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ICT4Ag - the digital springboard for inclusive agriculture, 4-8 November, 2013, Kigali, Rwanda

If there is only one event you attend this year, it should be the international conference, ICT4Ag – the digital springboard for inclusive agriculture. Cohosted by CTA and the Rwandan Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) and supported by an impressive array of international organisations listed below, this event offers participants the opportunity to discover exciting opportunities and cutting edge technologies. Representing the public and private sector in Africa, the more...

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Gabriela Mindru on April 10, 2013

Agriculture Newsletter - November 2012

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>>>Read or download the full newsletter at Agriculture News Update – November 2012<<<

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CTA Agritrade on December 10, 2012

Agriculture Newsletter - October 2012

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>>>Read or download the full newsletter at Agriculture News Update – October 2012<<<

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CTA Agritrade on December 10, 2012

Latest ACP-EU updates: Trade and Agriculture, week 19-25 November

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Brussels, November 2012. On the eve of the Doha Conference on climate change and after intensive talks on the EPAs between ACP countries and the EU, the week 19-25 November brought important ACP-EU issues to the public attention. In the European Union, the European Parliament committed for a more concerted action in climate funding for international talks that started this Monday in Doha. In fact, as the newest World Bank report warns of “+4°C world” by 2100 concentrated action more...

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CTA Brussels on November 29, 2012

Agriculture Newsletter - May 2012

>>>Read or download the full newsletter at Agriculture News Update – May 2012<<<

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CTA Agritrade on August 28, 2012

Upcoming Brussels Development Briefing: Follow it live

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Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1.3 billion tonnes — gets lost or wasted! The next Brussels Development Briefing “Addressing Food Waste in Time of Crisis” will be held at the European Commission, Borschette Building, Room 2D on Tuesday 26 June 2012 from 8h30 to 13h00 CET . This briefing wants to address the concerns revolving around global hunger, food security, sustainability and waste recovery. Thus, the objectives of the more...

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CTA Brussels office on June 21, 2012

Actualités ACP-UE: l'APP, des crises en Afrique, et le potentiel de la SADC

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La dernière assemblée parlementaire de l’ACP-UE (APP) s´est tenue à Horsens, au Danemark. Mis à part les sujets fréquemment abordés par les députés européens et leurs homologues des pays ACP au cours des réunions précédentes, ils ont également procédé à des échanges de vues sur les conséquences de l'instabilité en Afrique. Louis Michel, qui est le coprésident de l’Assemblée, a notamment parlé des conséquences dévastatrices potentielles que pourrait avoir l’instabilité politique malienne more...

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CTA Brussels office on June 6, 2012

ACP-EU updates: the JPA, fears of a crisis-spillover, and the potential of SADC integration

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[June 2012]Horsens, Denmark, recently witnessed the latest ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA). Apart from topics frequently discussed by the MEPs and their counterparts from the ACP Countries during previous meetings, they also took a deeper look at the consequences of the instability in Africa. While Louis Michel, Co-President of the Assembly, spoke in particular of the potentially devastating consequences of political insecurity in Mali for neighbouring states, such as Niger, more...

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CTA Brussels office on June 5, 2012

Dernières actualités ACP-EU: L'unité des membres ACP, les droits de douane et le 'Paradoxe de Singapore'

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Comme nous l’avons vu, le Secrétaire général, Dr Ibn Chambas a toujours exprimé son inquiétude concernant la manque d’unité du côté du groupe ACP. Cette question a fait la une la semaine dernière. Les ambassadeurs de Samoa et de Jamaïque ont souligné qu’il est nécessaire de maintenir unité et innovation parmi les membres ACP. Ils ont averti que le groupe qui compte 79 membres devrait revoir tant sa pertinence auprès de ses électeurs que sa valeur ajoutée et son more...

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CTA Brussels office on May 31, 2012

ACP-EU updates: ACP unity, custom tariffs, and the Singapore Paradox

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If Secretary General Dr Ibn Chambas has always taken advantage to voice the issue along his mandate, the question of ACP unity has prompted much discussion in the past week. The ambassadors from Samoa and Jamaica to the EU stressed that unity and innovation among ACP members is needed. They warned that the 79-member Group will have to review both its relevance to its constituencies, and its value-added and strategic importance as a partner of the EU in the future. “The ACP-EU more...

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CTA Brussels office on May 30, 2012

The scandal of food losses and food waste!

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The next Brussels Development Briefing will be held on 26 June from 8.30 – 13h00 on Food Losses and Food Waste. Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1.3 billion tonnes — gets lost or wasted! This briefing wants to address the concerns revolving around global hunger, food security, sustainability and waste recovery. A variety of different actors – farmers, retailers, governments and consumers – involved in the food supply chain more...

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CTA Brussels office on May 29, 2012

Actualités ACP-UE: un APE intérimaire, le développement en Ouganda et la PAC

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[3eme semaine, mai] Même si ces derniers mois, les quelques réserves émises quant à la politique étrangère de l’UE ont fait la une, la dernière semaine des informations ont présenté des critiques sur un ton plus positif. Suite aux réunions, l'accord de commerce et de développement, un APE intérimaire, conclu par l’UE et quatre États d’Afrique orientale et australe, à savoir Maurice, Madagascar, les Seychelles et le Zimbabwe, a pris effet. Ces quatre pays vont progressivement more...

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CTA Brussels office on May 22, 2012

ACP-EU updates: African iEPA, development in Uganda and greener CAP

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[3rd week May] While criticism has dominated the EU's foreign policy in recent months, positive notes have appeared to prevail in the media last week. Following long negotiations, the first iEPA has come to pass: Four African countries, namely Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles and Zimbabwe, will gradually open their markets to European exports over the course of 15 years. The trade and development agreement concluded by the EU and the aforementioned African countries takes effect. “This more...

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CTA Brussels office on May 22, 2012

Dernières actualités ACP-EU: la clause de la NPF, le PE, et l’Afrique du Sud

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Malgré ses critiques continues contre l’UE et les APE, Benjamin William Mkapa, l’ancien Président tanzanien a souligné que l’on observe une certaine sympathie de la part de l’UE pour les inquiétudes de l’Afrique puisque les comités du Parlement européen sur le développement (DEVE) et le commerce international (INTA) ont récemment élaboré des propositions rejetant la proposition d’amendement au Règlement 1528/2007, qui prévoit un accès au marché de l’UE sans taxes et sans quotas. Le more...

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CTA Brussels office on May 15, 2012

Dernières actualités ACP-EU: Les APE, la Chine en Afrique, et la PAC

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Ces derniers mois, les quelques réserves émises quant aux APE ont fait la une des journaux en ligne. Même s’il a semblé que les perspectives étaient plus réjouissantes dans la région caribéenne, des articles parus sur le net expriment ses inquiétudes quant à l’accord de partenariat économique (APE) UE-Cariforum conclu en 2008 avec l’Union européenne. Plus particulièrement, le quotidien Dominican Today fait remarquer dans un article que “les tentatives de répondre aux questions à propos de more...

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CTA Brussels office on May 7, 2012

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