Archived News

08/08/2011 (Ghana News Agency) - The Koforidua Diocese of the Anglican Church is constructing 65,000 US dollars oil mill at Kwabeng in the Atiwa District, to provide market for the produce of farmers and to crate employment for the youth in the area.

08/08/2011 (fnbnews.com) - The revised Budget for Tamil Nadu for 2011-2012 was presented to the Legislative Assembly by Thiru O Panneerselvam, minister of finance, Government of Tamil Nadu, last week.

08/08/2011 (ISRIA) - Indonesian new export products for African market became a center of attention when a lot of visitors crowded Indonesian display stands during the African Big 7 and Saitex exhibition in Johannesburg on 17-19 2011. The stands displayed a wide array of food and baby care products.

08/08/2011 (GhanaWeb) - A few weeks ago Ghanaians woke up to the good news that the 2011 World Food Prize has been awarded to the former President J.A. Kufuor, together with the former Brazilian President L.I. Lula da Silva. The award was in recognition of “...their independent, personal commitment and visionary leadership in creating and implementing policies targeting the alleviation of hunger and poverty in their countries”. This piece takes a close look at the agricultural performance of President Kufuor’s administration during the eight year term of office and provides a basis as to what might have informed The World Food Prize Foundation to offer him that prestigious award.

08/08/2011 (The News) - Port Qasim (PQ) handled a cargo volume of 127,665 tons, comprising 75,908 tons of imports and 51,757 tons of exports during the last 24 hours, a statement said on Saturday.

08/08/2011 (The Star) - Oil palm growers may have done the wrong thing when they let the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil decide what kind of palm oil is sustainable.

08/08/2011 (The Star) - A down-to-earth business philosophy combined with laudable foresight planning as well as Malaysia\'s rich natural resources and stable political environment has turned a small trading company into a billion-ringgit multinational over the course of 27 years. Today, agriculturebased QL Resources Bhd whose core business includes marine products manufacturing, integrated livestock farming and crude palm oil (CPO) milling, is the largest fishmeal maker in Malaysia and the largest producer of surimi (processed fish paste) in Asia.

08/08/2011 (Manila Bulletin) - ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines – The provincial government of Sultan Kudarat and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have pushed for the development of some 3,000 hectares of agricultural land in Columbio town into a palm oil plantation.

08/08/2011 (Bernama) - Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri has described Petronas' involvement to build a power station in Kimanis and help realise another plant in Lahad Datu as a "much-awaited action".

08/08/2011 (Vanguard) - At noon, the ever busy Obada market, Isolo was so scanty that one could count the number of marketers. The reason for this was not far fetched. The prices of foodstuffs and other essential commodities have rises in most markets across the country.

08/08/2011 (Reuters) - Congo Republic on Friday said it wanted to raise $2.6 billion to restock part of the world\'s second largest forest, as part of its fight against uncontrolled logging and global warming.

08/08/2011 (Reuters AlertNet) - Indigenous Papuans are at risk of further marginalisation and the forests and ecosystems on which they rely face destruction due to an ambitious food security project by the Indonesian government, activists say.