Brazil expecting record grain harvest
August 10th, 2012 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 10 (IANS/EFE) Brazil will reap a record grain harvest of 163.3 million tonnes this year, a gain of 2 percent over 2011, a statistics agency said.The ... Read more...
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40,000 Russian firefighters to lose jobs
July 10th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's emergencies ministry is planning to cut the number of firefighters by 20 percent - or about 40,000 people - by 2013, a ministry source ... Read more...
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China’s inflation eases to 29-month low (Lead)
July 9th, 2012 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 9 (IANS) China's Consumer Price Index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, has eased to a 29-month low driven by falling food prices, leaving the government ample room ... Read more...
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China to spend $158 bn in agriculture, rural development
December 29th, 2011 - 5:24 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 29 (IANS) China's spending on agriculture and rural development projects will exceed more than one trillion yuan (about $158 billion) in the current fiscal year, a minister said.Zhang ... Read more...
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Brazil expecting near-record harvest
March 10th, 2010 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, March 10 (IANS/EFE) Brazil will bring in a grain harvest of 145.1 million tonnes this year, a volume very close to the record 145.8 million tonnes gathered in 2008, ... Read more...
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Brazil has second largest grain harvest in its history
September 9th, 2009 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 9 (EFE) Brazil reaped 134.34 million tonnes of grain in the 2008-09 harvest, the second biggest production in its history, state-owned food company Conab has said.
Grain production in ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe halts relief operations
June 4th, 2008 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
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Harare, June 4 (DPA) President Robert Mugabe's government has suspended the operations of CARE International, the United States-based relief organization, alleging involvement in "political activity," the organization said in a statement Wednesday. ... Read more...
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