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What's going on in the World?
Find out about what is going on in the world of trade and economics, and how it will impact on your farming business. Features and videos explaining global market trends.
06 November 2008
US consumers rejecting GMs, says Soil Association
The Soil Association believes there is a consumer-led backlash against genetically modified food and has hailed a "non-GMO" labelling initiative as the beginning of the end for GMs.
13 October 2008
International award for project helping farmers in Gambia
An ambitious project helping subsistence farmers in one of the world’s poorest countries has been recognised for its achievements with an international award
26 September 2008
Biofuels survive the UN Food Summit PLUS the facts about palm oil
World leaders debate biofuels' role in global food price inlfation, writes our commentator Richard Crowhurst
11 June 2008
Zimbabwean farmers targeted as election recount begins
As the recount of the presidential vote in Zimbabwe gets underway, reports continue to come in of harassment of white farmers and attacks on their staff by supporters of Robert Mugabe.
01 May 2008
Mugabe steps up campaign of fear against white farmers
The harassment of white farmers in Zimbabwe is continuing, with supporters of Robert Mugabe continuing their efforts to frighten political opponents and rekindle support for their beleaguered president.
10 April 2008
White farmers targeted in Zimbabwean power struggle
Some of Zimbabwe's remaining white farmers are being harassed and threatened by supporters of Robert Mugabe in an attempt to drum up support for their beleaguered president.
07 April 2008
Overseas bakers give UK wheat the thumbs up
There is no denying the quality of UK wheat, according to overseas delegates attending a recent HGCA bread-baking workshop.
11 December 2007
Zimbabwe farmers a step closer to compensation
A group of Dutch farmers is one step closer to gaining compensation for land and farms lost to the government of Zimbabwe, after a recent hearing in Paris.
08 November 2007
Farming in The Gambia raises questions over fair trade
Business editor Andrew Shirley recently spent a week in The Gambia with Haygrove and Concern Universal staff looking at the problems facing farmers there and some of the potential solutions like Gambia is Good.
29 March 2007
Businesses urged to help farmers in developing countries
Businesses need to work together with charities to help farmers in developing countries, a leading UK fruit grower has said.
29 March 2007
