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Farmer’s information service launched in Kenya
Kenya has launched a farmers information service where t he country's farming community will now be able to receive and exchange timely news and...
Dangers of large scale biofuel production sounded by FAO
The UN food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned governments of the negative effects of large-scale production of biofuels, cautioning that rapid increases in...
Obama and Clinton tackle two primary states’ opposing economies
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton face pressure from both sides of the debate over biofuels and soaring food prices as they prepare for Tuesday’s...
Nigeria moves to tackle food crisis
Nigeria has announced plans to import 500,000 metric tonnes of rice and release an additional 11,000 mnetric tonnes of grains from its strategic reserve...
Tanzania President warns of the consequences of high food and oil prices
High food and oil prices on the world market are challenges to Africa that should be checked to save many economies in the continent...
Cameroon moves towards self-sufficiency
Local production of basic foods in Cameroon will double in the next two years if an emergency programme announced by the government on 24...
Morocco : A plan to boost agriculture unveiled
Seeking to revive the agricultural sector in the face of an increasing global food crisis, the Moroccan government has decided to opt for a...
Egyptian President talks about budget plans to fight crisis
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said his government would be keeping a watchful eye on budget expenditures for the near future in the face...
Africa warned against stop-gap measures by ILO chief
Africa should avoid looking for stop-gap solutions to emerging economic crises, as doing so would only take the continent back to the same difficult...
Nigerian survey shows signs of growing food crisis
The food crisis which has ravaged some countries across the globe may not be too far from Nigeria, given the rate at which prices...
Africa’s step in the right direction in rice production
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Wednesday announced that African rice breeders had made ''critical steps'' towards ensuring self-sufficiency and boosting...
Food crisis : Developed nations must stop subsidies, poor ones must eat local
A principal researcher from Canada’s North-South Institute, Dr. John W. Foster, Tuesday urged governments from developed countries “to phase out agricultural subsidies” given to...
UN study advocates for hunger among poor populations
At a time when food prices are beyond what many can afford, it is unconscionable to consider policies that would make food scarcer and...
Brazil invests in agricultural research for Africa in Accra
Brazil on Sunday inaugurated a Regional Office of its Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) in Accra to spearhead agricultural revolution in Africa.
Ghana's President John Kufuor...
Foot and Mouth disease discovered in Mozambique
The dreaded Foot and mouth disease has been detected in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, reports Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
The...
AfDB to increase water access to 66% of Africa
The African Development Bank (ADB) intends to raise abou t US$ 4.5 billion to take the number of Africans having access to drinking water...
AU to ensure success of special summit on water
The African Union (AU) would do all it can to ensure the success of its special summit on water and sanitation in Africa slated...
AfDB to host African Water Week
The First African Water Week (AWW-1) being hosted by the A frican Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) opens...
WFP, MOSS and GAIN celebrate start of flour fortification in Egypt
Aswan, Egypt (GAIN/WFP) - The fortification of Egyptian flour, used in the production of widely-consumed baladi bread, with iron and folic acid has been...
From ‘war lords’ to ‘aid lords’
Despite their charity to the needy in Somalia, Western humanitarian agencies are allegedly nurturing a culture of dependence that is likely to weaken the...
Ethiopia seeks relief for 88,000 drought-affected people
Around 88,000 people in the drought-hit lowland agro-pastoral areas of Southeastern Ethiopia require emergency food assistance, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...