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AfDB, African countries sign financing deals

afrol News, 16 May - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has ended its annual general meeting in the Mozambican capital Maputo. The bank had signed several financing agreements with its regional member countries.

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Senegal
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"Scrap FAO," Wade urges

afrol News, 5 May - Senegalese President Abdoulaye has called for the scrapping of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAS), describing it as an institution that largely spends amounts of resources on doing very little and effective operations.

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Sahel nations lose 1.7m ha land

afrol News, 28 April - On average each year, Sahelian countries lost 1.7 million hectares of arable land to desertification, environmental experts told journalists.

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Gambia
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Gambia warns against crossborder trade

afrol News, 15 April - Gambian farmers have been warned to desist from selling their cereals and grains to "traders from the sub-region" instead of the government-controlled company.

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Congo Kinshasa
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Makeba meets rape survivors

afrol News, 14 March - South African iconic singer and the goodwill ambassador of Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has paid visit to rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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» 19.12.2007 - Shoprite invests $80m in DRC
» 16.11.2007 - Zimbabwe inaugurates Africa's first biofuel factory
» 16.11.2007 - Kenya to increase milk production
» 19.10.2007 - Uganda conserves habitat
» 17.10.2007 - Burkina Faso cotton farmers hail WTO subsidy ruling
» 12.10.2007 - Gabon maintains stable economic growth
» 07.09.2007 - Uganda's food insecurity still fragile
» 07.09.2007 - Morocco secures €45 million road project funds
» 06.09.2007 - Tanzania's agriculture receives big boost
» 05.09.2007 - Malawi guarantees food security
» 22.08.2007 - Boom for Malawian HIV-affected fish farmers
» 22.08.2007 - Liberia’s post-war challenges exposed
» 21.08.2007 - Liberia finalises food security strategy
» 26.06.2007 - Discovery of Darfur underground lake spurs "1000 wells"
» 28.03.2007 - Mozambique aims to lead "green revolution"
» 23.03.2007 - Malawi to roll out 'fertiliser trees' project
» 16.03.2007 - Malaria drug to be grown in Southern Africa
» 09.03.2007 - Ethiopia keeps booming
» 22.01.2007 - Shortage of farm workers in Zimbabwe
» 15.01.2007 - More African nations use DDT to cut malaria death toll
» 30.11.2006 - ADF supports cotton science in West Africa
» 23.11.2006 - India gives West Africa US$ 250m to develop biofuels
» 15.11.2006 - Guinea-Bissau's cashew crops rot as prices plummet
» 06.11.2006 - Brazil, India join Senegal in biofuel production
» 02.11.2006 - "Science ignores Africa's native crops"
» 05.09.2006 - Hybrid rice gives record yields in Egypt
» 15.05.2006 - Angola "re-launches" coffee production
» 05.04.2006 - Attempts to revive Congo Kinshasa's agricultural sector
» 20.02.2006 - Loan to boost agricultural development in Benin
» 07.11.2005 - Tiny tobacco crop spells doom in Zimbabwe
» 12.07.2005 - African business, agriculture disappointed with G8
» 08.07.2005 - Internet auctions for "fair" Ethiopian coffee
» 11.05.2005 - NEPAD's agricultural programme's action plans set in motion
» 09.05.2005 - "Malawi has excellent soil, enough water"
» 02.05.2005 - "Namibia, Botswana should eat its meat self," Norw. farmers
» 16.03.2005 - Mauritius gets help to tackle droughts
» 14.03.2005 - Agricultural development forwarded in West Africa
» 10.03.2005 - Morocco steps up aid to its ally, Niger
» 16.02.2005 - Southern Africa ready to implement "Green revolution"
» 14.02.2005 - Next West African cocoa harvest "without slave labour"
» 17.12.2004 - New project to train poorest farmers in Lesotho
» 20.10.2004 - "Nigeria to export rice by 2007"
» 08.09.2004 - Namibia invests in agricultural development
» 19.08.2004 - Vanilla crack threatens Madagascar, Comoros
» 13.07.2004 - Pests jeopardise North Africa's date production
» 18.06.2004 - FAO slammed over GMO food by Zim organisation
» 09.06.2004 - Nationwide Gambian water project financed
» 07.06.2004 - Efforts to provide Rwandans with clean water
» 10.05.2004 - Livestock diversification successful in Chad
» 25.02.2004 - Rural development in Madagascar financed
» 14.01.2004 - Marketing approach for Kenyan legumes
» 09.01.2004 - Rural development projects in Cameroon financed
» 15.12.2003 - Sweet industrial prospects in Ghana
» 01.12.2003 - Mushrooms pave Malawi's rural future
» 27.11.2003 - Irrigation project in Swaziland approved
» 23.10.2003 - Senegal to increase cultivation area by 3000 ha
» 05.09.2003 - Gambia to receive Bangladeshi agriculture experts
» 23.07.2003 - Cameroonian roots and tubers producers promoted
» 16.07.2003 - German boost for Namibian land reform
» 19.06.2003 - Tunisian economy recovering from shocks
» 16.06.2003 - Strong growth in Rwanda's subsistence agriculture
» 12.06.2003 - Burkinabe President urges end to cotton subsidies
» 09.06.2003 - Senegal builds on 'Dakar-Tokyo axis'
» 06.06.2003 - Senegal to fight hunger, modernise farming
» 29.05.2003 - US$ 250 million for Tanzania's "poverty reduction"
» 26.05.2003 - Water harvesting promoted in troubled Karamoja Cluster

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