Kigali — President Paul Kagame yesterday called upon African countries to commit more funds to the agricultural sector if the continent is to address the problem of food security and transform one of the major engines for growth and prosperity.
The President was speaking at a two-day meeting of the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development (CAADP) which opened in Kigali yesterday.
He said that few African countries have shown the commitment to transform the sector which the majority of the continent's population depends on.
Addressing over 300 participants from different African countries signatory to the CAADP, Kagame said that African countries have not expressed full commitment to the process that is aimed at stimulating effective and sustainable poverty reduction through agriculture.
"Africans, on whose shoulders the responsibility of transforming the agriculture rightly falls, have devised a powerful home-grown initiative to address this challenge, the CAADP".
"Africa's development partners have expressed willingness to work with us to ensure that this programme succeeds. In other words, we have a global consensus in the critical need to modernise Africa's agriculture so that it fulfils the historical objectives of providing food security and greater prosperity," he said.
He added that the 'unwavering commitment' by all the 53 countries to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty by increasing public expenditure in agriculture to not less than 10 percent, has waned.
"The number of African countries that have implemented the agreed key, broad and specific requirements of the CAADP remains low. This does not mean that there no positive lessons from the CAADP," Kagame said
He cited Malawi and Ghana as some of the few countries that have implemented agricultural transformation and proved that it is possible to achieve this in a short period while Rwanda's experience shows that with development partners, food security can be achieved.
"Here in Rwanda, agriculture is becoming a powerful engine for our economic growth, making a turnaround after years of poor performance. This change was due to, among other things, increased public investment and expanded extension services that saw the sector grow by 16 percent last year," Kagame told his audience.
He called for a comprehensive approach by the two sides, Africa and development partners, to assess the shortfalls in the sector transformation and come up with collective measures to address the imbalances.
On behalf of the World Bank, Hartwig Schafer, the Director of Strategy and Operations -Sustainable Development, said that the food crisis in 2008 drove over 100 million people on the continent into poverty and food insecurity, prompting the bank to come up with urgent agriculture support packages.
He said that WB is committed to support Rwanda to implement the CAADP programme by benefiting from the US $50m CAADP fund set up by the bank and other partners-as well as supporting government projects.
"We are committed to support Rwanda's Agricultural Investment Programme together with other development partners here today," Schafer said.
Also speaking on behalf of the donor platform and the British Government, Nick Dyer, the Policy Director of the UK's Department for International Development, said that there is an urgent global need to cut down on the number of people suffering from poverty and hunger from 1 billion to a much lesser figure.
He said that 40 countries have put up a $20bn fund to tackle food security and hunger worldwide especially affecting women and children.
The US Government Representative, Gayle Smith, also reiterated her government's commitment to support Rwanda's agriculture development and transformation programmes.
She noted that President Barack Obama is committed to support CAADP as one of the ways to address food security challenges on the continent.
"We are here today because of Africa's leadership and we are here today because of Rwanda's willingness to take the lead in CAADP-. The United States is committed to this kind of process and it is committed to Rwanda's plan," said Smith, who is a Special Assistant to the US President.
African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, also said that the continental body was impressed by Rwanda's championing of the CAADP cause.'
Rwanda is the first signatory of CAADP.
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INDEPENDENT FARMERS UNION IDEA
I'm an entrepreneurial sort of person and I got an idea along those lines that I believe many of us who are grassroots thinkers have been overlooking.
So here goes my idea :
a) We have all kinds of Farmers and Farms that are struggling to make a profit. I believe that they are struggling because they are farming under a kind of Third World system that advantages the persons who convert what farmers produce.
b) In most Third World countries , the First & Second World countries will only build enough infrastructure to allow shipment of RAW MATERIALS from their source(s) to the modes of shipping transportation used to transport the RAW MATERIALS to those First & Second World countries that will turn the RAW MATERIALS into processed goods.
* For example - They will build a railroad line of tracks from some Third World country's gold and diamond mines ( e.g. Zaire ) to the Giant Ships docked and waiting to carry them to processors and sellers such as De Beers, Coca-Cola , Cadbury's etc..
c) What kinds of RAW MATERIALS do Farmers produce and/or have access to :
* Gold - Rice , Cocoa ,Mangos, etc
d) Major Problems stopping small farmers from taking advantage of the possibility of turning your products into a profitable business : LACK OF TIME
e) Solution - My Idea : Form an Independent Union Of Farmers . Having a Coop is great, but its only a way of further enriching the processors of our RAW MATERIALS.
* How would this work ?
1) Each Region would represent a chapter of this Independent Farmers Union
2) Generally speaking, each farmer would retain all of their rights ; just as they had before they joined the Independent Farmers Union .
3) The Independent Farmers Union would be finance collectively by individual members paying dues.
4) These dues which would be used to set-up business ventures in each Independent Farmers Union's Region.
Some Examples Of Businesses That could be set up
* Chicken Processing Plant, and restaurants that would sell the chickens could be supplied right their in each Independent Farmers Union's Region.
* Produce Markets
* Dairies
* Ice Cream Parlors (using fresh milk)
* Fast Food and/or Restaurants - featuring meat from various farm animals
* Supermarkets
* Chocolate Processors instead of giving your cocoa to companies like Cadburys. What do companies like DeBeers, Coca Cola,Cadburys and others have that entitles them to get rich off of our Natural wealth ? NOTHING.. We empower them by our economic laziness !!!
5) The Independent Farmers Union's would need persons with expertise in areas concerning the setting up and running of these businesses on behalf of the Independent Farmers Union's.
WE ARE MAKING HUNDREDS WHILE GIVING AWAY BILLIONS TO OUR ECONOMIC SLAVE MASTERS !!!
THERE IS NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T TAKE CONTROL OF OUR OWN COUNTRY !
- FEED YOURSELVES SUGGESTION -
NEIGHBORHOOD COOP GREENHOUSES
ANOTHER SUGGESTION IS FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE CITY TO POOL
THEIR RESOURCES TOGETHER AND MAKE NEIGHBORHOOD COOP
GREENHOUSES . HERE YOU CAN GROW SOME KIND OF FOODS AND NOT
BE TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON GROCERY STORES.
HERES SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT BLACK AFRICANS HAVE DONE :
BLACK AFRICAN INVENTORS AND THEIR INVENTIONS
The type of Invention is capitalized (e.g. TRAFFIC SIGNAL, MOTOR, etc..)
We Black Africans Can Be Self-Sufficient . Here are some major Black Africans who have had an impact on the world With their initiative These are INVENTORS .
This Listing includes The Inventors Name, Their Invention and in some cases the date the invention was recognized and the inventions U.S. patent number.
* Sarah Boone - IRONING BOARD - April 26, 1892
* John A. Burr - LAWN MOWER
* Marie V. Brittan Brown - HOME SECURITY SYSTEM - Dec 2, 1969
* Buridge & Marshman - TYPEWRITER
* George Carruthers - X-RAY MACHINE
* George Washington Carver - PEANUT BUTTER - PAINTS PAINT STAINS ETC
* John Clark - TRACK ATHLETE TRAINER
* W.A. Dietz - SHOE
* Joseph Dickinson - PLAYER PIANO - ARM FOR RECORD PLAYER
* P.B. Downing - POSTAL LETTER BOX
* Charles R. Drew - BLOOD PLASMA STORAGE SYSTEM
* T. Elkins - TOILET (COMMODE)
* Robert Flemming Jr. - GUITAR
* Cathleen McCoy Garrett SIREN - HORN LIGHT INDICATOR
* George F. Grant - GOLF TEE
* J. Gregory - MOTOR
* Joanna Hardin - KEYBOARD STAND - Feb 23, 1993
* Michael Harney - LANTERN
* Solomon Harper - THERMO(HEATED) HAIR CURLERS
* Augustus Jackson - ICE CREAM
* B.F. Jackson - GAS BURNER
* H.A. Jackson - KITCHEN TABLE
* Ruane Jeter - DIGITAL TOASTER - April 14, 1987
* Isaac R. Johnson - BICYCLE FRAME
* John A. Johnson - WRENCH
* Lonnie Johnson - SUPER SOAKER WATERGUN
* P. Johnson - EYE PROTECTOR (GOGGLES)
* W. Johnson - EGG BEATER
* Frederick M. Jones - DEFROSTER - REFRIGERATION CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONER
* Jones & Long - BOTTLE CAPS
* John H. Jordan - CLOTHES DRESSER
* Mary B. Kenner - SANITARY BELT (TAMPONS) - May 15, 1956
* Mary B. Kenner - SANITARY BELT (WATERPROOF) - April 14, 1959
* Mary B. Kenner - BATHROOM TISSUE HOLDER - Nov 19, 1982
* Mary B. Kenner - BACKWASHER ( BATHTUB OR SHOWER MOUNTED) - July 29,1987
* Lewis Latimer & Nichols - ELECTIC LAMP
* W.A. Lavalette - PRINTING PRESS
* F.W. Leslie - ENVELOPE SEAL
* Maurice W. Lee PRESSURE COOKER
* A.L. Lewis - WINDOW CLEANER
* John L. Love - PENCIL SHARPENER
* Tony J. Marshall - FIRE EXTINGUISHER
* Alexander Miles - ELEVATOR
* Jan E. Matzeliger - SHOE LASTING MACHINE
* W.A. Martin - LOCK
* Garrett A. Morgan - GAS MASK - Traffic Signal
* Lydia Newman - HAIR BRUSH - Nov 15, 1898
* Alice H. Parker - HEATING FURNACE - Dec 23, 1919
* J.F. Pickering - AIR SHIP (BLIMP)
* Purdy & Sadgwar - FOLDING CHAIR
* W.B. Purvis - FOUNTAIN PEN
* L.P. Ray - DUST PAN
* W.H. Richardson - BABY BUGGY
* Walter Sammons - PRESSING COMB
* G.T. Sampson - CLOTHES DRYER
* Dewey Sanderson - URINALYSIS MACHINE
* Ralph Sanderson - HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBER
* S.R. Scottron - CURTAIN ROD
* Adolph Shamms - MULTI -STAGE ROCKET
* .W. Smith - LAWN SPRINKLER
* Richard B. Spikes - AUTOMATIC GEAR SHIFT
* J. Standard - REFRIGERATOR
* T.W. Stewart - MOP
* Maxine Snowden - RAIN HAT - 1983
* Theora Stephens - PRESSING & CURLING IRON
* Rufus J. Weaver - STAIR -CLIMBING WHEELCHAIR
* Paul E. Williams - HELICOPTER
* J.B. Winters - FIRE ESCAPE LADDER
* Granville T. Woods - Telephone System Apparatus Oct 11, 1887 Patent # 371, 241
* Granville T. Woods - Roller Coaster
* Granville T. Woods - Auto Air Brake - June 10, 1902 - Patent # 701, 98
* Granville T. Woods - Telegraph Transmission Devices - Dec 2, 1884 Patents # - 308, 816 (7)
* Thanks to The Black Inventors Museum *
* Address : P.O. Box 76128 - Los Angeles , Calif. (90076)
* Phone (310) 859-4602)
* Director : Ghanaian Mr. Hamza Salifa
* Major Contributor of Information : SEESTAH Imahkus Nzinga Okofo
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Ethiopia : Japan & Ethiopia Sign Agreement For Water Development
QUESTIONS :
Whats In This For Japan ? Whats In This For Ethiopia ?
Will Ethiopia Be In Control Of Its Resources ?
Beware of the Global Organizations that want to control your everyday lives. In the
1970s Americas farmers made the mistake of taking welfare (subsidies, loans, etc..)
from their bankers. Now only a few farmers are left. Americans rarely grow their own
food. Africans can learn from the mistakes of others. Develop local coops between
growers, sellers and buyers. Never give up your sovereignty to anyone.
Jesus Christ said Take precautions against being deceived or trick. (paraphrased from
Matthew 24).
WHO WE ARE ON THE WORLDS STAGE.
1) Each African country is like a separate neighborhood in the world community. And each African country is responsible for running their own neighborhood.
2) Each State within those African neighborhoods (countries) are like houses in their own African neighborhood (country). And each of these States within their unique African neighborhood is responsible for their house in their African neighborhood.
3) Each city within their unique African states House is like a family living in their area of their African state House.
4) Each individual person living in their city is a cell of the Body of Adam ; with a free will and a unique purpose that only that person can fulfill. The contest isnt won by the fast or strong, but those who never quit will win. Those who take a chance to win, when they have the opportunity to win, will win !!! The contest isnt won by the fast or strong, but those who never quit will win. Those who take a chance to win, when they have the opportunity to win, will win !!!
CONCLUSION
a) Each of us are responsible for our own lives.
b) Yet each of us are cells in the Body of Adam . Each of us cells are going through a stage of existence where we will either develop into fruitful cells that reproduce . Or we will become diseased cells that will feed on and corrupt the healthy part of the Body. That is why its important for us to also be team players ; for the Bodys sake. * When we pray we say OUR FATHER . Not my Father GIVE US..not give me.
c) Governments are like organs & systems of the body. Managing the teams of the Body. God the Creator of All is the Architect and Designer of All that is . He alone knows how to run the Government. Isaiah 9:6 The GOVERNMENT shall be on HIS (Jesus Christ) shoulders , not man .
d) Man has tried and tried to play God. The most famous instance was when Nimrod and all the inhabitants of the earth tried to build a tower (The Tower of Babylon) to Heaven see Genesis 10. Africa is no stranger to being used to bring the world together as one. Remember We Are The World ?
e) Governments are under Gods direction. We who are Gods children should follow his guidance. Any governments that exist today and / or movements should be under Gods guidance.
f) People maintain your freedom and dont give them an inch , ever!!!! Dont forget Achebes book "Things Fall Apart " .
First the Pastors Came
Then The Commissioners Came
Then The Governor & The Troops Came And The People Paid These Outsiders
Taxes On Their Own Lands
Next Many People Were Forced Off Their Lands ; While Persons Like Cecil Rhodes, (AND) Businesses like DeBeers got filthy rich from robbing us of our wealth.
And all of these African Tragedies didnt even mention the Slave Trade that has weakened Africa to this day.
g) Achebes book is at work again .
The pastors of agricultural commodities are disguised as things like Private Enterprises. Many individual African countries may have Private Enterprises NOW.
WHAT ARE THEIR FUTURE PLANS ?
In Achebes book after the pastors , came the commissioners. The agricultural commodities commissioners could be the New Laws & Regulations designed to condition the people depend on others instead of their own God-given talent .
The ultimate goal of evil is to trick righteous people into being evil. This is done by either fear, lust, or pride temptations. Evil attempts to get righteous people to get rid of their conscious. Some have sold their souls. Please pray for our leaders and each other.
* Zimbabwe: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ....CONTROLS !!! THE WATER
ZIMBABWE and other countries should control their own resources. One thing I like about President Mugabe is that he is not allowing that colonialism to continue in Zimbabwe.
1) Do you Africans remember people like Cecil Rhodes ?
Rhodesia was what Zimbabwe was called.
2) How about that bloody absentee demon-directed King Leopold II ?
" King Leopold's Ghost " (1998) Adam Hochschild - this book is very informative and enlightening about a wide spectrum of historical views of what the Congo and other oppressed lands are and have gone through.
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Africa, any progressive ideas for the continent and her children we must take it seriously. Please let's stop procastinating on progressive ideas for the betterness of our people. That idea President Kagame was talking about isn't only progressive but very useful and with proper scrutiny can saves many Africans. Please let's strenghtening our cooperation, unity and development. Again, ONLY Africans with proper mind set can only save AFricans and the Continent; and if so, let it be. With this said, I believe that Africa have proper and better mind sets and therefore, let those proper and brilliant African mind sets show Africa and World what best they can do for Africa and her children. God Bless Africa.