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“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

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Farming First’s Lindiwe Sibanda on BBC Network Africa

June 21, 2009 No comments yet

Ahead of the UN Commission for Sustainable Development in May, Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda of Farming First went into the BBC studios to discuss what the priority objectives for agricultural policy should be in sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr. Sibanda discussed the key principle of the Farming First plan as well as highlighting recent work of her own

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World Federation of Engineering Organizations Endorses ‘Farming First’

May 8, 2009 No comments yet

Farming First welcomes the endorsement of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO).
According to its website, the WFEO:
is committed to the advancement of the world engineering profession for the benefit of mankind. It particularly works to assist development of the engineering profession, and in the sharing, exchange and transfer of technology from one country to

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