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The European Union reached agreement on Monday to put an end to a decades-long trade dispute with Latin American and other smaller producers over tariffs on banana imports...

China's apple exports are to jump by nearly one-quarter in 2009-10 - leaving its closest competitor...

The European Union and Israel have signed an agricultural agreement under which 80 percent of Israeli exported fresh products ...

In the coming years the gas prices are expected to rise. This will make tomato growers try to save more energy...

European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) will hold a workshop on ...

EU-27 production of peaches and nectarines in season 2009/10 is estimated at 4.2 million MT

The European Commission last week approved three varieties of genetically modified maize for import and processing for food and feed uses, as soy imports into the EU were held up ...

Websites of Central Asian countries say that it was from Kazakhstan that apple found its way across suitable corners of the globe. In the foothills of Tien Shan...

Farmers are blocking Champs-Elysées in Paris with burning bales of straw ...

Regular intakes of artificial sweeteners like saccharin and aspartame do not increase the risk of certain cancers, like stomach and pancreatic, suggests a new study from Italy...

I want to start by thanking the organizers of this meeting, for promoting this joint discussion regarding the status of our financial sectors and the measures which are necessary to sustain its resistance to the negative effects of this unprecedented global crisis. Indeed, what started as financial crisis in the USA, has transformed itself into an economic crisis, that is having dire consequences in real sectors of the world economy.