NAIROBI - Feb 2/04 - IRIN -- A new initiative to strengthen food security and enhance economic growth in East Africa through a sustainable, long term partnership between governments, traders, producer associations, development and aid agencies has been set up in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 3/04 - SNS -- The Indian government including some economic measures in today's interim budget which Agriculture Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh hopes will boost investment in agriculture. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SPRINGDALE - Feb 3/04 - SNS -- Tyson Foods, Inc. has started removing trans fat ingredients from its fully-cooked retail and 'child nutrition' labeled school foodservice products. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Feb 5/04 - SNS -- France's requirement that enriched foods need prior authorization before they can be sold in that country hinders the free movement of goods within the European Community, reads an EC Court of Justice decision in an action against France. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Feb 5/04 - IRIN -- Households in the maize-based agricultural areas of southern and central Angola are facing greater food insecurity than those in the northern and eastern cassava belt. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 8/04 - SNS -- The United States and Australia signed a free trade agreement in Washington today, giving duty free access to the United States for over 97% of Australia's manufacturing exports and a zero tariff on 66% of the agricultural tariffs now in place. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 8/04 - SNS -- Information contained in the U.S. fact sheet on the Australia United States free trade agreement (AUSFTA) signed today adds details to some of the information provided by the Australian government and makes it clear Australia's marketing boards may not be able to continue doing business as usual. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Feb 8/04 - SNS -- The Australian government published a fact sheet today, which outlines the primary terms of the free trade agreement (AUSFTA) signed with the United States today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Feb 9/04 - SNS -- Some agriculture groups in Australia are critical of the Australia and United States free trade agreement (AUSFTA) signed over the weekend. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Feb 9/04 - IRIN -- Food security in the central Tanzanian regions of Dodoma and Singida is worsening as stocks run out and alternative means of obtaining food are constrained, the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET)reported on Friday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BEIJING - Feb 9/04 - SNS -- World Food Program (WFP) representatives say food grain stocks are nearly exhausted in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and urgent intervention by the international community is needed to help feed 6.5 million ofthe country's hungriest people until food aid supplies in the pipeline start arriving. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Feb 9/04 - IRIN -- Most southern African countries may not be able to meet their food requirements for the 2004-05 season as a result of poor rains, a regional food security meeting in Mozambique warned. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 10/04 - SNS -- Rail freight traffic in India is expected to top 550 million metric tons (MT) during the 2003-04 fiscal year, which government officials point to as a powerful signal of the underlying strength of the country's economy. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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CALGARY - Feb 10/04 - SNS -- Agrium Inc. is optimistic about the fertilizer outlook for 2004 because of strong 2003 crop grain and oilseed markets and reports China may require additional grain and oilseed imports in 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Feb 11/04 - SNS -- Combating hunger and undernourishment in pregnant women and children will have long term health benefits for human society because it will help prevent some of the bodies genetic defense mechanisms from triggering and leading to over-eating later in life. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Feb 12/04 - SNS -- Four delivery dates have been set in Manitoba for growers interested in donating wheat and other grains for use in international food aid programs sponsored by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Feb 13/04 - IRIN -- About 1.2 million needy Angolans are cut off from humanitarian aid because of damaged transport infrastructure and the ever-present threat of landmines, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest situation report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 13/04 - SNS -- India's new phytosanitary requirements could end up stopping U.S. exports of pet food to the country, believes the U.S. agricultural attache here. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MONTREAL - Feb 17/04 - SNS -- Members of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union voted against a three tentative agreements signed by the union and CN Rail. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ADDIS ABABA - Feb 17/04 - IRIN -- The US and EU on Tuesday faced calls from impoverished nations to ease trade restrictions ahead of talks aimed at kick-starting stalled world trade negotiations. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OMAHA - Feb 17/04 - SNS -- ConAgra Foods, Inc. has introduced its Golden Cuisine line of foods intended for home delivery to seniors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Feb 19/04 - SNS -- Canadian railways carried slightly less tonnage in 2003 even though the year started at a record setting pace, according to Statistics Canada. Tonnage carried ended up slipping 0.7% to 259.8 million metric MT (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Feb 19/04 - IRIN -- At least 300,000 people in four districts of Coast Province are short of food despite heavy, unusual rainfall since January, while the situation is rapidly worsening in the northwestern pastoral districts, such as Turkana, where local conflicts have disrupted farming patterns, a report said on Tuesday. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 19/04 - MFB -- Expressing concern about energy prices and supply, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) last week told Congress that the current natural gas crisis is a prime example of the failure of America's energy policy. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 20/04 - SNS -- India's agriculture department approved drought assistance totalling Rs. 249.68 Crore for Karnataka and Rs. 33.21 Crore for Maharashtra. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Feb 20/04 - SNS -- India's agriculture department approved drought assistance totalling Rs. 249.68 Crore for Karnataka and Rs. 33.21 Crore for Maharashtra. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Feb 20/04 - IRIN -- Namibia's land reform program has not addressed the crucial issue of security of tenure for farmworkers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Feb 24/04 - SNS -- The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade now comes into affect and becomes legally binding on those countries which signed the document. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VIENNA - Feb 24/04 - SNS -- Austria's largest supermarket chains -- Billa, Merkur and Hofer -- say they will neither stock nor sell food containing genetically modified products. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PYONGYANG - Feb 25/04 - SNS -- The World Food Program (WFP) says while food aid shipments to North Korea avoided mass starvation, continued effort is needed because another 1.5 million people face need help during the coming six weeks and without additional donations, millions will face food shortages in the second half of the year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Feb 26/04 - IRIN -- More than 200,000 people in Somalia's northern and central regions face extreme food shortages due to a prolonged drought considered the worst in 30 years, a new report has warned. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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