Sanitary disaster in Gaza ‘worsening by the day’, warns UNRWA
16 september 2024 - 16:57:27Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Overcrowded shelters in Gaza, a lack of running water and the constant threat of disease are [...] Full text...
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Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Overcrowded shelters in Gaza, a lack of running water and the constant threat of disease are [...] Full text...
Humanitarian charities warn starvation crisis in Sudan has reached 'historic proportions'
03 september 2024 - 11:51:16Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Three humanitarian organisations operating in Sudan, on Tuesday urgently called on the international community to [...] Full text...
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UN rights office calls for accountability for latest ‘horrific’ West Bank killing
16 august 2024 - 14:53:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The perpetrators of a deadly rampage targeting a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank must [...] Full text...
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Forests face increasing risk of wildfires and pests due to climate change
23 july 2024 - 07:29:02Rome, Italy (PANA) - The world’s forests are becoming increasingly susceptible to wildfires and pests due to climate change, according [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Multiple strikes kill dozens near UN aid hub as thousands flee fighting
17 july 2024 - 07:26:12New York, US (PANA) - Multiple strikes have killed dozens of people in central Gaza, landing just 100 metres from [...] Full text...
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Accelerating extinction rate triggers domino effect of biodiversity loss
22 may 2024 - 04:59:02New York, US (PANA) - While nearly one million species are currently at risk of extinction, the United Nations University [...] Full text...
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World Migratory Bird Day focuses on insects
11 may 2024 - 18:37:17Bonn, Germany (PANA) - As the world celebrates World Migratory Bird Day 2024 on Saturday, the UN has announced that [...] Full text...
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Mali regains first place among cotton-producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa
26 december 2023 - 14:42:07Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has regained its position as Africa's leading cotton producer for the 2023-2024 season, with 690,000 [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza flooding latest disaster to hit desperate Palestinians
14 december 2023 - 12:56:06Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Heavy rains created new misery in Gaza as UN humanitarians repeated deep concerns on Thursday over [...] Full text...
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Smallholder farmers embrace integrated pest and disease management in Malawi, saving ecosystems* (World Bank Blog By Mercy Chimpokosera-Mseu)
02 november 2023 - 14:33:20Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Pest and diseases are a global challenge when it comes to turning food and nutrition security [...] Full text...
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WHO, Italy agree to combat animal diseases in Libya
31 october 2023 - 16:55:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO), in agreement with the Libyan Ministry of Health of the Government [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Environmental degradation a serious challenge facing government now and when war is over (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
30 october 2023 - 19:51:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese environmentalists and poeliticians have warned that every possible ingredient for environmental catastrophe is now fermenting [...] Full text...
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Rights group flags devastating impact of overfishing on local communities in Gambia
31 may 2023 - 06:36:31Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, on Wednesday asked the Gambian government to take all necessary steps [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, La Reunion to implement the 'White Grub Protocol'
19 november 2022 - 08:05:00Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and La Reunion will implement the yearly White Grub Protocol in the respective islands during [...] Full text...
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Malaria campaign launched in southern Libya
04 december 2021 - 12:58:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A campaign against malaria began here Saturday in several cities of southern Libya after the appearance [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s health minister launches indoor spraying to control midges
30 august 2021 - 11:41:52Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian health minister Dr Amadou Lamin Samateh on Sunday launched indoor spraying in Banjul to eradicate [...] Full text...
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Rising hunger in drought-stricken southern Madagascar forcing families to eat insects: WFP
27 november 2020 - 20:57:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger is on the rise in southern Madagascar due to consecutive years of drought, affecting half [...] Full text...
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Kenya faces risk of second locust invasion, warns FAO
22 november 2020 - 15:14:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Sunday warned that Kenya faced an imminent second wave of [...] Full text...
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New desert locust swarms spreading across southern Somalia: FAO
20 november 2020 - 10:36:17Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Friday that large populations of Desert Locust in [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s health officials declare ‘war’ against mosquitoes in Banjul
09 november 2020 - 20:52:38Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - Officials of the ministry of Health, in partnership of with the Banjul City Council, Monday declared an [...] Full text...
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Congo, FAO organize workshop on use of pesticides
27 august 2020 - 18:13:33Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization [...] Full text...
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Bubonic plague: Its symptoms, fatality rate and history
06 july 2020 - 14:24:57Beijing, China (PANA) - China has reported a bubonic plague infection — a bacterial infection that is transmitted by fleas. Fleas, [...] Full text...
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'FAO does not foresee a locust invasion in Libya'
24 may 2020 - 19:23:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says its forecasts valid until mid-June indicate that locusts [...] Full text...
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Battle ‘not yet over’ against locust invasions in East Africa and Yemen - says FAO
12 may 2020 - 05:39:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - Despite the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and other challenges, significant gains have been made against Desert Locust [...] Full text...
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Locust plague spells catastrophe for millions in East Africa, warns humanitarian charity
28 february 2020 - 05:15:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A humanitarian charity has added its voice to warnings that grossly underfunded humanitarian responses across East [...] Full text...
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UN agencies call for action now to prevent Desert Locust catastrophe in Horn of Africa
10 february 2020 - 21:30:29New York, US (PANA) - With the rainy season fast approaching, countries in the Horn of Africa are in a [...] Full text...
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FAO raises red flags again about potentially destructive locusts in East Africa
21 january 2020 - 07:02:25Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are dealing with desert locust swarms of “unprecedented size and destructive potential” [...] Full text...
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Gabon to take up agricultural challenge through association of cultures
17 january 2020 - 21:10:12Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Gabonese Ministry of Chemistry for Industry, Agriculture and Livestock Farming (GCIAE) Friday hosted a training [...] Full text...
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Mauritius steps up fight against mosquito-borne diseases
17 january 2020 - 06:00:55Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, on Thursday said that an inter-sectoral collaboration is [...] Full text...
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Uganda lays $1.3 million plan to fight locusts
14 january 2020 - 19:48:07Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Desert locusts are ravaging the Horn of Africa, with Somalia, Ethiopia and parts of Kenya already [...] Full text...
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Burundi launches mass distribution of treated mosquito nets
16 december 2019 - 15:44:04Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Nearly seven million long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets will be distributed to 11.2 million Burundians this week [...] Full text...
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UN mosquito sterilization technology set for global testing, in battle against malaria, dengue
15 november 2019 - 06:18:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With more than half the world now at risk from mosquito-transmitted dengue fever, according to the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius takes action to control fruit flies
22 august 2019 - 18:17:04Reduit, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Thursday opened a Fruit Fly Rearing Facility in Reduit, a mass rearing system producing high [...] Full text...
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UN food agency triples aid in DR Congo's strife-hit Ituri province
03 july 2019 - 05:11:21Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...
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Forest loss, bush fires are a threat to bees in Casamance (Senegal)
21 may 2019 - 18:52:28Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Deforestation and bushfires are a threat to bees in Casamance, southern Senegal, said on Monday evening [...] Full text...
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UN committee recommends 4 hazardous chemicals to be listed
14 september 2018 - 11:51:33Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Rotterdam Convention’s Chemicals Review Committee has recommended that four hazardous chemicals recommended should be [...] Full text...
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'Lots of good news’ but much more needs to be done for the planet, says UNEP chief
07 august 2018 - 05:46:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Calling 2017 “the first year in human history” that more electricity was generated globally from the [...] Full text...
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Drones ready to join fight against deadly diseases – UN agency
20 april 2018 - 06:12:15Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Robotics may soon be a critical ally in the fight against disease-spreading bugs, a United Nations [...] Full text...
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FAO launches guide to tackle Fall Armyworm in Africa head-on (An FAO feature)
16 february 2018 - 11:25:30Rome, Italy (PANA) - Faced with the infestation of millions of hectares of maize, most in the hands of smallholder [...] Full text...
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FAO points the way for low-carbon animal products to support nutrition, rural livelihoods (FAO feature)
22 january 2018 - 10:16:15Rome, Italy (PANA) - The livestock sector is a mainstay for food security and rural livelihoods and the international community [...] Full text...
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FAO hails UN resolutions honouring family farmers, bees, camelids, fisheries
21 december 2017 - 09:48:01Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has welcomed the UN's decision to create a decade [...] Full text...
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Austria: IAEA opens new lab to boost UN efforts to keep harmful insects at bay
26 september 2017 - 06:45:04Vienna, Austria (PANA) – The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday opened the doors of a new [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Bees strike as CJ reads final presidential poll nullification report
20 september 2017 - 15:34:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Bees joined the Kenyan presidential election dispute in Nairobi Wednesday, stinging the police and opposition supporters [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: AfDB approves US$343,000 to enhance honey production in Rwanda
03 june 2017 - 07:55:09Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the Organisation pour la Promotion de la Contribution [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO creates prevention tools to help keep food safe
01 february 2017 - 17:40:50New York, US (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has created a set of emergency prevention tools [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Montreal Protocol ministerial meeting to focus on Ozone
12 october 2016 - 13:23:48KIgali, Rwanda (PANA) - The 28th annual ministerial meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, scheduled to open on [...] Full text...
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Italy: Cape Verde joins Port State Measures Agreement to combat unregulated fishing
24 june 2016 - 11:01:44Rome, Italy (PANA) - Cape Verde joined the Port State Measures Agreement on Thursday, as President Jorge Carlos Fonseca personally [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO study identifies small fish with a big role to play in feeding Africa's drylands
14 june 2016 - 13:55:22Rome, Italy (PANA) - Small, fast growing wild fish could be crucial allies in the race to end hunger in [...] Full text...
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Italy: Google, FAO aim to usher in new era of environmental literacy
15 april 2016 - 11:54:44Rome, Italy, (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Google are working together to make high-resolution satellite [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO warns of risks of desert locust outbreak in Yemen
13 april 2016 - 09:59:23Rome, Italy (PANA) - The presence of recently discovered desert locust infestations in Yemen, where conflict is severely hampering control [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO calls for strict vigilance in northwest Africa on locust invasion
12 april 2016 - 16:54:44New York, US (PANA) - Countries in northwest Africa need to mobilize survey and control teams and to take all [...] Full text...
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Italy: Experts discuss to fight insects, bacteria that infest plants, food
05 april 2016 - 12:11:23Rome, Italy (PANA) - International experts have gathered at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to focus on the [...] Full text...
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Italy: Bees can help boost food security of two billion small farmers at no cost – UN
19 february 2016 - 22:07:34Rome, Ital (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday highlighted the publication of a new [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius launches 'Smart Agriculture'
12 february 2016 - 11:30:09Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture on Thursday night launched its 'Smart Agriculture' project in a bid [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO warns torrential rains, cyclones could favour locust surge
11 november 2015 - 11:33:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - Unusually heavy and widespread rains that fell recently in northwest Africa, the Horn of Africa and [...] Full text...
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UN: UNHCR condemns suicide attacks in Chad, pledges continued support
13 october 2015 - 18:19:38New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday deplored the violent and fatal suicide [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Insectarium opens at Port-Louis Museum
20 may 2015 - 07:31:54Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - An insectarium, a new gallery of the Natural History Museum of Port-Louis made up of around [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: UNDP, Global Fund sign agreement to bolster efforts to beat malaria in Sudan
24 april 2015 - 12:10:46Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A new agreement reached in Sudan by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the [...] Full text...
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Italy/FAO: Experts discuss global measures to keep plant pests at bay
16 march 2015 - 13:58:56Rome, Italy (PANA) - How to prevent insects, bacteria, viruses and weeds from infesting fruit, vegetable and other plant and [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO report urges boosting national-level investment to tackle neglected tropical diseases
19 february 2015 - 22:06:26New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday launched a new report stressing that countries must [...] Full text...
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Italy: Funds running out in battle against locusts in Madagascar
21 january 2015 - 16:26:11Rome, Italy (PANA) - In Madagascar, the battle against an ongoing plague of locusts risks being lost as funds needed [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Genetic diversity a hidden tool in coping with climate change - says FAO
19 january 2015 - 21:03:08Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Genetic resources have a critical role to play in feeding the world — especially as climate [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Dozens killed, hundreds injured in three weeks of rains, floods
13 august 2014 - 20:37:27Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured in three weeks of rains and floods [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Desert locusts invade Addis Ababa, food situation precarious
15 may 2014 - 14:39:49Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Desert locusts have invaded the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, from the Eastern region, the first [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Focus on Vector-Borne Diseases on World Health Day
07 april 2014 - 13:01:42Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister, Lormus Bundhoo, said here Monday that mosquitoes remained [...] Full text...
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Oldest land-living animal identified in South Africa
05 september 2013 - 08:47:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - An academic from Wits University in South Africa, Dr. Robert Gess, has discovered [...] Full text...
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Forests, insects critical in fight against hunger - FAO
13 may 2013 - 12:12:06Rome, Italy (PANA) - Forests, trees on farms and agroforestry are critical in the fight against hunger and should be [...] Full text...
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African health ministers meet in Addis Ababa this week
22 april 2013 - 12:41:45Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Up to 90% of the global burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is believed to [...] Full text...
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Madagascar needs over US$41m to end locust plague
26 march 2013 - 12:29:20Rome, Italy (PANA) - Madagascar needs more than US$22 million of emergency funding by June to start fighting a severe [...] Full text...
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FAO partners Sudan, Egypt over control of locust invasion
22 february 2013 - 19:00:55Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is working in partnership with the Egyptian and Sudanese [...] Full text...
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Yellow fever vaccination campaign 'going smoothly' in Darfur despite deaths
25 november 2012 - 12:13:40Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The World Health Organization on Sunday said a 12-day vaccination against the deadly yellow fever outbreak [...] Full text...
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Desert locust threat to Niger, Mali grows
17 july 2012 - 11:52:27Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Desert Locust threat to pastures and croplands in Niger and Mali is growing after swarms [...] Full text...
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Pesticide misuse threatens farmers’ health, food in Ghana
19 april 2012 - 19:11:03Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The misuse of pesticides, some of them banned, in northern Ghana is affecting the [...] Full text...
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'Weak support for extension services hamper efforts to fight hunger, poverty'
18 november 2011 - 13:56:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Efforts to fight hunger and rural poverty, backed by billions of dollars, are being hampered by [...] Full text...
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Madagascar needs funds, materials to fight locusts
21 june 2011 - 17:08:52Rome, Italy (PANA) - A current buildup of locust populations in southwestern Madagascar could turn into a plague and seriously [...] Full text...
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UN study calls for ecological farming to boost food production
08 march 2011 - 18:27:01New York, US (PANA) - A new UN study released on Tuesday has called for a fundamental shift towards agro-ecology [...] Full text...
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Twelve die after poisonous food
04 december 2010 - 14:10:38Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Twelve farmers in the Upper East Region have died after eating foodstuff preserved with pesticides and [...] Full text...
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Mauritius worried by proliferation of gecko of Madagascar
20 september 2010 - 17:24:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The director of the Reptile Conservation of Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and of the Mauritian Wildlife [...] Full text...
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Cuba to set up factory for malaria control in Nigeria
13 september 2010 - 12:01:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Complementing Nigeria's stepped-up malaria control programme, Cuba is to establish a factory that will produce chemicals [...] Full text...
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World Environment Day: UN sounds alarm on biodiversity
05 june 2010 - 12:55:00New York- US (PANA) -- As millions around the globe celebrate the World Environme nt Day on Saturday, United Nations [...] Full text...
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Ghana begins exercise to eradicate tsetse fly
18 april 2010 - 10:56:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" About 7,500 square kilometr-es of tsetse fly infested are a in Ghana's Upper West region are [...] Full text...
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WHO supports research on genetically-modified mosquitoes
05 november 2009 - 16:13:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has supported on-goi ng research to sterilize the malaria-causing mosquito insects [...] Full text...
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Regional workshop on pest control opens in Mauritius
24 september 2009 - 12:35:00Pأ©reybأ¨re- Mauritius (PANA) -- Some agricultural experts from 32 countries on T hursday began a workshop on "pests and their [...] Full text...
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IITA develops bio-pesticide to safe African cabbage
23 september 2009 - 11:43:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IIT A) has announced the development of a bio-pesticide for [...] Full text...
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FAO raises red flag over weeds menace
11 august 2009 - 18:59:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Today, more than a billion people in the world are hungr y, the result of flawed [...] Full text...
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