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Bakteriális eredetű fertőzés okozta vérzéses vérmérgezésben pusztult el nemrég 34 elefánt Zimbabwéban, és várható, hogy a közeljövőben sok további ormányos is belehal a betegségbe – közölte hétfőn egy hararei parlamenti bizottságban a nemzeti parkokat és a vadgazdálkodást irányító hatóság vezetője, Fulton Mangwanya.

L’initiative des Alpes a attribué sa «pierre du Diable», qui met en lumière des produits proposés à la vente sujets à des «transports absurdes».

Les géants des plateformes en ligne pourraient ne plus être définis comme de simples hébergeurs, a indiqué le commissaire au marché intérieur Thierry Breton lundi (28 septembre), tandis que le bloc œuvre à la réglementation de l’économie numérique.

Die Meinung anderer ist ihnen egal. Grand P und Eudoxie Yao wollen vor den Altar treten. Zuvor will der Musiker aus Guinea aber noch Präsident seines Landes werden.

The Hungarian government has demanded the resignation of European Commission Vice President Věra Jourová over what it said were her "derogatory public statements" about democracy in Hungary, and said it would suspend "all political contacts" with her.

Lara Gut-Behrami (29) wird nach BLICK-Informationen nicht am Medientreffen vom Mittwoch teilnehmen. Der Grund: Sie befürchtet, mit dem Coronavirus infiziert zu sein.

Dr Mohamed Bekkat Berkani, membre du Comité scientifique chargé de suivi de l’évolution de l’épidémie du coronavirus, estime que la question de la reprise des vols ne peut pas être posée actuellement, vu le caractère imprévisible de la situation épidémiologique. Se disant surpris de la recrudescence du virus dans certains pays, notamment européens, Dr Bekkat […]

L’article Réouverture des frontières : Dr Bekkat Berkani s’exprime à nouveau (vidéo) est apparu en premier sur .

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Une étude publiée ce mardi par l’Office fédéral de la communication indique que les jeunes âgés entre 15 et 29 ans privilégient les réseaux sociaux pour se forger une opinion. La tendance est particulièrement marquée en Suisse romande.

Le Président Cyril Ramaphosa a une fois de plus reconnu l’ampleur de la crise d’électricité à travers l’Afrique du Sud. Dans son bulletin hebdomadaire publié ce lundi, il a décrit les démarches du gouvernement, en vue de trouver une solution à cette situation. Il a clairement indiqué que la résolution des problèmes d’Eskom est une […]

L’article Afrique du Sud : Ramaphosa promet de remédier aux problèmes d’électricité est apparu en premier sur Afrik.com.

« Montrer Laëtitia vivante » : ainsi Jean-Xavier de Lestrade décrit-il son projet de fiction (Le Monde, 21 septembre), une série télévisée produite pour France 2 et diffusée les 21 et 28 septembre. Une série efficace et très construite, mais dont le choix des interprètes interroge. Sobrement nommée d'après son héroïne, la série revient sur un fait divers, le meurtre atroce en janvier 2011 d'une jeune fille dans une petite ville du pays nantais. Laëtitia Perrais a presque 19 ans, et partage avec sa sœur jumelle (...)

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Knuspern, knacken, blubbern. Schlürfen, schmatzen, kauen: Beim Essen entstehen Geräusche. Viele Geräusche. Doch es gibt im Gegensatz zum Ausland fast keine Schweizer Podcasts zum Thema Kulinarik. Eine Suche nach Gründen.

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On 28 September 2020, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) organized a high-level conference to mark International Day on Universal Access to Information (IDUAI).  The event was organized in co-operation with the Public Foundation for Support and Development of National Mass Media.

The event recognized the significance of access to information, after the 74th UN General Assembly proclaimed 28 September as International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) in October 2019. This year, IDUAI will be focused on the right to information in times of crisis and on the advantages of having constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information to save lives, build trust and help the formulation of sustainable policies through and beyond the COVID-19 crisis.

Over 200 participants attended the event where they discussed the importance and methods to reach universal access to information. Participants were invited from Uzbekistan, the OSCE area and beyond. Representatives from Asia and the Middle East, working in the field of media, access to information, broadcasting companies, research centres specialized in Central Asia, in non-governmental organizations, and think tanks attended.

Key speakers included Tuula Yrjölä, Officer-in-Charge/OSCE Secretary General, Jürgen Heissel, Director of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ambassador Ulrika Funered, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the OSCE and Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council in 2021, Melissa Fleming, United Nations Under-Secretary for Global Communications, Helena Fraser, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Uzbekistan, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation, Komil Allamjonov and Saida Mirziyoyeva, respectively. They focused on the importance of universal access to information, open data policies and media reforms compliant with international commitments.

“There are multiple OSCE commitments that relate to the public’s right to access information,” said John MacGregor, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan. “Noting that the public’s ‘need to know’ is particularly acute in light of the worldwide pandemic, I am very pleased to co-operate and collaborate with the Public Foundation for Support and Development of National Mass Media, an Uzbek NGO, to mark International Day for Universal Access to Information with such a high-level event.”

1,5 Milliarden Franken sind ein stattlicher Batzen. So viel lassen sich Krankenkassen Löhne, Marketing und Provisionen kosten. Je nach Kasse werden pro versicherte Person zwischen 96 und 573 Franken an Verwaltungskosten ausgegeben.

Weil das Phänomen des gewaltbereiten Islamismus in den Hintergrund gerückt ist, orientiert sich die Extremismusfachstelle Winterthur neu.

Arranging sliced tomatoes to dry in the sun in Bangar el Sokor, Nubaria, Egypt. Rahma is a. Credit: Heba Khammis/FAO

By Juan Carlos García y Cebolla
MADRID, Sep 29 2020 (IPS)

Most cultures have created taboos and norms that prevent food waste. At the same time, social mores have reserved for occasions of celebrations or hospitality a code associating the abundance of food, in quantities much higher than normal, with concepts such as generosity and honour. 

In the last century, along with technical and productive advances and social transformations, taboos have gradually disappeared or lost their effectiveness, and the notion of celebration has led to increasingly common and unconscious manifestations of opulence and neglect.

On the other hand, the food chain has been transformed, multiplying the number of operations and actors, and becoming much more complex. In many cases, the resulting search for ever lower costs has led to a reduced workforce and the assuming of a higher percentage of loss and waste, as occurs with fruit that is damaged by careless handling in self-service retail.

One third of the food grown is lost or wasted every year. This amounts to a staggering 1.3 billion tons of food, which would be enough to feed 2 billion people in the world, and negatively affects climate change, poverty and trade

In the last decade, there has been growing concern about the scale this unsustainable behaviour has reached.

One third of the food grown is lost or wasted every year. This amounts to a staggering 1.3 billion tons of food, which would be enough to feed 2 billion people in the world, and negatively affects climate change, poverty and trade. In turn, this has an important impact on the right to adequate food of broad sectors of the population.

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted our dynamics. In addition to the damage it has caused to daily life, it has exposed these systemic problems and the need for urgent changes in the way we manage the planet and its fruits, including food loss and waste.

Although disruptions to the food supply chain are – for now – relatively minor overall, measures imposed by States to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus have generated obstacles typical of distant times: from cultivation and harvesting, through transport and storage, up to consumption.

Mobility restrictions (closure of roads and borders, and delays due to mandatory controls) prevent or delay the transport and distribution of goods, resulting in agricultural products that spoil or are not sold due to their low quality. Changes in demand reduce the income of producers, especially small farmers or those living in remote rural areas.

On the consumer side, families with lower purchasing power find it even more costly to access fresh and more perishable foods, such as fruits or fish (leading to unhealthier diets and long-term health costs).

During the pandemic, access to food is not only a problem for the poorest, but also in many cases for people with greater resources who have traditionally been able to afford fresh products of high nutritional value and healthy diets. Among them, the at-risk population, or elderly or chronically ill people, who have to stay at home.

The pandemic has taught us that in times of crisis, it is not only essential to ensure the flow of non-perishable food, but also the linkages between consumers and producers. This facilitates access to fresh foods and healthy diets for all, as well as maintaining demand and sustaining local production, and in turn combating food loss and waste.

To date, we have witnessed the rapid implementation of initiatives to address these challenges.

In Spain, the municipality of Valladolid helped to set up safe home delivery of ‘zero kilometre’ or local foods that have not travelled far after production. The Government of Oman has transformed the fish auction markets from a physical marketplace to a digital platform, where market workers upload photos of the catch and wholesalers, retailers and restaurants can view the daily offer and place their orders online.

Even before the pandemic, the South African “Second Harvest” program, led by a non-profit organization, allowed commercial farmers to donate to vulnerable people the post-harvest surplus produced directly from the farms and distributed with refrigerated vehicles, preserving their quality and nutritional value.

The 2021 Food Systems Summit, convened by the United Nations Secretary General, will be a great opportunity to rethink how to improve access to healthy diets and income for small producers, as well as reducing loss and waste.

In the face of future crises, responses cannot be improvised. We have to be prepared and incorporate a vision of prevention and risk reduction. Political measures should quickly restore market access, so that the knots in the food chain are not broken.

They must also prioritize the well-being and livelihoods of all people, especially those who live in fragile contexts. Only in this way can we mitigate the impact of the crisis, reduce food loss and waste and contribute to the realization of the adequate right to food.

 

The post Less Food Loss and Waste, More Right to Food appeared first on Inter Press Service.

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Juan Carlos García y Cebolla is Leader of the Right to Food Team of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The post Less Food Loss and Waste, More Right to Food appeared first on Inter Press Service.

Le directeur général des ressources (DGR) de la direction des impôts (DGI), Lambert Ablé risque d'être emporté par la rocambolesque affaire de disparition de 04 milliards qui éclabousse la DGID depuis septembre 2019.
Selon l'organigramme de la direction des impôts, c'est sous l'autorité du directeur général des ressources que l'ex régisseur Carlos Adohounanon agit. Ce qui compromet ce principal accusé dans cette affaire.

De sources proches des commissions d'enquêtes de la Cour de répression des infractions économiques et du terrorisme (CRIET) et de la Brigade économique et financière (BEF), le directeur général des ressources est sommé de produire toutes les pièces justificatives des décaissements opérés par l'ex-régisseur, Carlos Adohouannon depuis son entrée en fonction. Il lui est également demandé de produire toutes les pièces justificatives des entrées de fonds.
Selon Le potentiel, Lambert Ablé aurait fait plusieurs chèques en blanc à Carlos Adohouannon, et les huissiers commis pour vérifier le contenu du caveau auraient découvert des documents relatifs à ces décaissements.
L'ex régisseur aurait remis successivement à son supérieur hiérarchique, 500 millions, 1 milliard (à deux reprises) et 800 millions FCFA, soit au total 3,3 milliards de francs CFA sans aucune explication. Par ailleurs, les fonds décaissés n'auraient jamais été reversés dans le caveau avant la disparition de Carlos Adohouannon.
Les aveux de Carlos Adohouannon pourraient compromettre plusieurs responsables de la DGID et même au ministère des Finances et de l'économie.

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L’actu en capitales décrypte l’info de toute l’Europe, grâce au réseau de rédactions d’Euractiv.

Im Ligapokal brilliert er mit einem herrlichen Freistosstor, im Meisterschaftsspiel gegen Arsenal sitzt Xherdan Shaqiri (28) nicht mal auf der Bank. Weil im Hintergrund andere Pläne geschmiedet werden?

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Selon l’avocat général Pitruzzella, le droit de l’Union prévoit, en principe, une obligation d’accepter des espèces en euros pour le règlement des créances de sommes d’argent