Kenya
Agriculture - Nutrition | Gender - Women
Kenyan women milk fortunes from camel
afrol News, 13 January - Safia Kulow, in the arid centre of Kenya, is in firm control of her economy after she and other traditional Anolei women made big business of camel milk. Now they consider which investments to make to increase revenues from their industry.
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Chad | Niger
Agriculture - Nutrition
Hunger aid to Niger, Chad boosted
afrol News, 21 April - As the food security crisis in the entire Sahel region steadily deepens, fresh funds are being diverted to Niger and Chad to assist estimated 2.6 million people engaged in livestock herding.
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Congo Kinshasa
Agriculture - Nutrition | Science - Education
Guinea pigs to help ease DRC food crisis - scientists
afrol News, 10 March - Scientists are examining how to increase guinea pig production to boost food security in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where inhabitants keep the rodents as "micro-livestock". The researchers were originally puzzled to find guinea pigs in the DRC at all.
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Mozambique
Politics | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
Mozambique to carry out agric census to gauge poverty
afrol News, 1 March - Mozambique is expected to sign a grant deal with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Italian government that will give capacity to the country to strengthen its agricultural production statistics.
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