May 16
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Traders Resist Rice Price Rules
IRIN
South of the Sahel, where drought, high food prices and other factors have pushed some 16 million into hunger, 320,000 people in Côte d'Ivoire are also grappling with food... Read more »
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Singer Urges Government to Tackle Sahel Hunger
AlertNet
Communities in West Africa's drought-ridden Sahel region need urgent help to avert a hunger crisis of the scale that hit East Africa last year, Senegalese singer and humanitarian... Read more »
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Japanese Trawler Salvage Continues
SAPA
Attempts to salvage a 50 metre-long fishing trawler off First Beach, Clifton, would continue beyond Wednesday, the City of Cape Town said. Read more »
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WFP Food Vouchers Helping Hungry Families and Local Markets
Shabelle
Thousands of people in Somaliland are getting more fresh meat in their diet as a result of an innovative UN World Food Programme initiative that provides parents with vouchers to... Read more »
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Bishops Warn of Corporate Greed Threatening Survival of World's Poor [press release]
Christian Aid
Seventeen Catholic Bishops are calling on the European Union to tackle corporate secrecy and tax dodging which deprive the world's poorest countries of more than £100 billion... Read more »
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Support Small Scale Farmers and End Hunger - IFPRI and Red Cross [press release]
IFPRI
A report prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) suggests that... Read more »
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FAO Helps Country Monitor Carbon Stocks [press release]
FAO
FAO is helping scientists and policymakers in Tanzania to evaluate how much carbon is stored in forests and forests soils, which will enable them to reduce greenhouse gas... Read more »
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Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers
IPS
Everlyne Wanjiku, a single mother of five, has earned a living selling vegetables in the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, for over three decades. And even though her... Read more »
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Sub-Saharan Africa Cannot Sustain Growth Without Eliminating Hunger - UN Report
UN News
Sub-Saharan Africa cannot sustain its present economic growth unless it eliminates the hunger that is affecting almost a quarter of its people, according to a new United Nations... Read more »
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CCM Seeks Cure for Soaring Food Prices
Daily News
THE National Executive Committee (NEC) of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has directed the government to look for solutions to skyrocketing prices of food and other essential commodities... Read more »
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30,000 Famine-Stricken Mogotio Residents Flee Homes
The Star
More than 30,000 people in Mogotio constituency are faced with persistent famine. Some of the affected families have been forced to move to urban areas in search of food. Mogotio... Read more »
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Pokot Floods Disrupt Relief Food Distribution
The Star
Floods in Eastern Pokot have derailed the services of a humanitarian organization of distributing the relief food to the still famine stricken people in the area. The situation has... Read more »
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Kosgei Launches 35 Clinics for Sick Plants
The Star
Farmers can now take samples of their sickly plants to clinics for immediate diagnosis and prescription in a project the Ministry of Agriculture has launched. Agriculture minister... Read more »
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NGO Plans to Increase Food in Kitui
The Star
An NGO in Kitui has launched a campaign to educate people living along Tana River how to harness the river's water for sustainable food production. The Regional Institute for... Read more »
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Bioenergy for Sustainable Development - the Role of Sugar Cane in Africa
Accra Mail
Sugar cane has been used to make sugar (sucrose) in varying forms for thousands of years but only in recent decades has its potential as a renewable energy source been exploited on... Read more »
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Bold Food Security Initiative Needed From G8 [press release]
Oxfam
On the eve of the G8 Summit, international agency Oxfam called on world leaders heading to Camp David to make predictable, measureable funding and policy commitments that will help... Read more »
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Lagos Unveils Mega Rice Processing Factory
This Day
Lagos State Government Tuesday inaugurated a rice processing factory, which it said had the capacity to produce 20,000 metric tonnes per annum (equivalent to either 350,000 or... Read more »
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Inflation Rises to 12.9 Percent, Driven By Non-Food Items
Vanguard
Nigeria's inflation rate rose to 12.9 per cent in April, year-on-year, driven largely by non-food items and a very price stable comparative month in April last year, data from the... Read more »
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Fertiliser Subsidy - FG Targets 20 Million Farmers
Leadership
The Federal Government yesterday said that 20 million farmers across the country would benefit from its subsidy on fertiliser and seeds in the next four years, five million farmers... Read more »
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Food Prices - FG Urged to Invest in Agro-Allied Industry
This Day
The recent surge in global food prices would worsen the standard of living of most economies of the world, particularly the emerging and developing economies, analysts at FSDH... Read more »
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Kikwete Due in U.S. for G-8 Summit
Daily News
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete is due to arrive here on Wednesday for a five-day working visit at the invitation of US President Barack Obama, during which he would attend the G8 Summit... Read more »
May 15
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Efforts Under Way to Rehabilitate Agriculture Sector
allAfrica.com
The United Nations Development Programme's Africa Human Development Report 2012 released today said the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has the potential to become sub-Saharan... Read more »
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UN Hits Out at Rulers Over Lack of Food
allAfrica.com
Despite rapid economic growth in some African countries in recent years, no government across the continent can rightfully claim that all its citizens have access to enough... Read more »
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Maize Farmers Have Rain but Lack Seeds
IRIN
At least 1.3 million farmers in Kenya - more than double the figure for 2010 - do not have any maize seeds to plant this season, despite favourable weather conditions, according to... Read more »
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Empower Women for Food Security, Says UN
allAfrica.com
Ensuring the full equality of women and girls will make a significant contribution to reducing hunger and malnutrition in Africa according to a new report released by the United... Read more »
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