The World Bank Group has said that surging food and fuel import bills could reverse recent progress in poverty alleviation across Sub-Sahara…
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HCL partners UpLink on fresh water supply to avert threat from climate change
World Economic Forum has said that Water security has never been more urgent. It said that with the global population set to…
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Oxfam calls for wealth tax on billionaire to benefit women in informal sector
Oxfam International Executive Director Gabriela Bucher today called for a wealth tax on billionaires to benefit women plunged into poverty by the…
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The African Development Bank on Friday approved a $1.5 billion emergency food production facility for 20 million farmers on the continent to…
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Indonesia President Joko Widodo, has now agreed to lift the export ban on palm oil, despite a bid to flood the local…
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Nigeria, 138 others receive lifeline support to restore species ecosystems—GEF
Global Environment Facility has said that with global biodiversity loss at dangerous levels, Nigeria and 138 other countries have received a lifeline…
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India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade issued notification No 06/2015-2020 prohibiting exports of all wheat (ITC HS…
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The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) on Wednesday urged manufacturers to leverage bee extracts – propolis, royal jelly and bee…
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International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group said they are working on arrangement to tackle the food crisis precipitated by Russian invasion of…
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Government of Brazil (GOB) has cut import tariffs for several categories of goods, focusing on food staples to reduce consumer inflation. The…
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Buhari tasks World Bank, AfDB, others to activate $19bn fund for PAGGW’s activities
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB) and other partners to support the One Planet Summit initiative…
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In the wake of the ban on oil palm export by Indonesia, world’s leading producer of the produce, Edo State Oil Palm Programme, which has seen to the…
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AfDB, Afrexim, AFC, others need to do more to help Africa survive food, energy crisis—Moody
Moody Rating Agency has said that like their global peers, multilateral development banks based in Africa1 will be called on to do…
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Indications of drier-than-normal weather in parts of the cocoa producing region in Africa have strengthened in the latest predictions, the Cocoa Climate…
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World Bank Group has in its Commodity Markets Outlook report warned that the war in Ukraine has dealt a major shock to…