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November 30th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 30 (ANI): Nobel Prize-winning Indian scientist Rajendra Pachauri and musician Sir Paul McCartney have teamed up to urge people to become vegetarian to save the planet from the greenhouse ...
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November 29th, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 29 (ANI): Nobel Prize-winning Indian scientist Rajendra Pachauri and musician Sir Paul McCartney have teamed up to urge people to become vegetarian to save the planet from the greenhouse ...
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November 28th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
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Santiago (Chile), Nov 28 (DPA) Extreme rainfall and spreading drought are signalling rapid climate change in Latin America, prompting concern that wrenching changes like migration will worsen social equality.A greater concentration ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Nov 27 (RIA Novosti) In recent months, the financial crisis has pushed back the food crisis, which had dominated the headlines for the past 18 months. But falling prices and corporate ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by Bupha Ravirot
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A study by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) shows gap between rich and poor nations in the Asia Pacific region for internet access has widened.
A three ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): Olympics bronze winner wrestler, Sushil Kumar teamed up with the activists of ''People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)'' to promote vegetarian lifestyle and propagate ...
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October 16th, 2008 - 1:07 pm ICT by admin
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By Sarika Tripathi
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations has recently issued a report which reveals that currently there are 75 million (7.5 crore) people in the world who have ...
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October 15th, 2008 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Rome, Oct 15 (DPA) Governments should avoid reducing aid to developing countries' agriculture and introducing protectionist trade measures in response to the global financial crisis, the head of the United Nations Food ...
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October 13th, 2008 - 10:05 am ICT by admin
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By Shobha Shukla
‘Rarely has the World Food Day assumed greater meaning than in present times, as rapidly rising food prices risk increasing the number of hungry in the world,’ according to the ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 8:56 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Sept 12 (ANI): The names for the National Agriculture Leadership Awards have been announced for this year by the National Committee which functions under the Chairmanship of Haryana Governor ...
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July 19th, 2008 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Rome, July 18 (DPA) An estimated 2.8 percent increase in world cereal production in 2008 over the last year should contribute to "some improvement" in the global supply and demand situation, a ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 17 (ANI): A report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has stated that 18% of greenhouse gases are coming from animal agriculture meat and dairy, used ...
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July 2nd, 2008 - 11:49 am ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
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The 8.0-magnitude quake in the southwest has left 700,000 people unemployed and deprived 1.15 million farmers of their livelihood, Xinhua news agency said, quoting provincial vice-governor Li Chengyun.
May's devastating earthquake in southwest ...
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June 30th, 2008 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Rome, June 30 (DPA) Last month's devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province caused damage worth $6 billion to agriculture, a UN food agency said Monday. More than 70,000 people died in the ...
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June 26th, 2008 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Innsbruck (Austria), June 26 (DPA) Up to $30 billion are needed annually to guarantee that the world population will be sufficiently fed up to 2050, the head of the UN food organization ...
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June 24th, 2008 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Nairobi, June 24 (DPA) Africa is once again set to be high on the agenda at the upcoming G8 meeting in Japan as the global food crisis threatens to set back ...
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June 24th, 2008 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Nairobi, June 24 (DPA) Africa is once again set to be high on the agenda at the upcoming G8 meeting in Japan as the global food crisis threatens to set back ...
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June 17th, 2008 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Nairobi, June 17 (Xinhua) The United Nations food agency Tuesday called on African governments to urgently come up with solutions to curb the soaring food prices sparked by surge in energy and ...
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June 7th, 2008 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Rome, June 7 (IANS) Delegates at the Rome Food Security Summit have pledged billions of dollars to the fight against global hunger, WAM news agency reported Saturday. "The money will benefit countries ...
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June 5th, 2008 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Rome, June 5 (DPA) Delegates from some 50 nations attending a food summit in Rome were trying Thursday to hammer out a common agreement on how to fight world hunger, which has ...
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June 5th, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
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Bhopal, June 5 (ANI): Animal lovers in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal wore bio-hazard suits in a novel protest to create awareness about the ill effects of consuming meat.
Wearing the suits, members ...
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June 4th, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Harare, June 4 (DPA) Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe rebuffed a proposal by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to send a UN envoy to the country, saying that "anything that smells of ...
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June 4th, 2008 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Rome, June 4 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday at a world food summit in Rome that the fight against global hunger was "only just beginning." "We simply cannot fail," ...
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June 4th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
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London, June 4 (ANI): UN has said that the rich nations of the world have failed to pay heed to the warning that it gave to them about the increasing food ...
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June 3rd, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Rome, June 3 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI implored world leaders gathered Tuesday in Rome for a UN food summit to seek the eradication of hunger which the pontiff said has no place ...
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June 3rd, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Rome, June 3 (DPA) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders attending a summit in Rome Tuesday, to lift trade restrictions, taxes and other price controls that have helped spur food prices ...
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June 3rd, 2008 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Rome, June 3 (DPA) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was expected to urge world leaders attending a summit in Rome Tuesday to lift trade restrictions, taxes and other price controls that have ...
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June 2nd, 2008 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Rome, June 2 (DPA) Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was one of the first leaders to arrive in Rome for this week's summit on soaring food prices and climate change organised by ...
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June 2nd, 2008 - 2:56 am ICT by admin
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DPA
Berlin, June 2 (DPA) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have expressed concern over the current oil price and called for greater transparency in the oil market. Fukuda, ...
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June 1st, 2008 - 3:20 pm ICT by admin
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DPA
Rome, June 1 (DPA) Leaders from 50 countries are scheduled to gather in Rome next week to discuss ways of helping millions of people who face starvation because of surging food prices. ...
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