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Private Companies Helping to Front Funds For African Food Development
Food security aid is uncertain amid Eurozone crisis, and private companies are stepping in.
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.
Cargill 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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Blogs address food security, African agriculture in anticipation of high-level meetings in Washington
Several blogs recently have published posts in anticipation of a symposium on food security taking place in Washington on Friday, at which President Barack Obama is expected to speak, and the G8 summit at Camp David in Maryland on Friday and Saturday, both of which will focus on food security and agriculture in Africa.
G8 working to address African food crisis
Leaders of the eight major economies will meet later today at the G8 summit.
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 ...
Obama to unveil plan for helping African farmers
Ahead of the G-8 summit, President Obama will unveil a new public-private partnership with DuPont, Monsanto, and Cargill, and almost 20 companies from Africa, to help farmers build local markets and fight hunger.
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