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		<title>Great News! EU approves 760 million Euros!</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/11/24/great-news-eu-approves-760-million-euros/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roxane.Philson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late Friday night, the EU finally agreed to provide 1 billion Euros of  funding to struggling farmers in the developing world. Best of all, after crunching the numbers it looks like 76% of this funding will be new  development assistance above and beyond what these countries currently give. 
Congratulations to the 15,000 European [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU Billion&#8217;s Last Week</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/11/18/eu-billions-last-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weldon Kennedy</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s been almost 5 months coming, but hopefully on Friday we&#8217;ll finally know if the European Union will dedicate an additional 1 billion Euros to help struggling farmers in the developing world. For the last month we&#8217;ve turned on the heat to make sure these farmers get as much help as possible.
It feels like Eloise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU Billion Update</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/11/12/eu-billion-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Government Relations Manager Eloise Todd checks in with an update on the EU Billion:
With just a week to go until the EU institutions negotiate the budget, we’re working hard to make sure that the EU’s governments and European Parliamentarians deliver on the billion for poor farmers. The main concern is whether the money will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on the EU Food Facility: Chasing the €1 Billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora Coghlan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s the latest from ONE’s London-based Government Relations Manager, Eloise Todd, on the EU Food Facility. The facility is based on a proposal in the European Union to channel 1 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in unused European farm subsidies to farmers in developing countries.
Although the European Parliament voted last week on the EU’s budget for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>€1 billion for the EU&#8217;s Food Facility</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/10/09/e1-billion-for-the-eus-food-facility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July, we told you about a proposal in the European Union right now to channel 1 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in unused European farm subsidies to African farmers as part of its response to the global food crisis. Now the EU has to decide how that money will get spent. Here’s an update from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank, IMF Meetings Begin</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/10/09/world-bank-meetings-begin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara.Rogge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings begin with press conferences by IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick.  All of the World Bank agencies,  the IMF, and a broad range of NGOs are holding discussions and events on development issues this week.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on the New E.U. Ag. Pledge</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/07/10/more-on-the-new-eu-ag-pledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a piece in today&#8217;s Christian Science Monitor on the E.U.&#8217;s new pledge to give 1 billion euros in unused farm subsidies to African farmers.
&#8220;In the past, that €1 billion would have gone to paying for the so-called &#8220;grain mountains&#8221; and &#8220;milk lakes&#8221; that resulted when EU farmers produced more than they could sell. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good News! A Billion in Farm-Aid Euro for Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/07/07/good-news-a-billion-in-farm-aid-euro-for-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[European Union head  Barroso  announced today that the E.U. will be  channeling 1 billion euros (the equivalent  of 1.6 billion US dollars) in unused-farm subsidies to farmers in Africa. The proposal must still be approved by the 27 EU member countries and the European Parliament, but could begin operating in January.
From [...]]]></description>
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