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		<title>South Korea to Grow Corn in Madagascar</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/11/24/south-korea-to-grow-corn-in-madagascar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/11/24/south-korea-to-grow-corn-in-madagascar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Adler</dc:creator>
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Some interesting news from the world of agriculture and development: last week South Korea announced plans to plant corn in Madagascar, reflecting a growing trend in the region to secure cropland abroad to address the duel challenge of recent food price increases and a shortage of cropland at home. 
Daewoo Logistics, a South Korean company [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/11/24/great-news-eu-approves-760-million-euros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roxane.Philson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agricultural]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/11/18/eu-billions-last-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weldon Kennedy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agricultural]]></category>
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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>US provides Ethiopia with $112 million in Emergency Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/07/25/us-provides-ethiopia-with-112-million-in-emergency-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/07/25/us-provides-ethiopia-with-112-million-in-emergency-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Avila</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agricultural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethiopia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Aid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States has recently given $91 million in emergency food funds and $21 million in humanitarian aid to Ethiopia, one of the countries hardest hit by the food crisis.
From AllAfrica.com:
According to press statement from the US embassy in Addis Ababa , the donation was in response to Ethiopian government&#8217;s revised June 2008 Humanitarian Requirement [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/07/10/more-on-the-new-eu-ag-pledge/#comments</comments>
		<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>What We Want from the G8 in &#8216;08 – Agriculture</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/07/07/what-we-want-from-the-g8-in-08-%e2%80%93-agriculture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/07/07/what-we-want-from-the-g8-in-08-%e2%80%93-agriculture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara.Rogge</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2008 G8 Japan Series]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[See earlier posts on what we want from the G8 here and here.]
One main thing we’re asking the G8 to commit to this year is a comprehensive plan focused on boosting food security and agricultural productivity in Africa. Growing concern over rising food prices helped get these issues onto the summit agenda, and ONE has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey G8, Listen to Pedro</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/05/15/hey-g8-listen-to-pedro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/05/15/hey-g8-listen-to-pedro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Hubbard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agricultural]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many African countries are facing a grave threat from rising food prices. That’s why we’ve been asking President Bush and other G8 leaders to take immediate action to soften the blow on the poor and reverse the underinvestment in long-term agricultural productivity. 
Some of us have been in Mozambique this week; a country like Mozambique [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Farm Bill: Same Bill, New World</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/05/14/farm-bill-same-bill-new-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/05/14/farm-bill-same-bill-new-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara.Rogge</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agricultural]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bread for the World]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the House of Representatives voted 318-106 to pass a $300 billion, 5 year Farm Bill.  While the bill funds some domestic conservation and nutrition programs and food aid, it also includes agricultural subsidies that have a tangible impact on global poverty.  Agricultural subsidies, which Japan and other rich countries in Europe use [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Agriculture Key to Addressing Hunger Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/04/24/agricultural-key-to-addressing-hunger-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2008/04/24/agricultural-key-to-addressing-hunger-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora Coghlan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agricultural]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An op-ed in Tuesday&#8217;s IHT offers an interesting perspective on the surge in world food prices.  Author Robert Paarlberg points out that the hunger crisis was brewing long before food prices shot up. 
Rising prices are having the harshest impact on urban populations, which are traditionally better off than their rural counterparts and rely [...]]]></description>
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