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• Huge scope for livestock sector to reduce world poverty–New research brief from Asia commission

  
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  Distribution (density) of poor livestock keepers based on the international US$2.00/day poverty line in 2010 (published in a research brief by J Otte and R Leslie, Animal Health and Production Commission for Asia and the Pacific [APHCA], Jan 2013). ‘. . . [A]mong largely agrarian economies, which are home to the ...
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• Drought: Before The Next Drought Wreaks Havoc

  
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  By Jutta Wolf | IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - The growing intensity, frequency and duration of droughts worldwide is a source of acute anxiety to secretariat of UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), which was agreed in the aftermath of the severe drought in the Sahel in the 1970s and 1980s and ...
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• Help Africa’s small-scale livestock producers tap growing markets for animal proteins—FAO livestock economists

  
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  Saulosi Tchinga is a potato, maize, soya, sheep and chicken farmer in central Malawi (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). ‘The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday called on African governments to implement policies that will help the continent’s small livestock producers to tap the growing demand ...
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• World food prices rise for third straight month: FAO

  
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  World food prices rose in April for the third straight month driven by rising costs for dairy products, the United Nations said on Thursday. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said the food price index, which measures monthly price changes in cereals, dairy, meat, sugar and oilseeds, averaged 215.5 points in ...
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• The livestock boom in India: Pathways to an increasingly profitable, pro-poor and sustainable sector

  
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  India, already the world’s biggest milk producer and beef exporter (mostly water buffalo), is investing in research to ensure that its poorest people reap increasing benefits from raising farm animals and do so in increasingly sustainable and healthy ways (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). Key recommendations ...
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• Kenya ministry asked to allocate greater resources to the livestock sector, particularly in arid areas

  
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  Sheep and goats in northern Kenya (photo on Flickr by gordontour). ‘The Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (IBAR) is asking the [Kenya] Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MALF) to reserve at least five per cent of the estimated funds its set to receive from the Treasury for the Department of ...
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• Ndetika Rural Sacco System Administrator Assistant Job in Kenya 2013

  
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  Ndetika Rural Sacco System Administrator Assistant Job in Kenya 2013 System Administrator Assistant Reports To: System Administrator Duties and Responsibilities Implements, manages, and troubleshoots existing network and system environments. Provides administration, operation management, and support for all computer ...
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• Letter to Fidel from FAO Director General

  
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    Rome, April 29, 2013 DEAR  Comandante: I have the honor of addressing you from my position as Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , to sincerely congratulate you and the entire Cuban people for having fulfilled in advance the goal proposed by the World Food ...
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• Locust Plague Continues in Madagascar

  
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  Locust plague threatens livelihoods of 60% of Madagascar population Locust infestations is threatening the livelihoods of 13 million Malagasy, about 60 percent of the population, nine million of whom entirely depend on Agriculture. The locust could wipe out food crops and livestock grazing lands and destroy the ...
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• Alliance meeting this week to battle global ‘goat plague’

  
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  The PPR virus, commonly known as goat plague, swept across southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya in 2008; Mohammed Noor lost 20 goats in the just one week and wondered how he would provide for his family (photo on Flickr by EC/ECHO/Daniel Dickinson). Assembling for two days this week (29–30 Apr 2013) in Nairobi, ...
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• NYC National Parks Offer Glimpse of History

  
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  If you are considering a vacation in New York, planning ahead is the only way to go. There are simply so many things to see and do that you must have at least a general idea of how you want to spend your days before you can even give impulse to get started. New York [...] The post NYC National Parks Offer Glimpse of ...
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• Nutrition and food security can be improved

  
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  Photo: FAO Needed: Improved access to wild foods such as insects NAIROBI,  - Malnutrition could be greatly reduced and food security improved by ensuring improved access to nutrient-rich forest-derived foods like berries, bushmeat, roots, insects and nuts for the world’s poorest populations, experts say. “I ...
  4 weeks ago

• Doll of the Day – Gotz Tess FAO Version

  
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  One of the best kept secrets and best values when it comes to 18″ dolls right now is the 18″ Classic doll from FAO for Toys R Us. I found out about these dolls when browsing my Toys R Us store last year, but really learned what a great deal they are recently from Diana. Tess, our doll of the day today, is from ...
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• Working to restore environmental and forest sustainability in Rwanda

  
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  WNN Improve It (WNN/UN) Kigali City, RWANDA, EAST AFRICA: As her nation emerged from crisis, and in the face of great personal tragedy, Rose Mukankomeje took the initiative to bring Rwandans together to protect their natural resources and, in the process, restore communities devastated by conflict. She is one of five ...
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• This week in review … IP Watch article focuses on Greek genebank, emergence of seed exchange networks

  
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  Greek Gene Bank’s Struggle Indicative of Changing Times IP Watch , 17 April 2013 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: In this article, Paraskevi Kollia draws attention to the situation of the Greek Gene Bank, established with assistance from FAO and holding a significant amount of plant genetic resources, including traditional ...
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