FAO invests in developing Caribbean cassava industry

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Addressing agricultural revitalization and the high food import bill are two of the major challenges facing the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Over the past ten years, the food import bill has doubled to almost US$4 billion, with 11% being spent on just ...
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IDB to support Bahamas efforts to improve fiscal effectiveness

WASHINGTON, USA -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $33 million loan for The Bahamas to improve the management of its public finances and procurement, and to enhance its capacity to monitor progress and implementation of key government priorities.   The Bahamas&rsquo...
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A game-changing week on climate change

NEW YORK, United States, Friday November 21, 2014, IPS - In recent days, two major developments have injected new life into international action on climate change. At the G20 summit in Australia, the United States pledged 3 billion dollars and Japan pledged 1.5 billion dollars to the Green Climate...
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U.N. official visits Bahamas to discuss new immigration policy

San Juan, Nov 24 (EFE).- The deputy director-general of the International Organization for Migration visited the Bahamas for talks with top officials on the nation's controversial new immigration law, the government said Monday. The IOM's Laura Thompson met with the minister of Foreign Aff...
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Chikungunya vaccine successful in clinical trial

VIENNA, Austria I November 23, 2014 I The Austrian biotech company Themis Bioscience GmbH in collaboration with  the Institut Pasteur (Paris, France) have developed a prophylactic vaccine against chikungunya.The vaccine appears to be safe, and produced an immune response that researchers suspec...
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