Agriculture 
UPDATE 2-Canada, Mexico defeat USA in WTO meat ruling – Reuters
“When the United States implemented COOL, the impact on the Canadian and American livestock industry was immediately negative,” Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said. “The WTO’s final report marks a clear win for Canadian livestock producers.”
The Fulani Menace that could save our Country – GhanaHomePage
The Fulani, as their name implies are FULA people who today are spread in several West African countries although they are concentrated principally in Nigeria, Mali, Guinea, Cameroon … be just another name for, say a cocoa farmer. Interestingly, in … Continue reading
IITA introduces new yam planting technique – NEXT
Other partners include the National Root Crops Research Institute Umudike, Nigeria; the Crop Research Institute in Kumasi, Ghana; and the Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, Cameroon.
Cameroon targets 5.5 pct growth in 2012: budget – Reuters
Cameroon’s expenditures will rise 8.9 percent to 2.8 trillion CFA francs, with spending aimed at infrastructure and developing its energy, agriculture and mining sectors. Fuel subsidies will also remain in place, with some 170 billion CFA set …
Cameroon’s Cocoa Farm-Gate Prices Fell 2.8% in Week to Nov. 16 – Bloomberg
The price declined to 1,014 CFA francs ($2.08) a kilogram from 1,043 CFA francs, James Mosima Lobe, vice-president of the Cameroon National Association of Cocoa and Coffee Producers, said today by phone from Buea in the country’s southwest.
Best coffee made in the shade – Charleston Gazette
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PM praise for Nestle jobs growth – Google
Prime Minister David Cameron has praised the inventiveness of Britain’s manufacturing sector as he toured a Nestle factory which is creating 300 new jobs. The Prime Minister told workers at Nestle’s coffee production facility in Tutbury, near Burton upon …
David Cameron can’t hide betrayal of jobless young behind a No 10 summit – The Guardian
Question: what does it mean when David Cameron announces that he is holding a breakfast … the news released by the Office for National Statistics an hour or so after the coffee and croissants in Downing Street on Wednesday was … Continue reading
Cameroon : Far North – Heifer to Construct 15 Boreholes – AllAfrica.com
Heifer International Cameroon, an integrated animal-agriculture development organisation, has received a Japanese Embassy grant to construct 15 boreholes in three divisions of the Far North Region, namely Mayo Tsanaga, Mayo Kani and Mayo Danay.
Giant rat plays big ecological role in dispersing seeds – News.Mongabay
“In the Afromontane forest, cattle ranching and agriculture are destroying the last natural … Giant rat for bushmeat in Cameroon. Photo by: Pierre-Michel Forget. “When people are hungry, they hunt giant rats. In 2007, while I visited Cameroon
