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EU support to improve security in Africa 27 Aug 2013 | 01:06 pm
On 23 August the European Union (EU) announced that it will provide €5.2 million to the African Union Commission (AUC) for a testing exercise of a continent military force, which is to operate under t...
Somalia to adopt 'The New Deal’ 27 Aug 2013 | 11:38 am
The Federal Government of Somalia and the EU are to co-host "The New Deal for Somalia Conference" in Brussels on 16 September 2013. The international conference will endorse the "New Deal Compact" tha...
Herring loss sparks EU-Faroe Island trade spat 27 Aug 2013 | 10:53 am
The Faroe Islands government is to have reacted furiously to the EU decision to ban its fish exports to the Union, due to unsustainable fishing of herring. The small archipelago, which has Danish sove...
Commission adopts trade measures against Faroe 27 Aug 2013 | 10:21 am
On 20 August, the European Commission adopted a package of measures to address the unsustainable fishing of herring by the Faroe Islands. The measures include the ban of imports of herring and mackere...
EU still world’s biggest aid donor but misses own targets 26 Aug 2013 | 02:40 pm
The European Union maintained its position as the worls’s biggest aid donor last year (2012), stumping up €55.2 billion of overseas assistance (over 50% of the global overseas development aid), but th...
Agrikalsa Nius - July 2013 - Solomon Islands agricultural newsletter 26 Aug 2013 | 02:10 pm
Agrikalsa Nius is the monthly electronic newsletter of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of the Solomon Islands. It is prepared by the Agriculture Information Unit; to subscribe, send your e-m...
Swaziland: EU regional body pumps €1.8m for SMEs 26 Aug 2013 | 02:01 pm
On 31 July, the newspaper Times of Swaziland reported that The Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) has pumped 1.8 million Euros for developing the Swaziland’s private sector, directed mainl...
Discussions on dairy sector safeguard measures in Namibia intensify 26 Aug 2013 | 01:33 pm
According to reports in July 2013 in the Namibian press, the dairy sector in Namibia could be on the verge of collapse if protective measures are not introduced. Speaking at a public consultation conv...
USDA argues for revision of Nigerian wheat sector policy 26 Aug 2013 | 01:25 pm
According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in its report of 27 June, all but around 50,000 tonnes of Nigeria’s annual wheat consumption of 3.7 million tonnes is imported. Currently, Nigeria ...
TPR provides useful summary of situation of EU farm policy 26 Aug 2013 | 01:21 pm
In July 2013, the WTO Secretariat published the latest Trade Policy Review (TPR) of the EU, which provides a useful, if somewhat dated, summary of EU agricultural policy. In terms of agricultural sup...
