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WHY WOMEN ARE KEY TO AFRICA’S FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION

Introduction Women are essential to transforming Africa’s agrifood systems and attaining the continent’s job creation, growth and health agendas. Close to two-thirds of African women are employed in agrifood systems in roles ranging from farmers to agrodealers to educators to traders. Women also play a lead role in supporting the …

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“COLLAPSE OF BLACK SEA GREEN DEAL WORSEN GLOBAL INCREASING FOOD INSECURITY!”

LONDON… ‘No one can doubt the need for UN and multilateral system reform,” says Leo Varadkar… Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Friday the collapse of the Black Sea grain deal “has only made this bad situation worse” as he expressed concern about increasing global food, energy and economic insecurity. …

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FARM TO FORK IS DEAD!

A little more conversation, a little less action, please – no, that doesn’t come from a bad Elvis impersonator, but from Ursula von der Leyen and describes her new ‘softly, softly’ approach to food system transformation intended to replace the hard-hitting Farm to Fork strategy. This year, the Commission chief …

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PROJECT TO PRODUCE MILK WITH CARBON DIOXIDE RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM THE EU!

Project to produce milk with carbon dioxide and electricity receives support from the EU… A project to produce whey protein using carbon dioxide and electricity has been awarded investment from the European Commission through its innovation programme. The European Innovation Council (EIC) selected this project to produce milk protein without …

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EXPORT BANS DRIVE UP RICE PRICES!

Rice prices have risen in the wake of new trade restrictions, a few weeks ahead of an October meeting of WTO senior officials that is intended to lay the groundwork for progress at the trade body’s thirteenth ministerial conference in five months’ time. Markets around the world have reacted to …

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COUNTING THE DAYS FOR THE OPENING OF THE WORLD APRICOT TRADE CENTRE…

Mayor of Malatya Metropolitan Municipality Selahattin Gürkan examined the works carried out in the World Apricot Trade Centre. Selahattin Gürkan Gürkan stated that with the activation of the World Apricot Trade Centre, important steps will be taken to turn apricot into an industrial product and emphasised that the income obtained …

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AGRI-DIESEL DEBATE: CAN TRACTORS BE CLIMATE FRIENDLY?

The German government appears to have dropped a much-debated idea of cutting diesel subsidies for farmers for now, but the question of what climate-friendly alternatives there are for tractors and other agricultural machinery remains... After lengthy negotiations with liberal Finance Minister Christian Lindner over spending and savings in the agricultural …

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FAO RENEWS CALL FOR AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION…

Press release… Director-General addresses International Conference on Food Security in Uzbekistan… Samarkand, Uzbekistan – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, today renewed calls for the transformation of global agrifood systems at an International Conference on Food Security in Uzbekistan. 07 September 2023, Samarkand, …

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FAO FOOD PRICE INDEX DECLINES IN AUGUST…

Press release… 08/09/2023 Strong supply conditions push international commodity quotations lower except for rice and sugar… Rome – International food commodity prices declined in August, led by staples other than rice and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes …

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