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24 Dec 2002
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Food production remains weak in Asia, says FAO report
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Bangkok - Hunger will remain a fact of life for many Asians as the slump in cereals production, including rice, is expected to continue in Asia and the rest of the world while population continues its inexorable rise, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says in its latest global food supply report.
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11 Dec 2002
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Papua New Guinea to benefit from fao's special programme for food security - South-South cooperation agreement announced
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Bangkok – A new South-South Cooperation Tripartite Agreement was announced today under the Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The South-South Cooperation Tripartite Agreement was signed by the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and FAO.
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15 Nov 2002
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FAO project to promote home food gardens to tackle high child malnutrition in Laos
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Vientiane - The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will assist Laos to popularise home food gardens to tackle high levels of chronic malnutrition in the Southeast Asian nation where nearly half of the children have stunted growth.
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30 Oct 2002
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World rice trade in 2002 set for another record despite fall in Asian harvest, says FAO report
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Bangkok ‑ With world rice consumption outpacing production, the 2002 global rice trade is set to cross the 25 million tonnes benchmark for the second time in history, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its latest rice market report released today.
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14 Oct 2002
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Outstanding farmer from Viet Nam honoured at the Asia-Pacific World Food Day celebration
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Today, the FAO Regional Office in Bangkok has issued the 2002 Y.S. Rao Award to five outstanding farmers from the Asia-Pacific Region. The farmers received the award from the minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, HE Sora-at Klinpratoom, during the 2002 World Food Day Celebration in Bangkok.
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14 Oct 2002
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Outstanding farmer from Thailand honoured at the Asia-Pacific World Food Day celebration
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Today, the FAO Regional Office in Bangkok has issued the 2002 Y.S. Rao Award to five outstanding farmers from the Asia-Pacific Region. The farmers received the award from the minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, HE Sora-at Klinpratoom, during the 2002 World Food Day Celebration in Bangkok.
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14 Oct 2002
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Outstanding farmer from China honoured at the Asia-Pacific World Food Day celebration
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Today, the FAO Regional Office in Bangkok has issued the 2002 Y.S. Rao Award to five outstanding farmers from the Asia-Pacific Region. The farmers received the award from the minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, HE Sora-at Klinpratoom, during the 2002 World Food Day Celebration in Bangkok.
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14 Oct 2002
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Outstanding farmer from the Pacific honoured at the Asia-Pacific World Food Day celebration
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Today, the FAO Regional Office in Bangkok has issued the 2002 Y.S. Rao Award to five outstanding farmers from the Asia-Pacific Region. The farmers received the award from the minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, HE Sora-at Klinpratoom, during the 2002 World Food Day Celebration in Bangkok.
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14 Oct 2002
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Outstanding farmer from Sri Lanka honoured at the Asia-Pacific World Food Day celebration
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Today, the FAO Regional Office in Bangkok has issued the 2002 Y.S. Rao Award to five outstanding farmers from the Asia-Pacific Region. The farmers received the award from the minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, HE Sora-at Klinpratoom, during the 2002 World Food Day Celebration in Bangkok.
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12 Oct 2002
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World Food Day celebration
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This year’s World Food Day Celebration at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok will take place on 14 October 2002. Guests invited to the function include the prime minister and minister of agriculture and cooperatives from Thailand, high-ranking government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, staff of international...
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28 Aug 2002
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Weather-related uncertainty looms over Asian paddy harvest
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Bangkok – Adverse weather conditions could affect Asia’s paddy harvest in 2002 but this is unlikely to reduce rice exports with India and Myanmar emerging as major international suppliers, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a new rice market report released today.
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26 Aug 2002
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FAO warns of alien invasive species threat to Asia-Pacific forests
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Ulaanbaatar - As if clearing by poor farmers, uncontrolled forest fires and destructive logging practices weren’t enough, the rich forests of the Asia-Pacific region are now being threatened by aliens. Alien invasive species, that is.
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23 Jul 2002
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FAO to assist Thailand reduce dependence on milk imports
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Bangkok – Thailand, with Southeast Asia’s fastest growing demand for milk that is fed mainly by imports, today signed an agreement with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to improve production and marketing by small dairy farmers in the country.
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20 Jun 2002
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India to displace Viet Nam as world’s second biggest rice exporter after Thailand
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Bangkok, 20 June 2002 (Food and Agriculture Organization) – Competitive prices, timely monsoon rains and surplus stocks have set India on course to become the world’s second largest rice exporter this year after Thailand, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a new global rice market report released here today.
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12 Jun 2002
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Pacific nations seek international action to tackle worries about sea rise, destructive fishing and globalisation
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Rome – Worried about a likely rise in sea levels, destructive fishing practices and globalisation, top leaders of Pacific island nations attending a UN food security summit here have sought international action to help them tackle these threats.
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11 Jun 2002
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Asian developing nations backed by Australia, demand level playing field in agricultural trade
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Rome – Accusing rich nations of practising double standards, Asian nations have urged world leaders at a UN food security summit here to help create a level playing field so that developing countries can also take advantage of global trade liberalisation.
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10 Jun 2002
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Debt relief essential for food security in Indonesia, says President Soekarnoputri
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Rome – Foreign debt obligations brought on by the Asian economic crisis of the late 1990s are a major obstacle to tackling hunger and poverty in Indonesia, the leader of the Southeast Asian nation worst hit by that crisis told world leaders meeting here for a UN food summit.
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10 Jun 2002
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World peace and stability a basic condition for global food security, says China
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Rome – All countries must respect the UN Charter and the “basic norms governing international relations” to safeguard world peace and regional stability which is necessary for eliminating global hunger, a top Chinese leader told world leaders meeting here at a UN food security summit.
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10 Jun 2002
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WTO helping only rich nation farm producers, Sri Lanka tells world food summit
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Rome – Rich nations are using the World Trade Organization (WTO) to promote a one-way global agricultural trade that is keeping developing nation farm produce out of their markets, the President of Sri Lanka Chandrika Kumaratunga told world leaders today who are meeting here to reaffirm a five-year-old pledge to fight hunger.
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17 May 2002
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LDCS cannot comply with crudial WTO agriculture trade terms, says Bangladesh
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Kathmandu - Least developing countries such as Bangladesh are too poor to comply with crucial agriculture trade requirements of the WTO (World Trade Organization) agreement, the country’s agriculture minister told a meeting of Asia-Pacific nations that ended here today.
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17 May 2002
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Asia-Pacific conference ends with call for renewed political will to end hunger
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Kathmandu - Twenty-five Asia-Pacific countries wrapped up two days of ministerial level talks on food security here today, agreeing on the urgent need for renewed political commitment to reduce hunger in the region.
The talks were to formulate the region’s position for a forthcoming world summit on food security organized by the UN’s Food and...
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16 May 2002
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Japan proposes international food reserve for poor nations
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Kathmandu – Japan has made a proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for building an international food stock reserve for emergency assistance to poor nations, a top Japanese government official told a meeting of Asia-Pacific countries on food security organized here by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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16 May 2002
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Pacific nations as food insecure as mountain areas, say delegates to FAO meet
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Kathmandu – Pacific island nations face food security challenges as serious as those confronting mountain communities, representatives of these countries told a meeting of Asia-Pacific agricultural ministers that opened today in the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal.
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15 May 2002
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Political stability and peace vital for food security, say Asia-Pacific nations
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Kathmandu – Senior government officials from 25 Asia-Pacific nations ended three days of talks on food security here on Wednesday stressing that political stability and peace are essential conditions for increasing agricultural production in the world’s hungriest region.
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14 May 2002
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Mixed progress in hunger reduction in Asia and the Pacific: South Asia trails
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Kathmandu - One out of every six of 3 billion people in Asia and the Pacific does not eat enough to be able to lead a healthy and active life. According to FAO’s latest global food insecurity survey, the region has two-thirds of the 780 million undernourished people in the developing world.
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13 May 2002
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Armed conflict, hunger threaten sustainable mountain development in Asia-Pacific, says FAO
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Kathmandu ‑ Armed conflict and hunger are stalling efforts to reduce poverty and environmental degradation in Asia-Pacific mountains, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) told senior government officers from these countries meeting here to discuss sustainable mountain development in the region.
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13 May 2002
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Empowering the rural poor in Asia and the Pacific
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Kathmandu ‑ Small farmers are the region’s main food producers, yet are hungry themselves, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) told senior Asia-Pacific government officers meeting here to discuss ways of boosting productivity and incomes of small cultivators in their countries.
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12 May 2002
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Pacific delegates in Kathmandu for 26th FAO Asia-Pacific regional conference
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Kathmandu – Representatives of seven Pacific nations have begun arriving here to attend the 26th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific that will review the state of agriculture and food security in the region.
Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga are sending delegations to the 13 to 17...
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12 May 2002
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Poor agricultural workers a core priority for FAO
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Kathmandu – Increasing the productivity and incomes of resource-poor agricultural workers who feed Asia and the Pacific, yet are hungry themselves, is a central goal ofthe UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the region, a top FAO official told a gathering of Asian civil society groups that concluded here today.
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9 May 2002
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Asian non-governmental and civil society organizations meet
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Kathmandu – Representatives of non-governmental and civil society organizations (NGOs/CSOs) dealing with food security and poverty in Asia, will gather here on 11 and 12 May to discuss ways of reducing widespread chronic hunger in the region.
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7 May 2002
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26th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific
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Kathmandu – Agriculture ministers and senior officers of 40 Asia-Pacific countries are expected to meet here from 13 to 17 May 2002 to review the state of agriculture and food security in the region.
The 26th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific marks the first time the major FAO event is held in Nepal.
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23 Apr 2002
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FAO initiative to revive food production in conflict-hit north Sri Lanka
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Bangkok; The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has launched a major initiative to revive food production in Sri Lanka’s northern region, which has been devastated by two decades of internal conflict.
After visiting Sri Lanka’s troubled Vavuniya, Mannar and Jaffna districts in January/February 2002, an FAO mission...
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18 Apr 2002
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Fish farming plays crucial role in boosting rural development and reducing poverty and hunger - FAO convenes first ever global intergovernmental meeting in Beijing to discuss aquaculture
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Beijing – The role of aquaculture in fighting hunger and poverty and promoting rural development will be the main focus of an international meeting convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) opening in Beijing today.
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26 Mar 2002
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Agricultural biotechnology must be pro-poor farmer: FAO
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Bangkok – Notwithstanding its tremendous potential, agricultural biotechnology has done little so far to reduce hunger and poverty, which requires making it friendly to tens of millions of resource-poor farmer households in Asia-Pacific countries, says the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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18 Mar 2002
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Information technology to cut use of imported chemicals on Thai maize farms
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Bangkok - In the first such use of information technology on the country’s farms, maize farmers in Thailand will be given computer aided advice to boost yields and reduce environmental pollution, under a new project initiated by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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12 Mar 2002
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Wheat seeds distributed to 30 000 rural families in Afghanistan
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Rome – Approximately 30 000 families in rural areas of Northern Afghanistan have received 1 500 tonnes of wheat seeds and fertilizers for the spring planting by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN agency said today. FAO estimates that farmers could finally harvest around 16 000 tonnes of wheat from the seeds distributed.
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22 Feb 2002
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‘El Nino’ may affect Asian paddy harvest in 2002
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Bangkok - A likely return of the ‘El Nino’ climatic aberration could affect Asia’s rice harvest in 2002, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations said in a new assessment of global paddy production.
Known to take place once every two to seven years, ‘El Nino’ last hit the region during 1997-98 causing severe drought...
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20 Feb 2002
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Food production declining in Asia, says FAO report
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Bangkok - Hundreds of thousands of people in Asia face the prospect of starvation at a time of declining food production in the region, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its latest global food supply report released 20 February.
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24 Jan 2002
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FAO urges countries to discontinue the use of chloramphenicol in animal production
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Rome -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has suggested that countries should take steps to stop the use of chloramphenicol in food production. In a statement issued today, FAO said that chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic used in human and pet animal medicine, and it is still being applied in some countries in animal...
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16 Jan 2002
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Renowned farm scientist calls for bridging ‘genetic divide’ to reduce hunger
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Bangkok – Bridging the ‘genetic divide’ between profit-driven farm research and public sector institutions is crucial for reducing hunger in developing countries, famous agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan told senior UN officials, experts, Thai Government officials and members of the diplomatic corps based in Bangkok, during a talk at the...
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