Food security and price-stability set to top G8 agriculture talks

Treviso, Italy - Food security and efforts to stabilize global food prices were set to dominate the first-ever meeting of agriculture ministers from the Group of Eight (G8) which began Saturday. But the potentially divisive issue of protectionism was...

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Sabotage ruled out after glass traces found in chicken in Sweden

Stockholm - Police have ruled out a targeted campaign of sabotage against Swedish poultry producers or other food companies despite numerous incidents of pieces of glass found in chicken and other food. In our view this is not a coordinated attack a...

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US rules global warming threatens public health

Washington - In a landmark ruling Friday, US President Barack Obama's administration found that greenhouse gases threaten US air quality and public health, setting the stage for new limits on industry emissions that cause global warming. The so-calle...

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220 million dollar malaria drugs initiative launched in Oslo

Oslo - Eleven mainly African countries are to be offered cheaper, more effective malaria drugs as part of a partnership between international agencies and governments, officials said Friday. Benin, Cambodia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, ...

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UN: Investments in farming needed to stave off world hunger

Geneva - United Nations Assistant Secretary General David Nabbaro said Thursday that the best way to prevent hunger and sustainably reduce poverty was to invest in agriculture. Over the last 25 years many countries have cut back on investment in agr...

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