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Africa:
Shift Towards Organic Farming Encouraged
UN News, 2 May 2012
Expanding Africa's shift towards organic farming will have beneficial effects on the continent's nutritional needs, the environment, farmers' incomes, markets and employment, the… Read more »
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Africa:
Can an African 'Green Revolution' Feed the World?
AlertNet, 2 May 2012
Her bare feet coated with mud, Sabena Gitau trudged down the rain-sodden hillside to her banana plantation, machete in hand. Read more »
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Ghana:
Pesticide Misuse a Major Threat to Farmers' Health and Food
Christian Aid, 19 April 2012
The misuse of pesticides, some of them banned, in northern Ghana is affecting the health of farmers, sometimes with fatal consequences, and contaminating crops, a new survey has… Read more »
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Africa:
Continent Urged to Enhance Organic Farming
Daily News, 4 May 2012
EXPANDING organic farming area is good for Africa's needs including nutrition, environmental, farmers' incomes, employment and markets. Read more »
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Africa:
Trees Will Help Restore Soil Fertility - Experts
The Star, 15 April 2012
Africa faces a crisis of soil organic material that will cause an unprecedented famine in five to ten years, said experts at ICRAF last week. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Cassava Farmers Reap Rewards From New Methods
IPS, 25 April 2012
Farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are embracing a new variety of cassava which, in combination with improved agricultural techniques, easily outperforms yields from other… Read more »
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Africa:
Agricultural Innovations That Are Protecting the Environment On Earth Day
Worldwatch Institute, 21 April 2012
For the last 40 years, Earth Day has been celebrated around the world to call attention to some of our most pressing environmental and social problems, including climate change,… Read more »
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Africa:
New Agricultural Biodiversity Project to Improve Nutrition and Food Security Worldwide
UNEP, 28 April 2012
Placing renewed emphasis on sustaining the natural variety of crops and animals contributing to agriculture, including neglected yet nutritious traditional foods, can improve food… Read more »
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Africa:
Rethinking the GMO Revolution - Matters Here and There
Public Agenda, 13 April 2012
Since the avalanche of what has become known as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Africa, there have been many red flags from researchers, farmers, environmental workers and… Read more »
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Uganda:
Reaping Big From Sweet Bananas
Observer, 1 May 2012
Adiya Tibanagwa, a mother of six, has beaten the odds by succeeding where others saw total failure. When, three years ago, she decided to sell sweet bananas, which other… Read more »