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- Expert to warn UK about biofuel damage 24 Nov 2009 00:42 GMT
... for food but now large tracts of Africa and South America are being bought up ... This week, Stephen Ruvuga, an expert on biofuels, who leads a farmers group in his native ... Scottish charity Vetaid, Ruvuga said he believed biofuel production would interfere with traditional food production ...
- US research team completes cassava draft genome sequence 23 Nov 2009 12:12 GMT
... than 750 million people in Asia and Africa daily. "The project is an important first step ... industrial starch production,and has potential as a biofuel source, there are commercial applications of these breeding ... The team will collaborate with researchers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in applying these genetic ...
- Stop Acquisition of Farmland in Africa Gaddafi 23 Nov 2009 06:59 GMT
... LIBYA: “Stop Acquisition of Farmland in Africa” Gaddafi Written By:CISA , Posted: Mon, Nov ... lease or purchase, to produce food or biofuels for their own use. In Sudan, South Korea ...
- Food: If words were food, nobody would go hungry 20 Nov 2009 21:13 GMT
... If words were food, nobody would go hungry Investment ... appetites and rising incomes in emerging markets; biofuels are still competing with food crops for available ... famine is again stalking the Horn of Africa. Has anything been done to prepare for ...
- Gaddafi want limits on African land purchase 20 Nov 2009 16:27 GMT
... Wants expanded Security Council representing full geographic diversity and ... halted. In the past two years, various non-African countries China, India, South Korea, Britain and ... lease or purchase, to produce food or biofuels for their own use. In Sudan, South Korea ...
- Investment in agriculture is soaring. So, worryingly, is distrust of markets and trade 19 Nov 2009 16:33 GMT
... If words were food, nobody would go hungry Investment ... appetites and rising incomes in emerging markets; biofuels are still competing with food crops for available ... famine is again stalking the Horn of Africa. Has anything been done to prepare for ...
- The parable of the sower 19 Nov 2009 16:33 GMT
... Nov 19th 2009 | ST LOUIS From The debate ... as essential to the agricultural revolution in Africa to which his charitable foundation is committed. ... to the use of land for growing biofuels rather than food, climate change and water. Arguments ...
- If words were food, nobody would go hungry 19 Nov 2009 16:18 GMT
... If words were food, nobody would go hungry Investment ... appetites and rising incomes in emerging markets; biofuels are still competing with food crops for available ... famine is again stalking the Horn of Africa. Has anything been done to prepare for ...
- World not serious about climate change ' Zenawi 18 Nov 2009 20:55 GMT
... Posted Wednesday, November 18 2009 at 19:00 Ethiopian Prime ... Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who will represent Africa at next month’s Copenhagen climate change talks, said on ... afflicting some 23 million people in seven east African nations, with Ethiopia worst affected. Meles has ...
- No Climate Laws til 2010, Kenya National Biofuel Policy, DOE/USDA Grants, Recycle EVERYTHING(almost) 18 Nov 2009 07:34 GMT
... No Climate Laws til 2010, Kenya National Biofuel Policy, DOE/USDA Grants, Recycle EVERYTHING(almost) Linda Fisher has ... Stationary diesel engines are widely used throughout Africa both for industrial power and for generating electricity to ...
- Let`s work jointly to capture EU market - Brazil envoy 18 Nov 2009 05:53 GMT
... has an audience with Brazil`s Ambassador to Tanzania, Francisco Luz, who paid him a courtesy ... said it was time his country and Africa worked together to capture the European Union ... food crops. “It is possible to develop biofuel without affecting food production, but you need arable ...
- Water Scarcity, Food Security Concerns Prompt Global Land Grab 18 Nov 2009 03:15 GMT
... leased for food production around the world Africa, South America, parts of Europe targeted by ... the country’s arable land for food and biofuel production, much like what the British-based company Sunbiofuels has done, though smaller in scale, in Ethiopia ...
- Groups: Food Reserve System Can Stem Hunger 17 Nov 2009 18:53 GMT
... The groups are concerned that economic priorities continue to ... conversion of farmland to grow crops for biofuels. The poorest people worldwide faced the most severe ... families in Kenya, Somalia, and other East African countries are after three bad years of ...
- Researchers Complete Draft Genome Sequence for Cassava 16 Nov 2009 13:31 GMT
... it an important food across much of Africa and Asia, it also has many limitations. Cassava has ... The team will collaborate with researchers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in applying these genetic ... starch production, and has potential as a biofuel source, there are commercial applications of these breeding ...
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