Lebanon: arbitrary detention and prison conditions at centre of university debate organised by EU Delegation
Cultural policies and a creative economy: Med Culture seeks to enhance cultural cooperation with Jordan
EU and Civil Society from the Southern Neighbourhood launch regional structured dialogue
Isabel Tejerina named as new Spanish Minister for Agriculture
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Portugal: budget cuts next year in agriculture
The Ministries of Internal Affairs, the Environment, Agriculture and Education face the most significant budget cuts in 2015, according to a European Commission report on Portugal’s 11th troika evaluation.
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Milan expo to showcase Lebanese cuisine
Lebanese government officials and the Italian Embassy called Tuesday for food industry experts to participate in the 2015 World Expo in Milan, where Lebanon will highlight its local food.
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The water situation for Nile Basin countries
Although Nile Basin countries record high increases in population, there is no water crisis in these countries overall. Nonetheless, they lack a water strategy that stops waste and increases water revenues
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Olivier De Schutter : « Notre modèle agricole mondial est à bout de souffle »
Une crise des prix alimentaires, les débats sur les agrocarburants ou sur les « accaparements de terres », un duel à fleurets mouchetés avec Pascal Lamy, directeur général de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) jusqu'en 2013 : les six années qu'a passées le juriste belge Olivier De Schutter au poste de rapporteur spécial des Nations unies pour le droit à l'alimentation ont été bien remplies. Alors que son mandat arrive à échéance mercredi 30 avril et que la Turque Hilal Elver devrait lui succéder d'ici quelques semaines, il affirme que le modèle agro-industriel est dépassé et que la solution aux défis alimentaires actuels ne viendra pas des Etats mais des citoyens.
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Marché algérien des céréales : perspectives favorables pour l'origine France
Deuxième importateur de céréales dans le pourtour méditerranéen et en Afrique, après l'Egypte, l'Algérie n'est pas près de réduire son recours au marché international pour répondre à la demande locale en produits céréaliers. La France demeure le principal fournisseur du marché algérien, particulièrement en blé (tendre et dur). A court terme, tous les indicateurs confirment la persistance de cette tendance si l'on tient compte des récentes statistiques fournies par le centre de l'informatique et des statistiques (CNIS), relevant des Douanes algériennes.
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ADM buys Toepfer grain
ADM buys Toepfer grain
The Land Newspaper
US GRAIN trader and farm commodities processor Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) will pay about $124 million to buy the 20 per cent stake it does not already own in European grain business Alfred C Toepfer.
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Morocco highlights family farming
Morocco highlights family farming
magharebia.com
On April 24th, Morocco allocated 450 million dirhams to further integrate small farmers into the Maroc Vert plan (PMV), by facilitating their organisation into agricultural co-operatives.
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Turkey signs the first agricultural deal with Sudan
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Parma ham tops EU support for agricultural products promotion
Parma ham tops EU support for agricultural products promotion GlobalMeatNews.com It is the single biggest award among 20 programmes that are to receive €23m in EU support over the period as part of an overall €46.5m promotion of agricultural...
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Italy needs to clarify development cooperation strategy
Italy needs to clarify development cooperation strategy — OECD
Devex
Italy has shown leadership in tackling global food issues, and Rome is the intellectual capital of food and agricultural issues as home to FAO, IFAD and WFP, the U.N.
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EU working with Balkans to improve food production
EU working with Balkans to improve food production
Southeast European Times
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CORDIS Express: Using but not abusing our marine resources
Europe's seas and oceans offer us so much: a source of fresh, nutritious food, a transport and trade route, a vast renewable energy resource and a world of underwater creatures and organisms ripe for research. Our seas and oceans offer us a seemingly endless range of species and organisms with healing, nutritional and otherwise unique properties that throw up fascinating uses in the lab. For example, researchers estimate that there may be as many as 594 232 novel compounds waiting to be discovered in unstudied marine species, and that these could lead to between 55 and 214 new anti-cancer drugs.
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Futuristic look at artworks of the past
Anyone interested in art conservation knows very well how the devil is in the details. Restoring or preserving paintings, ceramics or sculptures has become an art in itself, one that requires knowledge, patience and advanced technologies. The INSIDDE project focuses on the latter with a scanning technology that is on track to taking art analysis and observation to the next level.
Quality validation date: 2014-05-02
