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New York Times
- 02 October 2013
- Worried About Land Grabs, Group Presses 3 Corporations to Disclose Sugar Purchases
- Oxfam accused Pepsico, Coca-Cola and Associated British Foods of buying from Brazilian and Cambodian plantations that reportedly took land from farmers without proper compensation.
- 01 October 2013
- Sugar Industry Highlights Conflicts Over Trade Pacts and Land
For Cambodia and other poor nations, trade agreements that foster exports can also encourage land grabs by wealthy, politically connected families.
- 01 October 2013
- Coca-Cola Plans Kiosks With Water and Internet
- At the Clinton Global Initiative meeting, the Coca-Cola Company announced that it will erect kiosks in 20 countries to offer water, electricity and Internet connections.
- 20 September 2013
- Emerging Markets Optimistic as Fed Tapering Is Pushed Back
A central bank official in Indonesia, whose currency has plummeted in recent months, said the decision provided short-term relief from market pressures.
- 20 September 2013
- Asia Optimistic as Tapering Pushed Back
- An official with the country’s central bank said the decision, welcomed throughout Asia, was good news for both the country’s stock markets and its currency.
FAO Newsroom
- 01 October 2013
- IFAD and FAO target small-scale agricultural projects facing challenges
- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have launched a new joint project to help developing countries, particularly fragile states, manage public investments in small-scale agriculture more effectively.
- 30 September 2013
- Global hunger down, but millions still chronically hungry
- 842 million people undernourished in 2011-13 - Developing countries make progress but more efforts needed to reach MDG target
- 26 September 2013
- FAO, OIE and WHO unite for World Rabies Day to call for elimination of disease
- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have issued the following joint statement on the occasion of World Rabies Day.
- 26 September 2013
- Major cuts of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock within reach
- Greenhouse gas emissions by the livestock sector could be cut by as much as 30 percent through the wider use of existing best practices and technologies, according to a new FAO study.
- 24 September 2013
- EU and FAO help six countries achieve Millennium Development Goal on hunger
- Less than two years before the deadline set to achieve international development goals, the European Union (EU) and FAO step up their efforts to reduce world hunger assisting two million people in six countries with agricultural development activities worth nearly €60 million.
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