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DT 3 / 2011

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Feeding fields

Most donor support for conserving crop diversity is concentrated in gene banks. Bell Batta Torheim argues that while gene banks provide back-up storage for seeds, only on-farm conservation guarantees their survival. She argues for more funding to go to farmers who maintain this genetic diversity through use.

Opinion March 28, 2011

Oslo rejects plea for support from Helsinki-based UN think tank

Norwegian Development Minister Erik Solheim has turned down a new Finnish request for support to the...

News March 28, 2011

Norwegian expert questions justification for Guyana dam

The justification for the Amaila Falls hydropower dam that Guyana plans to build in the Amazon rainforest...

News March 28, 2011

Plan Sweden surges, Palme Centre regroups after cuts

The child sponsorship agency Plan Sweden and the union-related Palme Center will this year receive the...

News March 28, 2011

Habitat, ILO, FAO under pressure after British, Swedish reviews

The recent British aid review and the Swedish multilateral assessment of 2009 came to similar conclusions...

News March 28, 2011

Warns against spreading Finnish aid too thinly

The next Finnish government should concentrate development assistance on the priority recipient countries,...

News March 28, 2011

Pressure to set new deal before Georgetown trip

Norwegian officials are racing against time to set new terms for Norway’s forest climate aid agreement...

News March 28, 2011

Grappling with transboundary impacts

Nordic donors have a mixed track record on addressing the transboundary impacts of hydropower projects...

News March 28, 2011

Swedfund, Norfund unlikely partners for Danish fund in Mauritius

It will be difficult for Norway and Sweden to support a new Danish-sponsored guarantee fund for African...

Business March 28, 2011

Risky strategy in Ethiopia

Norway’s support for impact studies related to two giant hydro projects in Ethiopia is a highly risky...

Opinion Editorial March 28, 2011

Danish Parliament allows IFU to operate in richer countries

The Danish Parliament has amended the rules governing Denmark’s aid-financed investment fund, IFU. It...

Business March 28, 2011

World Bank will not participate in Norconsult trial

A trial against the Norwegian engineering firm Norconsult, accused of paying bribes to Tanzanian officials...

Business March 28, 2011

Full review of Denmark’s Aghanistan engagement

Denmark will be evaluating several aspects of its aid engagement in Afghanistan over the past decade....

Business March 28, 2011

USD 90m loan for Swedish-sponsored biomass in Liberia

A public US finance institution has provided a USD 90 million loan to a biomass project in Liberia, sponsored...

Business March 28, 2011

NIRAS Finland to advise on future forest aid to Tanzania

NIRAS Finland outmanoevred its Finnish competitors - FCG Finnish Consulting Group Ltd and Indufor Oy...

Business March 28, 2011

Grontmij Carl Bro roads contract in Tanzania

The Danish consulting firm Grontmij Carl Bro has been awarded a three-year contract with the US-financed...

Business March 28, 2011

Upcoming contract on natural resources in Zambia

The Finnish Foreign Ministry announces a tender for provision of consultancy services to the Zambian...

Business March 28, 2011

Sida turns a page

The new head of the Swedish aid agency says the tough times are not quite over, but she senses optimism...

News March 28, 2011

Danida-IFC investments in South Sudan

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched a private sector programme in South Sudan with...

Business March 28, 2011

Sudan and Egypt to bear brunt of impacts from Ethiopian mega-dam

Sudan and Egypt are likely to bear the brunt of impacts resulting from two massive hydropower projects...

News March 28, 2011

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