008 the sector’s exports stood at $87 million. While exports of chicken rose 204 percent to $26.2 million, exports ...

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The share of the world’s proven reserves of natural gas is led in the first rank by Russia, with about 25 percent of the world’s total. With this strategic resource that is needed by many countries for energy, industry and ...

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The Malaysian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and D-8 Secretary General, Dipo Alam, met today in Jakarta as part of annual consultation meetings of Indonesia and Malaysia. The two neighbouring countries held the consultation for the third time in Jakarta ...

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Five key initiatives — seed bank, fertilisers, animal feed, standards & trade issues and marine and fisheries — have been outlined in the Kuala Lumpur Initiative To Address Food Security in the Developing Eight (D8) Countries as the Muslim nations ...

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