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FAO Issues Progress Report on the Status of African Agricultural Growth

October 1, 2009 3 comments

In the lead-up to its High-Level Expert Forum in Rome this October, the FAO has issued a cautiously optimistic progress report on the state of the African agricultural sector, as reported in a recent article by Voice of America.
The FAO has calculated that agriculture has grown by 3.5% in 2008, largely due to better policies

FAO Warns that World Food Output Must Rise by 70%

September 27, 2009 No comments yet

A recent announcement by the FAO states that world food output must rise by 70% by 2050 to meet projected demand from a growing population and changing diets.
Global cereal demand must increase by about 50%, from 2.1 billion tonnes today to 3 billion tonnes by 205.  Over the same period, meat output must increase by

Pope Calls for Increased Agricultural Investment

July 7, 2009 No comments yet

Pope Benedict XVI has issued an his third encyclical calling for a restructured global economy.  In it, he also calls for an increased role for agricultural investment in helping to alleviate hunger and poverty in the developing world.
An article by the Associated Press says that the Pope:
specified that aid should go to agicultural development to

“Silent Hunger Crisis”: FAO Estimates Over 1 Billion Hungry in the World

June 24, 2009 No comments yet

A recently published report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has announced that the total population of those going hungry has surpassed the 1 billion person mark for the first time in history.
“A dangerous mix of the global economic slowdown combined with stubbornly high food prices in many countries has pushed some 100 million

Reuters Quotes Farming First’s Ajay Vashee on Food Security

April 16, 2009 3 comments

In a Reuters article published today, Farming First’s Ajay Vashee warned of the possibility of another food crisis, given increasing demand and finite resources.
He was joined by the Italian Agriculture Minister and a representative from the FAO in highlighting the need to address these food security and sustainability issues before they become even more serious.
The

“Crops with Attitude”: Developing New Seed Varietals for Africa

March 24, 2009 No comments yet

Newsweek recently ran an story about how Africans are increasingly weighing the benefits of plant biotechnology for coping with some of their most important development challenges, including climate change adaptation, reversing rising levels of hunger, and  better accessing markets.
The crops which result from this R&D are being called the second generation of biotechnology advancements:
The result


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