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African & Eastern NE BVI Ltd in Alcoholic Drinks (United Arab Emirates)
2015-10-09 02:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
With 20 retail outlets across the country, the retailer is expected to focus on opening new stores in order to compete more effectively with its main rival Maritime & Mercantile International LLC (MMI
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African countries turn to insurance safeguard against climate change
2015-10-07 14:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When world leaders gather for critical climate negotiations in Paris later this year, they must not overlook the major injustice that means Africa responsible for only a tiny proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions (pdf) will suffer disproportionately from rising temperatures. The most vulnerable populations with the least capacity to cope will shoulder the burden. Across the continent, the agricultural sector still employs about 65% of the labour force, and most of the rural poor....
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Trees tell story regreening West African grasslands
2015-10-06 13:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Regrowth of trees explains why grasslands in western Africa known as the Sahel have recovered after devastating droughts in the 1970s and 1980s, according to South Dakota State University professor Niall Hanan. The Sahel is a semiarid region with grasslands and scattered trees sandwiched between the Sahara Desert to the north and tropical savannas to the south. Hanan, a senior scientist at the Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence, and colleagues postdoctoral research associate Armel Kaptué...
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Attack Over Plans to Restock Pig Farms in African Swine Fever Hot Spot
2015-10-05 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
RUSSIA - The deputy head of Rosselkhoznador, the Russian veterinary authority, Nikolai Vlasov (pictured), has launched a blistering attack against the leaders of the Krasnodar authorities after they announced plans to restock pig farms in the region devastated by African swine fever.
African crops, economies at risk as El Nino threatens to scorch & soak
2015-10-02 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Standing waist-deep in a hole, South African maize farmer Tom van Rooyen digs at the side with a small pickaxe. "There is moisture 25 centimeters down but nothing beyond that. If we get below-average rains, it will be a disaster," he said, wiping the red dust from his calloused hands. Poor rains are forecast for South Africa's maize belt because of the El Nino weather pattern, expected to bring more drought to already-parched southern regions in Africa and potential flooding in the east. This...
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