Agriculture

Hedge Funds Raise Bullish Bets by Most in 16 Months – Moneynews (blog)

Speculators trimmed bets on declining prices for copper, cocoa, wheat, and soybean oil and meal … while $248 million was withdrawn from other commodities, said Cameron Brandt, the director of research at the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based …

Nigeria: I Started School to Stop Those Who Swindle My People, Says 90-Year-Old Pa Tete Allen – AllAfrica.com

I went to cut palm fruits and also engaged in fishing to support my … they will tell me how much money they brought to our community, you know we are an oil community. Sometimes too, people will come and … Continue reading

Can 2008 Final Egypt V Cameroon Accra, Ghana Egypt Scores – Radio Egypt

The economy of Egypt is one of the most diversified in the Middle East, with sectors such as tourism, agriculture, industry and service at almost equal production levels. In early 2011, Egypt underwent a revolution, which resulted in the ousting … Continue reading

Hedge Funds Raise Bullish Raw-Material Bets Most in 16 Months: Commodities – Bloomberg

Speculators trimmed bets on declining prices for copper, cocoa, wheat, and soybean oil and meal … while $248 million was withdrawn from other commodities, said Cameron Brandt, the director of research at the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based …

PGA Tour Confidential: 2012 Preview – Golf.com

Cameron Morfit, senior writer … Rick Lipsey, writer-reporter, Sports Illustrated: Only a sheik with oil money could maybe lure a top-shelf opening-week field. Ryan Reiterman, senior producer, Golf.com: It’s also hard to make the opening …

Today: Monday 2nd January – BBC

David Cameron has predicted a difficult 2012 … Art Lester, co-author of the Coffee Table Book of Doom, and Prof Chris French, who heads the anomalistic psychology research unit at Goldsmiths College, University of London, discuss what drives the interest … Continue reading

When oil subsidy went to Cotonou – Daily Sun

Reader, please fasten your seat belt or get a cup of coffee. Gist plenty … border towns that link Nigeria with such countries as Chad, Niger, Togo and Cameroon. These are the petroleum smuggling trade routes the authorities are murmuring … Continue reading

Cameroon hopes diamonds bring development – China Post

Cameroon tapped South Korea’s C&K Mining for the project … “As traditional activity, there is agriculture, hunting, fishing, gathering of forest materials. These are subsistence activities,” Amougou said. In the village of Mang, hopes are high …

I started school to stop those who swindle my people, says 90-year-old Pa Tete Allen – Vanguard

I told my closest friend, Mr. Cameroon Isaih, and he said I was free to go if I wanted … I am still agile. I take coffee, I am not retired yet (very long uproarious laughter).

2011: A year of challenges and opportunities in Africa – Michigan Citizen

While others, notably Cameroon, DRC, Madagascar … with heavy emphasis on increasing agriculture production — another sign that bodes well for the entire region and the world. Africa is aggressively turning towards her Diaspora in the United States …