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Obama Calls for More Food Aid to Africa to Ease Threats
President Barack Obama today called for a new phase of African food aid focused on private-sector development to ease threats to global security posed by scarce nutrition.
UN: African growth depends on food security
Sub-Saharan African nations will not be able to sustain their accelerated economic growth unless they eliminate hunger, the U.N. said in a report Tuesday.Many sub-Saharan economies are growing fast but ...
Cargil among agribusinesses to invest $3B in African food program
WASHINGTON - Cargill will invest in a five- to 10-year program with the government of Mozambique as part of an emerging international effort to make farming in Africa commercially successful.
Syngenta to sow seeds of $1 bln African business
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's Syngenta, the world's largest agrochemicals company, plans to invest $500 million in Africa, with a goal of building a business there that will generate around $1 billion in annual sales over the next 10 years. African countries have sought to attract foreign investment as they look to boost farm productivity, end poverty and hunger and secure long-term food ...
European Economy, African Food Security to Top G8 Summit
WHITE HOUSE - Europe’s economic crisis is expected to dominate the discussions when the Group of Eight nations hold their economic summit near Washington on Friday and Saturday. Food security in Africa will also be high on the agenda. The meeting at the Camp David presidential retreat will be the first G8 summit to include France’s new president, Francois Hollande. The French leader was elected ...
President Obama kicks off $3B global food initiative
At start of G-8 summit, Obama outlines new alliance aimed at food security in developing African nations
Dining news and notes: African food expansion in Salt Lake City
Dining news and notes: African food expansion in Salt Lake City Published May 10, 2012 01:55PM MDT Three eateries opened recently in Salt Lake City that specialize in African food: Blue Nile Ethiopian Cuisine, 755 S. State St.; Red Sea Cafe, 815 E. 2100 South; and Mahider Ethiopian,1465 S. State St. These restaurants join the African Market and Restaurant, 1878 S. Redwood Road, as places to ...
G8 working to address African food crisis
Leaders of the eight major economies will meet later today at the G8 summit.
White House Enlists 45 Firms to Give $3 Billion to Grow Food for World’s Poor
President Obama and four African leaders will introduce the group of companies, the Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security, on Friday at a forum on food security and agriculture.
Firms to Invest in Food Production for World’s Poor
President Obama and four African leaders will introduce the group of companies, the Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security, on Friday at a forum on food security and agriculture.
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