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USAID to provide $20 million to fight bird flu, other emerging threats

(Examiner) The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced their commitment to $20 million in new funding to support the Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) battle with avian influenza and other emerging threats in global hotspots, according to a FAO news release Oct. 29. According to the release, the US assistance will help strengthen Read More »

October 31, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, Agriculture, Countermeasures, International, Public Health, and Research
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Another Illness in North Carolina E. coli Outbreak

(Food Safety News) Another E. coli O157:H7 case has been added to the outbreak connected with the Cleveland County fair in North Carolina, bringing the total number of known cases to 101, according to the the North Carolina Department of Health. “Preliminary findings suggest animal exposure may be the source of this outbreak,” said health Read More »

October 29, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, and Public Health
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Better poultry biosecurity needed to eliminate avian flu virus

(Deccan Chronicle) The recent bird flu alert at the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CDPO) at Hesarghatta has yet again brought the focus back on the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI-H5N1) which has the potential to cause significant economic loss and high mortality. Small farmers and the rural poor, who depend on these livestock, are the Read More »

October 29, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Public Health
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Better poultry biosecurity needed to eliminate avian flu virus – Deccan Chronicle

The HinduBetter poultry biosecurity needed to eliminate avian flu virusDeccan ChronicleThe recent bird flu alert at the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CDPO) at Hesarghatta has yet again brought the focus back on the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI-H5N1) which has the potential to cause significant economic loss and …Hong Kong to stage Avian Influenza exerciseWorldPoultry.netall Read More »

October 28, 2012
| Filed under Agriculture
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Biodiversity Is Key In The Road Map To Food Security With No Role For GM Crops

(Counter Currents) There has been much talk around biological diversity and biosafety in the country as India was host to the eleventh meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity (COP-11) and the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Read More »