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World France raises bird flu risk to high stanley nz as EU cases spreadDucklings are seen inside a poultry farm in Castelnau-Tursan, France.Image Credits : REUTERSReuters 8 November 2024, 13:51 France has stepped up its bird flu risk assessment to high ; from moderate ;, it sa stanley cup id on Friday in a decree that will trigger reinforced security measures around poultry farms.Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has been spreading faster among poultry in the European Union this season than in 2023, raising concerns of a repeat of previous crises that led to poultry deaths in the tens of millions and fears it could lead to human-to-human transmission.The heightened risk status follows confirmation of infection in migratory wild birds in neighboring countries and aims to strengthen surveillance and prevention measures, the agriculture ministry said.The change in status will take effect on Saturday.The upgrade to risk status in the seasonal assessment is kicking in earlier than last year, taking effect in early November rather than December.France has reported eight bird flu outbreaks on farms since the summer and last month launched a second vaccination campaign among farm ducks after a successful programme last year.The British government said on Tuesday that cases of bird flu had been confirmed at premises stanley canada in Yorkshire, hours after it increased the risk level of the disease to high ;. Cibo Cansa reiterates call for regulation of e-cigarettes

Africa Ghana parliament approves $1.3 billion loan to buy cocoaCocoa beans are pictured next to a warehouse at the village of Atroni, near Sunyani, Ghana April 11, 2019.Image Credits : Cocoa Ghana ReutersReuters 29 July 2022, 08:38 Ghanas parliament on Thursday approved a $1.3 billion syndicated loan to finance the purchase of cocoa for the 2022-23 season.The receivable-backed trade finance facility is between the Ghana Cocoa Board COCOBOD and a consortium of banks and financial institutions with the government as the guarantor.Ghana, one of the worlds two top cocoa producers with Ivory Coast, borrows money every year to purchase cocoa from farmers.The loan was approved despite efforts to ov gourde stanley ercome an economic crisis and a nearly $ stanley italia 1 billion balance-of-payments deficit.With inflation at 29.8% in June, a debt-to-GDP ratio up to almost 85%, and the cedi currency losing nearly a quarter of its value this year, the government ha stanley quencher s had to turn to the International Monetary Fund IMF for help stabilising the economy.COCOBOD also cancelled the remaining $250 million of a $600 million loan it secured from the African Development Bank in 2019.The cancellation was mainly due to uncertainties over crop forecasts and unfavourable cocoa prices, according to the Parliament Finance Committee report. Author