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23 May 23
Support for Polish farmers struggling with higher costs associated with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been approved in Brussels.
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4 Jan 22
Sri Lankan finance minister Basil Rajapaksa has announced large economic relief measures amid rising food prices but remains determined the government will meet its debt obligations, despite rating...
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16 Sep 21
The majority of government agricultural support is harmful to society and the environment, a United Nations report has found.
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25 Feb 20
Biodiversity is “fundamental” for sustainable development, a top UN official has said.
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30 Jul 19
A team of South African experts has said some land should be expropriated but has held back from full-scale nationalisation.
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23 Jul 19
A significant boost to irrigation aims to help Senegal increase agricultural production, employment and incomes in rural areas.
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27 Sep 18
Countries are not “winning the war” against hunger and need to work together to invest in agriculture, the head of the African Development Bank has said.
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2 Aug 18
Agriculture ministers from the world’s major economies made “a breakthrough” during last week’s talks in Argentina, the German agriculture minister has said.
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25 Jul 18
The US government has pledged to give American farmers billions of dollars in aid to mitigate the impact of the current trade war.
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20 Jun 18
Uganda must transform its agricultural sector to drive economic growth and reduce poverty, the World Bank has said.
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30 Apr 18
Oil prices are forecast to average at $65 a barrel, up from $53 in 2017 as consumer demand and restraint by oil producers have increased.
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29 Mar 18
Agriculture must play a central part in boosting Somalia’s economy and alleviating poverty, the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organisation have said.
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21 Jul 17
The European Union is to support rural development projects in Colombia as part of efforts to ensure that the country’s peace deal holds between the government and former guerrillas.
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5 May 17
National audit bodies’ role in scrutinising the European Union’s agricultural spending is flawed and falls short of international standards, the bloc’s auditors have concluded.
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10 Apr 17
Government support for agriculture in the Philippines is inefficient and in some ways counterproductive, increasing the country’s malnutrition problem, the OECD has said.
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27 Oct 16
The European Commission cannot ensure the Common Agricultural Policy cross-compliance system is effective, the EU Court of Auditors has warned.
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27 Sep 16
The African Development Bank is preparing to throw the Nigerian government a $1bn lifeline to help plug the substantial government deficit amid the country’s first recession in 20 years.
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7 Sep 16
South Africa has dodged a recession after figures published today show its economy grew by 3.3% in the second quarter, after shrinking by 1.2% in the first few months of 2016.
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7 Sep 16
A United Nations report has unveiled the “staggering” cost of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory, where the economy might otherwise be twice its current size.
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17 Jun 16
Science and technology are critical to transforming agricultural efficiency in Africa, according to the head of the African Development Bank.
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8 Jun 16
A G8 initiative to facilitate corporate investment in African agriculture has benefited big companies while smallholder farmers have lost land and money, the European Parliament has concluded.
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20 May 16
The World Bank has approved another $25m in funding for a controversial land allocation project linked to forced evictions of impoverished people in Cambodia.
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19 May 16
A poor global economy and lack of quality jobs threatens to undo decades’ worth of progress in eliminating poverty, the International Labour Organisation has warned.
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4 May 16
Climate risk insurance requires a strong and sustained public finance element if it is to reach the poorest people most affected by climate change, a report by Results UK argues.
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4 May 16
Risk financing mechanisms can be used to help absorb some of the shocks and costs of climate change