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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.

Southern Africa | Tanzania
Agriculture - Nutrition

High alert over Tanzania deadly virus

afrol News, 2 November - A deadly disease which broke out in Tanzania this year risks spreading to Southern Africa, posing a mortal threat to more than 50 million sheep and goats and bringing risks of famine to the region, FAO warned today.

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.

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.

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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» 19.05.2009 - EU awards €54 million to Horn of Africa
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» 07.11.2008 - Botswana eases cattle movement ban
» 03.11.2008 - Ethiopia hopes to revive Egypt meat exports
» 29.10.2008 - Major blow for Botswana beef exports
» 10.09.2008 - DR Congo frees goats from prison
» 08.09.2008 - Kenya urged to open borders for trade
» 01.09.2008 - 10 killed in cattle raid in Kenya
» 23.06.2008 - Mauritania seeks to avoid global hikes' shocks
» 05.05.2008 - Tana biofuel could be illegal
» 07.12.2007 - Locusts threaten Kenya
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» 07.09.2007 - Uganda's food insecurity still fragile
» 07.09.2007 - Morocco secures €45 million road project funds
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» 24.07.2007 - Price controls devastate Zimbabwe's rural economy
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» 28.02.2007 - Ivorian poultry producers lose millions over avian flu
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» 08.01.2007 - Kenya Rift Valley Fever outbreak prompts research
» 03.01.2007 - Djibouti, Somaliland in bitter port feud
» 08.11.2006 - Nigeria govt warns against bird flu vaccinating
» 19.06.2006 - Generous herdsmen of Niger honoured by UNESCO
» 22.05.2006 - Bird flu continues to spread in Burkina Faso
» 04.04.2006 - Three bird flu cases confirmed in Burkina Faso
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» 03.03.2006 - Bird flu fears in Mauritania, Cape Verde
» 02.03.2006 - Egypt govt maintains bird flu is under control
» 27.02.2006 - Bird flu confirmed in Niger
» 22.02.2006 - Nigeria considers vaccinating poultry
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» 09.02.2006 - Criticism as more Nigerian states report bird flu
» 09.02.2006 - West African nations to ward off bird flu
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