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  • Food for the Olympians of the future

    In an exclusive interview with First News, the PM says he hopes to harness the attention around London 2012 to tackle global hunger and malnutrition.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Healthy babies are sweet thanks to powerful potatoes

    How biofortified sweet potatoes are keeping pregnant women and young children healthy in Kenya

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  • A chance to grow

    How support groups in Mozambique are helping to break the cycle of malnutrition.

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  • Syria: Help for 45,000 more refugees

    Britain will quadruple its assistance to help tens of thousands more refugees fleeing worsening fighting

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID research: CCAFS: Visualising a Climate-Smart Future

    Research programmes are using visions of the future to develop adaptive strategies in agriculture.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID research: African Community Access Programme (AFCAP): Hitting the road to boost growth in sub-Saharan Africa

    DFID-funded AFCAP Project works with Governments in 6 countries to deliver safe and sustainable access to rural communities.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • A biscuit a day...

    Providing school children in Afghanistan with the nutrition they need

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  • Super spuds help beat hidden hunger in Uganda

    New varieties of sweet potato help children grow up to be healthy in Uganda

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  • Global Hunger Event, 12 August 2012

    Transforming the life chances of millions of children before the next Olympic Games

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Andrew Mitchell: UN High Level Panel

    UN Secretary-General appoints High-level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lady health workers saving lives in rural Pakistan

    How community-based female health workers are preventing the deaths of mothers and babies

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  • Relations between the UK and Turks & Caicos Islands

    Minister for the Overseas Territories met Dr Rufus Ewing, leader of the Progressive National Party of the Turks and Caicos Islands on 30 July.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Andrew Mitchell: UK support for Syrian refugees

    Britain has recently announced a doubling of our aid to help those affected by the fighting in Syria. This includes £3 million to support the…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: DFID's Policy Opens up a World of Global Research

    DFID today threw its weight behind the Open Access movement by publishing its own Open and Enhanced Access Policy for the research that it funds.

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  • Research: Open access to boost innovation

    DFID's new open acess policy aims to make research available easily and at no cost to scientists working in the developing world

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID research: DFID Open and Enhanced Access Policy Published at Long Last

    DFID stood-up alongside big names of the Open Access movement today by publishing its own Open and Enhanced Access policy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • South Sudan: UK aid support for 200,000 people

    Andrew Mitchell has today announced further British support for refugees fleeing violence on the Sudanese border

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID research: Growth Research News: Spread the Word

    E-newsletter provides a useful portal to a broad spectrum of information collated from DFID supported programmes.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Horn of Africa food crisis - latest updates

    Lifesaving UK government help for more than a million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government