SOMALIA JOINS THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY |
Tuesday, 17th August, 2010 |
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Somalia deposited its instrument of accession to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety last 26 July 2010 and will be the 160th Party to the Protocol on 24 October 2010, the same year of the 10th year anniversary of the adoption of the Protocol. |
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Kenya: Country to Grow GM Cotton on Large Scale by 2012 |
Tuesday, 17th August, 2010 |
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Kenya's cotton production is set to increase six-fold by 2012, after the country adopts biotech cotton (Bt cotton). |
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Uganda: Disease Resistant Rice is Here |
Tuesday, 17th August, 2010 |
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Rice is one of the widely grown cereal crops and staple food for more than half the world's population. More than three billion people, according to the Food and Agricultural Organisation, consume more than 100kg of rice per year, each. President Yoweri Museveni in March 2004 launched the Upland Rice (Nerica) Project, which increased rice farming in Uganda from 4,000 farmers to over 35,000 in 2007. |
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Reducing global hunger by half in 2015 still possible |
Tuesday, 17th August, 2010 |
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The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing the world’s 1020 million undernourished people by half between now and 2015 is still possible. |
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Madagascar delighted to join AfricaRice as member State |
Tuesday, 17th August, 2010 |
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The Government of Madagascar has conveyed its deep appreciation to the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Council of Ministers for accepting its application to join the Center. |
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