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Obama Unveils Detailed Food Security Plans

By: Josh Miller

The Obama administration solicits stakeholder input, identifies procurement priorities and names 20 countries likely to receive the bulk of U.S. food security funding in 2011 and beyond....

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      There is no word yet from the Canadian government as to which specific organizations will receive the money it earmarked to match donations by Canadians for Haiti earthquake relief efforts. The sum totals 154.4 million Canadian dollars (USD151 million).   In an e-mail to Mia Rabson of the Winnipeg Free Press, Jessica Fletcher, spokeswoman for Canadian International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda, said the Canadian International Development Agency is “working with the Govern...

    By Eliza Villarino on 13 March 2010

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