Chad
Famine | Food Security
Food crisis affecting 2 million in Chad
afrol News, 16 March - Around 2 million people have been affected by the poor harvest of 2009-2010 in Chad and they will need food and non-food assistance during this year, according to a new emergency report from the Sahelian country.
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Somalia
Affairs | Corruption | Food Security | War & Peace
UN confirms Somalia food aid corruption
afrol News, 11 March - The UN's food aid agency WFP today confirmed the authenticity of a leaked report, which concludes that up to half the food aid sent to Somalia is stolen by corrupt contractors. WFP has already frozen cooperation with three Somali transport contractors.
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Africa
Development | Policy | Trade
Call for common African food market
afrol News, 10 March - At the African agriculture summit in Abuja, the proposal of creating a common Africa market of strategic food and agricultural commodities achieved much attention. A scheme that could boost African agriculture was presented.
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Development | Policy | Trade
West Africa enters intl organic food market
afrol News, 9 March - Consumers in Europe and America are willing to pay extra for trusted quality organic food products. Now, a new project helps thousands of farmers in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone to enter this lucrative market.
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Kenya
Development | Development | Finance | Food Security
Kenya farmers get low-tech micro-insurance
afrol News, 9 March - Drought usually spells disaster for small-scale farmers in Kenya. Innovative low-threshold technologies for the first time are empowering farmers to lower their weather risks by purchasing cheap micro-insurance policies.
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Chad
Food Security
Chad food crisis gets attention
afrol News, 8 March - Donors are ramping up efforts to assist around 2 million Chadians who will require food aid this year because of poor rainfall and lean harvests, according to reports from UN agencies coordinating the aid efforts.
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Africa
Food Security | Medicine | Natural sciences | Science | Science
Drumstick tree can provide Africa with clean water
afrol News, 5 March - Moringa oleifera, also known as the drumstick tree, could be the almost cost free solution to provide millions of Africans with clean water. A simple technique can make its seeds into an effective water purification remedy.
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Gambia
Affairs | Development | Economic rights | Economy | Finance | Food Security | People | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
$8 million support for agric production
afrol News, 4 March - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has signed a grant agreement of US$8 million with the Republic of The Gambia to improve the production and marketability of livestock and horticulture products, specifically targeting rural women and youth nationwide. Read more
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Mozambique
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Development | Economy | Finance | Food Security | Livestock | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
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. Read more
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Africa | Uganda
Development | Natural sciences
"Easy to double African banana yields"
afrol News, 12 February - Over 70 million people in the East African highlands depend on banana as their primary source of food and income. With just a "minimal use" of fertilisers, they could easily double their yields, a new study finds. The results are said to be applicable for all Africa.
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Niger
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Disasters | Economy | Finance | Food Security | Nutrition | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
International aid appeal launched for Niger
afrol News, 11 February - The United Nations and its non-governmental organisation (NGO) partners have appealed for international aid to help the impoverished West African country of Niger overcome imminent shortages of food. Some 7.8 million people in Niger - or three fifths of the population – are said to be facing moderate to severe food insecurity. Read more
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Chad
Affairs | Development | Development | Economy | Finance | Livestock | Management | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Socio-economic | Water
Herders receive support to improve pastoral resources
afrol News, 9 February - Chadian nomadic herders in the arid sub-Saharan Sahel region, will benefit from a grant of $19.5 million to help secure water sources. The project will be funded through the United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty. Read more
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World | Africa
Affairs | Cooperation | Development | Economy | Events | Finance | Land rights | Law | People | Policy | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Socio-economic
Funding to help countries improve land tenure
afrol News, 8 February - A new partnership between Finland and FAO is to assist countries to develop sustainable and affordable land administration systems to improve tenure security and land governance in both rural and urban areas. Read more
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Zimbabwe
Affairs | Economy | Finance | Food Security | People | Poverty | Social Services
Zimbabwe needs 500 000 tonnes of maize
afrol News, 3 February - Zimbabwe’s minister of Agriculture says the country needs to urgently import 500,000 tonnes of maize to avert corn shortages following an extended dry spell that has adversely affected crop production. Read more
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Africa | World
Affairs | Conservation | Cooperation | Development | Events | Food Security | Management | Nature | People | Policy | Policy | Policy | Pollution | Poverty | Social Services | Water
BirdLife cares for wetlands
afrol News, 2 February - Today is World Wetlands Day and this year’s theme – Caring for wetlands: an answer to climate change – highlights the bonds between wetlands, biodiversity and climate change. “Caring for wetlands is part of the solution to climate change”, said Melanie Heath – Senior Advisor on Climate Change at BirdLife. “If we manage them well, wetland ecosystems and their biodiversity have a vital role to play in mitigating against, and adapting to, climate change”. Read more
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