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FAO: deadly cattle plague on the way to extinction 1 Dec 2009 08:10 GMT
... farmers, is heading toward extinction, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on Monday. The Rome-based agency said ... causing staggering economic losses and contributing to famine and social unrest for thousands of years. ...
Cattle plague: An extinction worth celebrating 1 Dec 2009 05:17 GMT
... to a report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Rinderpest, "one of the most devastating animal ... have changed the course of human history. Famine brought about by rinderpest epidemics in the ...
Is Continent's Land Up for Grabs? 30 Nov 2009 15:25 GMT
... Diouf, the Senegalese director-general of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), wonders whether such land deals could lead ... threat to food security and other core human rights. "The stakes are huge," he told Africa ...
Land Grabs - New 'Resource Curse'? [opinion] 30 Nov 2009 15:30 GMT
... now repentant director general of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jacques Diouf. The phenomenon better known as ... governments or regimes that engaged in major human rights abuses.' Seen from this angle, the 'food ...
FAO declares victory over rinderpest 30 Nov 2009 13:34 GMT
... | Society The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) jointly with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) ... causing staggering economic losses and contributing to famine and social unrest for thousands of years. ...
Lester R. Brown: Hotter planet means less on our plates 30 Nov 2009 21:14 GMT
... Posted: Monday, November 30, 2009 1:45 pm | ... a major grain-producing region could lead to food shortages and political instability. For much of the ... billion in 2009, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. The combination of rising seas, melting ...
Food Security - Transforming Potentials to Empowerment [analysis] 30 Nov 2009 15:30 GMT
... as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Somalia and Lebanon, food crisis remains a daunting challenge to residents in ... countries faced with a crisis of acute food shortage. Studies show that food prices have been ... from credible institutions like Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have shown that Nigeria has a potential comparative advantage ...
We Demand Food Sovereignty Now! [document] 30 Nov 2009 15:30 GMT
... this must not undermine food sovereignty and human rights. Emergency aid should be procured as locally ... those heads of state present at the FAO Summit have shown to this important body in their Declaration. We emphasise the ...
UN agency launches assessment of oil-contaminated region in Nigeria 30 Nov 2009 22:22 GMT
... from decision-making processes, an independent United Nations human rights expert said today. A deadly and highly ... the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) announced today. The United Nations today called on all Afghans to take ...
Devastating cattle plague to be purged within 18 months, announces UN agency 30 Nov 2009 17:50 GMT
... within the next 18 months by the FAO along with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) ... causing staggering economic losses and contributing to famine and social unrest. It swept into sub-Saharan ...
Devastating Cattle Plague to Be Purged 30 Nov 2009 20:44 GMT
... within the next 18 months by the FAO along with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) ... causing staggering economic losses and contributing to famine and social unrest. It swept into sub-Saharan ...
World set for new food crisis in 2010 26 Nov 2009 08:11 GMT
... on the right to food by the Human Rights Council in March 2008. He was speaking ... observers are very critical of the results. FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf was himself quite disappointed. The summit did ... on the international market. With the global food crisis of 2007 and 2008 we have seen ...
The Food Sovereignty Movement in Venezuela 27 Nov 2009 18:51 GMT
... During his expeditions with INIA Basil saw the ... Venezuela’s problem is part of a larger food crisis worldwide, where inflation and food shortages are ... 27 May 2009. [28] Suggett, James. “U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Says Venezuela Prepared for World Food ...
The Food Sovereignty Movement in Venezuela, Part 2 27 Nov 2009 01:52 GMT
... , by Anna Isaacs, Basil Weiner, Grace Bell, Courtney ... Venezuela’s problem is part of a larger food crisis worldwide, where inflation and food 2007, when ... 27 May 2009. [28] Suggett, James. “U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Says Venezuela Prepared for World Food ...
Land grabs: Africa's new 'resource curse'? 26 Nov 2009 20:34 GMT
... now repentant director general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jacques Diouf. The phenomenon better known as ... governments or regimes that engaged in major human rights abuses.’ Seen from this angle, the ‘food ...

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