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Jordan FTA could open doors to more Middle East sales

By Alex Binkley October 17, 2012

A new trade deal with Jordan may open doors for Canadian food products in the Middle East. “While the immediate trade gains don’t appear large, we feel there is strategic potential here,” said Richard Phillips, executive director of Grain Growers of Canada. “Jordan acts as a trading and distribution hub in the Middle East with

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EU official says strategic food stocks not the way to tame food prices

October 17, 2012

Reuters / Increased production, not strategic foods stocks, is the most effective way to tame food prices, says a senior EU official. Last month, French President Francois Hollande launched a global campaign to win support for creating strategic stockpiles of food commodities to keep a lid on food prices. But it would be better to

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One in eight of world population still going hungry: UN

By Catherine Hornby October 17, 2012

One out of every eight people in the world is chronically undernourished, the United Nations’ food agencies said Oct. 9, and aid groups warned that rising food prices could reverse gains in the fight against hunger. In a report on food insecurity, the UN agencies said 868 million people were hungry in 2010-12, or about

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Help with harvest, then see the sights in the land Down Under

By Daniel Winters October 17, 2012

Finished high school? Craving travel and adventure? Being a “farmaroo” in Australia is one way for farm kids to trade their farming skills and work ethic for an extended trip Down Under. “It’s a new way for young people to work, learn, and see Australia,” said Carling Henderson, who worked for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and

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Feast and famine for Africa farm investment

By Helen Nyambura-mwaura October 17, 2012

African agriculture has a big investment problem: lots of private equity interest but few opportunities because most farms and companies are too small to absorb the cash or provide attractive returns. With only a third of its 630 million hectares of arable land under cultivation and large quantities of water flowing untapped, Africa is the

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African farmers responding to changing climate

By Alister Doyle September 22, 2012

Reuters / African farmers are finding new ways to cope with droughts, erosion and other ravages of climate change, but need to do more to thrive in an increasingly uncertain environment, scientists say. Smallholders have started to plant more drought-resistant and faster-growing crops to keep the harvests coming in, according to a survey of 700

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Dry Australia cuts wheat forecast

September 22, 2012

sydney / reuters / Australia has cut its forecast for wheat production in the 2012-13 crop-marketing year by about seven per cent from its previous forecast to 22.5 million tonnes. And it’s warning yields may fall further if rains don’t arrive soon in some areas. Australia had a record 29.5-million-tonne wheat harvest last year, but

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Food price shocks a serious threat, UN says

By Reuters September 22, 2012

World leaders must take swift, co-ordinated action to ensure that food price shocks do not turn into a catastrophe that could hurt tens of millions of people in coming months, the United Nations’ food agencies said in a statement on Sept. 4. Global alarm over the potential for a food crisis of the kind seen

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Land battles inflame Kenya

September 22, 2012

nairobi / reuters / A government minister has pleaded innocent to charges of inciting violence in which over 100 people have been shot, hacked and burnt to death in strife over land and water in Kenya’s coastal region. The scale and sudden intensity of the unrest over the past month has led many Kenyans to

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Eastern European maize a rare bright spot

September 17, 2012

kiev / reuters / Eastern European maize crops have survived a summer drought, but exporters are unlikely to benefit as domestic buyers seek alternatives to wheat and barley ravaged by the heat. Top maize producers in the Black Sea region — Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and Romania — are likely to produce a total of 37

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Jordan FTA could open doors to more Middle East sales

EU official says strategic food stocks not the way to tame food prices

One in eight of world population still going hungry: UN

Help with harvest, then see the sights in the land Down Under

Feast and famine for Africa farm investment

African farmers responding to changing climate

Dry Australia cuts wheat forecast

Food price shocks a serious threat, UN says

Land battles inflame Kenya

Eastern European maize a rare bright spot

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