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World Cocoa Foundation launches Cocoa livelihoods program in Cameroon

At a ceremony held in Yaoundé, the World Cocoa Foundation launched the Cocoa Livelihoods Program (CLP) in Cameroon. The ceremony was timed to coincide with Cameroon's celebration of 50 years of independence. The program is managed by the World Cocoa Foundation and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 15 chocolate industry companies. CLP is expected to significantly improve the ...

May 4, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Agricultural consultant rounds out GRDC panel

Well known agronomic and agribusiness consultant Chris Wilkins brings over 20 years’ experience in the Western Australian grains industry to his new role with the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). Hailing from Badgingarra in WA’s grainbelt, Mr Wilkins said his skills would add to the spread of expertise on the western regional panel whose key role is to feed ...

Dec. 17, 2013

By Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Growth Continuation Combined with Accelerated Integration

London: Informa (LSE: INF.L), the international B2B Events, Information Services and Upper Level Academic Publishing Group, today released a trading update for the 10-months ending 31 October 2018 KEY HIGHLIGHTS Trading in line with expectations and on track for the full year Group underlying revenue growth of +3.9% for the ten months to 31 October 2018 Combination phase of Accelerated ...

Feb. 25, 2019

By Informa

Africa’s youth key to strengthening agricultural economy

Getting more African youth involved in agriculture and boosting support for the region's vulnerable family farmers will be pivotal to improving food security and economic well-being in the years to come, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told participants at the Organization's Regional Conference for Africa. He also named water scarcity, low investment and conflict as being ...

Mar. 27, 2014

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Practical, free workshops again for farmers at Agritech Expo in Chisamba in April

The upcoming Agritech Expo, taking place from 16-18 April at GART in Chisamba, offers a range of free, practical workshops to assist farmers in the use of the latest technologies to improve their productive capacity and to become more competitive. More than 10 000 people are expected to descend on the centre of agriculture in Zambia again next month, following the hugely successful launch of the ...

Mar. 18, 2015

By Spintelligent (Pty) Ltd - part of Clarion Events

One Billion Hungry: ASA offers new program in South Asia

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization released a report on June 19, 2009 stating that one in six people in the world — or more than 1 billion — is now hungry, a historic high. Compared with last year, there are 100 million more people who are hungry, meaning they receive fewer than 1,800 calories a day, the Food and Agriculture Organization said in the new estimate of food insecurity. ...

Jun. 22, 2009

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Portfolio Agreement with IHS Markit

Informa (LSE: INF.L), the International Exhibitions, Events, Information Services and Scholarly Publishing Group, today announces further Progressive Portfolio Management (“PPM”) through an agreement with information services group, IHS Markit, that sees Informa’s Agribusiness Intelligence Portfolio exchanged for IHS Markit’s leading portfolio of TMT brands, further ...

May 22, 2019

By Informa PLC