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BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas

WHILE Paraguay has been producing and exporting soy since the 1970s, its dependence on soy products has increased dramatically over the last decade – a development that has been encouraged through heavy investment by international agribusiness.…

BY MARK ROWE

INTERNATIONAL cigarette companies are having a profitable time investing in Russia, which remains a relatively soft touch for tobacco marketers. Smoking is still a badge of class and aspiration in the country: smoking Soviet-era unfiltered ‘papirosi’ is now seen as the preserve of those on low incomes and spurned by anyone with aspirations to a Western-style lifestyle.…

By David Crozier, European University Association

As in all other world regions, European higher education is currently in the throes of major transformation. The Bologna Declaration of 1999 triggered wide-scale reform across the continent, and over the past few years, not only has the introduction of new degree structures taken centre stage, but a range of other European and national higher education and research issues have found synergies with the Bologna reforms to create possibly the most potent change process ever experienced in a major world region.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi

AFTER 30 years of international sanctions, limited uranium reserves and stiff political opposition to the recent Indo-US nuclear deal, Indian scientists are still pushing ahead with nuclear research – following the country’s long established Three Stage Nuclear power programme.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut, and HELENA FLUSFELDER, in Jerusalem

THE DRINKS market in the Middle East continues to increase on the back of population growth, economic development, improvements in distribution and retail, and more aggressive advertising campaigns.

But like much of the rest of the world, younger and better educated market segments within the region are shifting away from carbonated soft drinks (CSD) towards fruit juices and bottled water as people become increasingly health conscious according to independent industry analysts and the drinks sector.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) seven-year-old Doha Development Round maybe drawing towards a close, the pharmaceutical industry might start to consider that a final deal could lead to the elimination of most import duties on drugs and medicines, traded worldwide.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AS the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers prepares to debate proposals on unbundling Europe’s electricity and gas industries this Thursday (Feb 28), the European Commission is refusing to adopt the so-called ‘third way’ proposals backed by France and Germany.…

BY CHRIS JONES, in Pennsylvania, USA

HERSHEY, the biggest chocolate manufacturer in the USA, has insisted that the majority of its confectionary will continue to be produced in the US and Canada, despite a restructuring plan that will see some production shift to Mexico.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) is set to rule that the European Union (EU) is still illegally protecting banana exports from the Caribbean and Africa, but there is no prospect of this long running dispute being solved swiftly.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

HAVING a crystal ball is can be useful and profitable for food businesses: get ahead of the game; know what investments you may need to comply with future regulations and best practice; and erase cash flow problems. It sounds fine in theory, but how can nutraceutical businesses predict the future?…