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20 Sep 2010
With the support of the FAO Investment Centre Division and Natural Resources Division, a World Bank (WB) project has helped modernize the real estate cadastre and property registration system in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Prior to the project, uncertain property rights and weak land registration services made it [...] |
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17 Sep 2010
Over 600,000 households have benefited from the World Bank (WB) Emergency Irrigation Rehabilitation Project (EIRP) that was conducted with the support and technical assistance of FAO’s Investment Centre. The project was established because of a need to rehabilitate Afghanistan’s agriculture sector, which had suffered greatly due to decades of political [...] |
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08 Sep 2010
A new World Bank report says volatility in food prices has been a key factor behind a rising tide of large scale farmland purchases in the developing world, which can pose social and environment risks, if not well managed. The Bank has worked with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International [...] |
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03 Sep 2010
FAO Food Price Index climbs five percent in August
1 September 2010, Rome - Surging wheat prices drove international food prices up five percent last month in the biggest month-on-month increase since November 2009, FAO announced.
The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 176 points in August, up nearly nine points [...] |
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13 Aug 2010
Wheat stocks still high in spite of the jump in prices
The impact of unfavourable weather events on crops in recent weeks has led FAO to cut its global wheat production forecast for 2010 to 651 million tonnes, from 676 million tonnes reported in June.
But despite production problems in some leading [...] |
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12 Aug 2010
The Russian milk and dairy market shows clear signs of recovery. Between 1997 and 2007, yields rose by 60% to reach 2.2 tonnes of milk per cow per annum. With consumers’ disposable income steadily increasing, domestic demand for dairy products is also on the rise and has a good potential [...] |
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25 Jun 2010
Agriculture and food security funding mechanism issues first grants
Bangladesh, Haiti, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Togo are set to receive grants totalling US$224 million from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) – a World Bank-managed financial pass-through mechanism designed to reduce poverty and hunger in low-income countries. FAO welcomes [...] |
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22 Jun 2010
New report analyses how partnerships benefit both big investors and small farmers
22 June 2010, Rome - New research shows how agricultural investments in developing nations can be structured as alternatives to large-scale land acquisitions. It documents a range of more inclusive business models that can bring benefits to small-scale farmers and [...] |
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16 Jun 2010
Representatives from the Russian dairy industry visited Italy to see how geographical indication is used by Italian dairy producers to boost sales of local cheeses. The tour, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), took place from 23–27 May 2010 [...] |
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02 Jun 2010
1 June 2010, Rome - “Agriculture can potentially be part of the solution to climate change in ways that respect and support the development and food security requirements of developing countries,” FAO has told a UN working group preparing long-term approaches to climate change mitigation.
For more information: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/42788/icode/ |
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