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Africa:
New Era of Food Scarcity Echoes Collapsed Civilisations
IPS, 7 February 2013
The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one of scarcity. Over the last decade, world grain reserves have fallen by one third. World food prices have more than… Read more »
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Zambia:
Oppaz Urges Intensified Organic Farming
Times of Zambia, 6 March 2013
THE proposed report by the Organic Producers and Processors Association of Zambia (OPPAZ) has said practising organic farming in the country will significantly mitigate climate… Read more »
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Africa:
Is Africa About to Lose the Right to Her Seed?
SACSIS, 23 April 2013
Seed and the control of seed lies at the heart of agriculture. Read more »
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Africa:
Tackling Food Insecurity in a Resource-Scarce World
AlertNet, 18 April 2013
Today, the world is searching for solutions to a series of global challenges unprecedented in their scale and complexity. Food insecurity, malnutrition, climate change, rural… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Agriculture Project Challenged
AfricaFocus, 12 June 2013
"We, the rural populations, families from the communities of the Nacala Corridor, religious organisations and Mozambican civil society, recognising the importance and urgency of… Read more »
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Burkina Faso:
Drip Irrigation Bears Fruit
DW, 28 March 2013
Burkina Faso lies on the edge of the arid Sahel region.Yet agricultural production has doubled since the 1990s and is set to grow even more as irrigation practices improve. Read more »
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Africa:
Genetically Engineered Foods - Has Barack Obama Betrayed Africa?
The Star, 22 January 2013
"Living in a Monsanto Nation, there can be no such a thing as 'co-existence.' It is impossible to coexist with a reckless industry that endangers public health, bribes public… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria, Others Intensify Effort to End Hunger in Africa
This Day, 30 April 2013
Ministers and senior delegates of African nations have met with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General, Mr. José Graziano da Silva, ahead a High-Level… Read more »
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Africa:
Underdeveloping African Agriculture
AfricaFocus, 12 June 2013
"These interventions from AGRA [Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa] and the G8 are, first and foremost, about opening markets and creating space for multinational… Read more »
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Gambia:
President Jammeh Urges Foni Communities to Intensify Farming
Daily Observer, 18 June 2013
The president of the Republic has urged Foni communities to intensify farming by cultivating crops such as 'Findi', maize, coos and groundnut, among others, in a bid to be food… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Improved Agricultural Production to Boost Farmers' Income
This Day, 26 November 2012
Research for development partners has launched a major new programme called Humidtropics that would help to boost incomes of poor farm families, mostly led by women, from… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Iita, Development Partners to Boost Poor Farm Families' Income
Vanguard, 23 November 2012
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),Ibadan, is working with development partners to boost farm families' income under a programme tagged "Humid tropics" Read more »
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East Africa:
Gates Foundation U.S. $7.8 Million Grant to Improve Farming
EA Business, 19 November 2012
Michigan State University researchers will use a $7.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help eight African nations improve their sustainable farming… Read more »