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  • July 6
  • Nation Kenya: Hunger Stalks the Land [editorial]

    At last it sinking in that the rains have failed for the fourth season running, and that Kenya is further from food self-sufficiency than ever before.But it has yet to sink in that this failure, rather than being the exception, is likely to become the trend of the future, one of the symptoms of the much-hyped but little understood climate change brought about by global warming.

  • Shabait Eritrea: Culture of Fish Consumption Being Widely Introduced in the Country

    The culture of fish consumption is being widely introduced in all the administrative regions of the country, said Mr. Temesgen Hagos, manager of the Eritrean Marine Products Corporation.

  • July 2
  • Monitor Uganda: 10 Children Die as Hunger Bites Acholi

    Two years ago, resettling in their original homes after years of pain in congested camps was the option most desired by former displaced people in northern Uganda.

  • Times of Zambia Zambia: 'Better Nutrition is Crucial for Pupils'

    MINISTER of Education Dora Siliya has called for enhanced nutrition among school-going children.

  • New Vision Uganda: There is Wealth in Vegetables

    In yet another bid to eliminate poverty among the poor, the Vice President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, has gone into organic vegetable farming with the aim of encouraging the peri-urban youth to take up the initiative for better livelihoods.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: The Nation Urged to Add Value to Produce

    A food scientist has asked the Standards Organization of Nigeria to begin standardizing agricultural produce to enhance their competitiveness and to promote investment.

  • July 1
  • Business Day Zimbabwe: Diaspora Cash Not Keeping Country Afloat, Says Study

    AGAINST the general belief that Zimbabweans in exile were keeping their country afloat, a study in the southern Matabeleland region has found that most families with members living outside the country received no money and barely any meaningful food items last year.

  • Monitor Uganda: We May Not Be Ready for Genetically Modified Crops [analysis]

    The adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops to off-set the current food crisis and increase the volume of agricultural exports in the country should be a last resort, agricultural experts have said.

  • Monitor Uganda: Food Court - Genetically Modified Versus Organic Foods [analysis]

    Over 700 of Africa's best agricultural research scientists crammed the arrival and departure lounges at Entebbe International Airport last week.

  • Monitor Uganda: Improving Food, Nutritional Security Through Research [analysis]

    To improve the situation faced by impoverished family farmers, agricultural research should be focused towards helping the impoverished farmers, not just large companies or farms that are producing cash crops.

  • June 30
  • IRIN Somalia: Somaliland in Plea for Food Aid

    The authorities in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland have urged the international community to come to its aid to avert severe food shortages and hunger due to a prolonged drought in the region.

  • Times of Zambia Zambia: Solwezi Farmers Urged to Work Hard

    SOLWEZI should diversify its economic development to avoid economic decline after mining companies cease operations, District Commissioner (DC), Albert Chifita has said.

  • June 29
  • Monitor Uganda: Children Bear Brunt of Karamoja Famine

    Ms Helen Nakiru sat quietly as she waited for her turn to get treatment and food for her one-year-old baby at a nutrition centre at St. Kizito Hospital Matany in Moroto District.

  • This Day Nigeria: 'Global Crisis Renders 100 Million Hungry'

    Director General, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Jacques Diouf, has said the current global economic crisis may push about 100 million people into poverty this year through job loss and lower earnings, leaving one sixth of the world's population living in hunger.

  • This Day Nigeria: '541 Children Suffer Acute Malnutrition'

    About 541 children in Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State are said to be suffering from severe acute malnutrition. The children, who are said to be under five years of age, are being rehabilitated in five Primary Health Centres (PHCs) by the officials of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA) and Augie local government.

  • June 25
  • This Day Nigeria: FG Issues Alert on Contaminated Rice

    The Federal Government has put security agencies in the country on "red alert" over alleged attempts by some unscrupulous Nigerian businessmen to import contaminated rice.

  • Business Daily Kenya: Agency Targets Country With Food Aid

    Unpredictable rainfall patterns, low harvests and the displacement of people during last year's post-election violence have worsened food crisis in Kenya.

  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/United Nations World Food Programme Zimbabwe: Higher Production But Food Insecurity Persists [press release]

    High food insecurity persists in Zimbabwe in spite of improvements in agricultural production and a more liberal import policy this year, according to a report issued today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).

  • New Vision Uganda: Food Shortage Threatens North, Eastern Uganda

    Increasing food shortage remains a serious concern in the north and eastern Uganda. According to the Uganda Humanitarian Update for May, the situation is caused by the prolonged dry spell.

  • June 24
  • Daily Observer Gambia: Nana Trains Village Support Groups in CRR

    The National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) in collaboration with the Central River Region Regional Health Management Team, recently concluded a week-long training for village support groups (VSGS) under the Baby Friendly Community Initiative in CRR North and South.

  • Monitor Uganda: What Good is a Big Hungry Population? [analysis]

    As producers of food, farmers have a right to question the rationale behind Uganda's fast growing population. The Population Secretariat put our population figure at 30.66 million by mid 2009 and gave the population growth rate as 3.2 per cent.

  • June 23
  • Concord Sierra Leone: ActionAid Poised to Fight Hunger

    ActionAid Sierra Leone has marked 21-yrs since it started operations in the country with a determination to fight hunger by all means possible.

  • June 22
  • IRIN Somalia: Hunger Stalks Mogadishu Hospitals

    Hundreds of civilians injured in clashes between Somali government forces and insurgents are facing hunger in Mogadishu hospitals, medical sources told IRIN on 22 June.

  • New Vision Uganda: Cassava Kills Six

    AT least six people, mainly children, have died after eating poisonous cassava in Amuru and Gulu districts since the World Food Programme (WFP) stopped distributing relief food in the north.

  • New Vision Uganda: Karamoja Children Severely Malnourished

    Nine-month-old Lochoro's arms have reduced to the size of a stick. His eyes are sunken and the skin scaly and pale. Lochoro weighs only 3kg, 9kg less than the normal weight for his age. When he cries, his ribs stick out and he looks so weak.

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