October 01, 2008 by
World Bank (WB) has pledged a first phase donation of $100 million to assist Bangladesh in implementing the current fiscal budget, a WB official said yesterday.
This first phase assistance will be provided for the government’s food security programmes for…
September 18, 2008 by
The Rome summit of the FAO and the Tokyo summit of the G-8 on tackling the ongoing world-wide food crisis are signs of the desperation nations are faced with. Indeed, the world is gripped by a new face of catastrophe,…
August 04, 2008 by
Malaysia’s strong exports, high-priced commodities and vibrant manufacturing sector would help withstand a global recession from a US economy slowdown, says the Malaysia second finance minister, Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop.
He ruled out the possibility that Malaysia would slip…
July 22, 2008 by
World Bank (WB) has pledged a first phase donation of $100 million to assist Bangladesh in implementing the current fiscal budget, a WB official said yesterday.
This first phase assistance will be provided for the government’s food security programmes for…
July 20, 2008 by
According to an agricultural report drawn up by the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and submitted to the Prime Ministry, the country’s agricultural revenues increased by 80 percent between 2002 and 2007, showing the success of Turkey’s recent…
June 19, 2008 by
In Nigeria, the federal government has outlawed the use of ethanol after officials proposed the ban because they lack the testing equipment to check on the ethanol blend in shipments reaching the country. A Presidential Commission has proposed a five…
April 22, 2008 by
The only way to tap the multi-billion food market in Islamic countries is to establish a halal standard and the Turkish agriculture minister asks why Turkey shouldn’t do so when New Zealand has.
At a time when McDonalds produces halal chicken…
February 14, 2008 by
The Chinese government, seeking to tackle mounting food inflation, is offering financial support to biofuel producers and farmers who use non-food crops such as cellulose, sorghum or cassava as feedstocks.
The Ministry of Finance will provide subsidies and facilitate financing…
September 05, 2007 by
Pakistan has agreed to sell rice to Bangladesh as part of efforts to raise annual bilateral trade to $1.0 billion, officials of the two countries said on Thursday, after a two-day meeting in Dhaka.
“We export 1.5 million tonnes of…
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