The Ethiopian government has vehemently rejected accusations that it has excluded some opposition supporters from a food-for-work programme, charges that are the focus of growing international concern in the run-up to elections in 2010.
THE State Minister for Agriculture, Henry Bagire, and the Arua district Woman MP, Christine Bako, clashed over the selection of the six pioneer model farmers per parish in the country.
Co-operative Development and Marketing minister Joseph Nyagah has asked savings and credit co-operative societies (Saccos) to establish branches in rural areas where financial services are currently not available.
The importance of the agriculture sector to the Ghanaian economy was manifest once again in the 2010 national budget statement presented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, to Parliament on November 18, 2009. The sector grew by 6.2 percent, against a target of 5.7 percent, driven largely on account of good rainfall patterns and by extension of the land under ...
MP for Afigya Sekyere East, David Henneric Yeboah has urged government to as a matter of urgency help farmers with credit or assistance, which is affordable and flexible in terms of the repayment period. "It is a bad idea to lend money to poor farmers at commercial rate of interest, we must find a way out", he said.
The Grand National Food and Agric Show to showcase and sell Agricultural products, farm produce, equipments and machinery commenced yesterday at the Efua Sutherland Children's Park.
With four days to the Eid-el Kabir celebration, prices of rams have reportedly gone up by about 50 per cent in Sokoto metropolis.A market survey conducted at Yabo and Shagari Local Government Areas showed that a ram which used to go for N26,000 was now being sold for between N38,000 and N40,000.
The price of rams in major animal markets in the Federal Capital Territory has increased by over 20 per cent compared to the cost last year.
Kano people may not likely sacrifice animals during the forthcoming Eid-El Kabir sallah celebration due to the skyrocketing prices of rams and even foodstuffs because of double increase of price.
Kiyinda-Mityana diocese has started a project to ensure food security among Christians.
Kwara state government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a local firm, PRISMAC Farms, for the commencement of Snailery and assorted Juice production for local consumption to promote agricultural produce and reduce the price of agricultural products in the state,.
IN INDIA, farmers pump water from as far as 500m underground to irrigate their crops. It's a reflection of the parlous state of India's water infrastructure, which has been allowed to run down over the past few decades. Pumping the water up from the aquifer is highly energy intensive, using something like a third of the electricity India generates.
Borno State Action Committee on human immuned virus/Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) (BOSACA has commence distribution of food, relief materials and instructional aids to schools.
SECRETARY to the Cabinet Joshua Kanganja says there is need to fight poverty and improve social protection if human development is to be achieved in Africa.
Harare Metropolitan Province has urged beneficiaries of the 9 000 tonnes of maize-meal donated by Zambian President Rupiah Banda recently to work with Government to ensure quick delivery of the commodity to their areas.
Some 218 million people in Africa struggle with hunger daily – about 30 percent of the continent’s total population, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Most of those suffering from hunger are the rural poor, urban poor and victims of natural disasters.
As President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania was about to leave Dar es Salaam on November 15 to attend the World Food Summit in Rome, he sat down at State House to discuss a range of issues with AllAfrica. One of them was food security.
African seed producers and researchers have called on policymakers to boost production of improved seed varieties and ensure that they are released to farmers more quickly.
The World Food Program (WFP) has called for more contribution to urgently assist about twenty million individuals in Africa who may be affected by erratic rain fall.
Cassava farmers in the Great Lakes region are at risk of suffering losses following an outbreak of brown streak disease and cassava mosaic that are spread by white flies.
Rwanda has joined Malawi as the next successful example of a green revolution in Africa.
Any serious farmer gets worried when rains are delayed, even by a short while.
Guaranteeing finance to support the global governance of food security is crucial to support the very poorest to feed themselves, says ActionAid.
International aid agency Oxfam today (22 October 2009) called for a radical shake-up in the way the world deals with food crises in Ethiopia and beyond. The agency rounded on what it called a “knee-jerk reaction” to food crises which is dominated by sending food aid. While the agency recognised that sending food aid does save lives, the dominance of this approach fails to ...
THE Livestock Producers' Organisation (LPO) has submitted its proposals for the envisaged amendments to the financing of the Meat Board and the Small Stock Marketing Scheme.
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