The first Cluster group of the coffee and cocoa producing countries gathered today at the Italian Latin American Institute in Rome, in view of the Expo 2015. The Cluster model participation is one of the most representative aspects of the Universal Expo 2015 that will take place in Milan from 1st May to 31 October 2015.
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LONDON – Kenyan farmers are adapting their farming practices to work with the weather under a scheme that blends traditional forecasting methods with science-based predictions.
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DAKAR – Analysts say that Senegal’s outgoing President Abdoulaye Wade was made to pay for his failure to respond to popular demands, particularly arising from the high cost of basic commodities, a lengthy strike by teachers, and high youth unemployment, by loosing his bid for a third term of office.
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Yesterday the African Union added their backing to Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s run at becoming World Bank President.
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DOHA – Mali’s neighbours have threatened to use sanctions and a readiness to use military force to dislodge those behind last week’s coup, urging them to quickly hand back power to civilian rulers.
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Current proposals to reform the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) fail to deliver our critical need for fairer and sustainable food and farming systems.
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