Africa Blast West on Farm Subsidies
African ministers at the Food and Agriculture Organization meeting on Rome say, wealthy countries are still subsidising their farmers and this undermines market access for some of the world's poorest producers.
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Africa:
The Rediscovery of Africa's Textile Industry
DW, 7 October 2014
Close to 10 percent of the world's cotton comes from Africa. Most of this cotton is then however taken to Asia for further manufacturing. Could Africa's textile industry make a… Read more »
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Africa:
Major Conference On Biodiversity Warns Against 'Business As Usual' Behaviour, Consumption
UN News, 6 October 2014
The parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity began meeting today as a new United Nations report on the status of biodiversity warned that much more efficient use of land,… Read more »
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Africa:
In Fight Against African Pests, Researchers Point to Natural-Born Killers
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 7 October 2014
They're green. They're flowery. Read more »
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Madagascar:
Land Reform Picks Up New Steam
Africa In Fact, 1 October 2014
Mamy Safidison, 25 years old, and his brother Handry Njarasoa, 26, may not share the same last name--common for siblings in Madagascar--but they do share a piece of land in the… Read more »