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La Corée du Nord a enregistré l'an passé ses pires récoltes en plus de dix ans, ont annoncé mercredi les Nations Unies, la production ayant été plombée par les catastrophes naturelles, un manque de terres arables et une agriculture inefficace. Sous le coup de sévères sanctions de la communauté internationale en raison de ses programmes nucléaire et balistique interdits, le pays souffre de pénuries alimentaires chroniques 
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China’s economic and political ascendancy is a topic for almost every Eurasian state – and Georgia is no exception. However, before proceeding to China’s geopolitical role in and around Georgia, keep in mind those major routes which make up the famous Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): China to Europe through a new Eurasian land bridge; the China-Mongolia-Russia Corridor; and Central and West Asian countries
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The U.S. lacks the capacity to sell $1.2 trillion more goods to China as part of any trade deal without diverting exports away from other countries and investing in new production, according to Citigroup Inc.
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Contrary to Western doom and gloom interpretations, China’s two sessions now taking place in Beijing offer a fascinating mix of realpolitik and soft power. Every year, the two sessions involve the National People’s Congress (NPC) – the legislative body – and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) – the political advisory body – laying down the Chinese equivalent of the state of the union.
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President Donald Trump says he’s asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on U.S. agricultural products in what could be a huge blessing for American farmers. But how will global trade flows change in the event of a deal?
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Singapore wants a bite of the $5 trillion global food and agri-tech pie, and is putting its money where its mouth is. It is opening up land, giving out grants and increasing education opportunities for those who want to join the sector.
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Having a staple crop that delivers adequate nutrition is a necessary precondition to fixing poverty.
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The first overland delivery of European goods bound for China arrived safe and sound last week, in a good omen for Europe's hopes of making the East Asian superpower's ambitious Belt and Road initiative a two-way street.
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L’Australie s’engage à planter un milliard d’arbres d’ici à 2030. C’est le Premier ministre Scott Morrison qui l’a annoncé à la presse la semaine dernière. « Ce qui m’intéresse, c’est faire pousser plus d’arbres et créer plus d’emplois. C’est aussi simple que cela », a expliqué samedi dernier le chef du gouvernement australien, lors d’un déplacement en Tasmanie.
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New report says three-fourth of farmers who took up cultivation abandoned it in the next rounds.
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The US-China trade dispute has given Vietnam growth opportunities but it still has to overcome key challenges.
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China has agreed to buy 10 million metric tons of soybeans from the U.S. as optimism grows that the trade war between the two countries might be coming to a close. About $200 billion in additional tariffs were set to be levied by the U.S. on Friday (March 1), but President Donald Trump announced he won’t enact those additional tariffs due to trade talk progress.
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Following announcement by agriculture minister on cultivating golden rice within 3 months, farmers and environment groups call take out country-wide protests.
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War between China and the United States over the South China Seas (SCS) is imminent. This is one example of the alarmist headlines that emblazon many western foreign policy journals and news articles following every incident between the U.S. and China.
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While addressing a joint Press Conference at Hanoi, after his summit, with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, US President, Donald Trump spoke not just about the Summit, but also the current state of US-China relations.
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The European Union is Kazakhstan’s biggest foreign investor, and Kazakhstan is the EU’s closest political and economic partner among the countries of Central Asia while EU-Kazakhstan cooperation is expanding in education, research, trade, transport, agriculture and environmental work, among many areas, the European envoy in Astana said.
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The aim is to hit the target by producing more vegetables, fruit and protein sources, such as poultry and fish.
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Singapore’s agriculture sector is no longer what it once was.
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A plot of land equivalent to 33 football fields in size will serve as Singapore's farming hothouse, as the country seeks to develop and export know-how in the emerging agricultural technology sector.
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Il est coutumier, lorsque l’on aborde la question indo-pakistanaise, de réduire le conflit à un différend territorial au Cachemire sur lequel est venu se greffer, depuis 1998, la question nucléaire.
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L'Autorité du Parc marin de la Grande barrière de corail a récemment validé le rejet d'un million de tonnes de boue de dragage à proximité du récif. L'opération a pu être autorisée grâce à un vide juridique, déclenchant la colère des écologistes.
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Equal rights have been demanded and promised for generations, but last year a shift occurred in the women’s movement. Across Asia and the Pacific and around the world, women demonstrated to condemn a status quo which continues to deprive too many women and girls of respect and equal opportunity.
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According to local media, New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) is collaborating with the New Zealand IoT Alliance to deploy the world's first IoT farming tech trial in the country.
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In reprisal for a deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir, the Indian government says it will divert river waters that downstream Pakistan has been counting on.
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