First Person: I know what it’s like to go hungry as a child
New York/CMEDIA: An agronomist working for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Haiti tells UN News that, like the people she helps today, she remembers what it’s like to go …
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‘This book grew out of many years of trying to impress our friends with meals’: Nobel laureate Banerjee
Kolkata/IBNS: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday signed a few copies of his book Cooking to Save Your Life at South City Starmark here. He was accompanied by Cheyyene Olivier, …
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Canada invests in biosecurity technology to help farmers mitigate disease outbreaks risk
Ottawa/CMEDIA: Marie-Claude Bibeau, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced today an investment of up to $113,575 for Be Seen Be Safe Ltd. to determine and promote an innovative technology …
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ILO Governing Body decision leads to the strengthening of Labour inspections
New York/CMEDIA: A set of guidelines on general principles of labour inspection have been approved by the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The guidelines relate to the …
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Toronto food banks welcoming PEI potatoes amid potato wart issue
CMEDIA: North Toronto food banks are welcoming potatoes from Prince Edward Island (PEI) as truckloads of potatoes have been making their way across the country amidst potato warts, a parasite …
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G7 agriculture leaders commit to keeping their markets open in wake of Russia-Ukraine crisis
Statement on the invasion of Ukraine by armed forces of the Russian Federation Berlin/CMEDIA: We, the G7 Agriculture Ministers and the Commissioner for Agriculture of the EU, met today in …
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ILO, IWCA sign MOU to improve occupational safety and health of women in the coffee sector
#ILO; #IWCA; #OccupationSafetyAndHealth; #Women; #CoffeeSector; #GenderSpecific GENEVA (ILO/IWCA News)/CMEDIA: The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that establishes …
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Canada invests in clean technology to support sustainable farming practices
ACT Program. Twitter handle of AAFC Canada #Canada; #CanadaAgriculture; #CanadaAgriFood; #AgriculturalCleanTechnologyProgram Farnham (Quebec)/CMEDIA: Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced today the first wave of 60 approved projects …
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Madagascar: Deadly tropical storms cause flooding, landslides
#ClimateChange; #Environment; #UN; #OCHA; #WFP; #Famine; #Rainfall Madgascar/CMEDIA: Two separate tropical weather systems in Madagascar have left at least 34 dead and triggered flooding and landslides, particularly in the capital, …
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Bringing dry land in the Sahel back to life
#UN; #FAO; #Africa; #Agriculture; #Farming; #HumanitarianAid; #WomenLead Sahel (Africa)/CMEDIA: Millions of hectares of farmland are lost to the desert each year in Africa’s Sahel region, but the UN Food and …
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