Central Africa | West Africa
Development | Natural sciences | Nutrition | Poverty | Science | Social sciences
Maize research splendid investment for Africa
afrol News, 3 November - A new book looking at the history and effect on maize research in West and Central Africa reveals it is among the best spent funds to achieve poverty reduction. Every million US$ spent on maize research had lifted 35,000 Africans out of poverty, it claims.
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Ghana
Development | Policy | Policy | Trade
Ghana fit to double cocoa production
afrol News, 3 November - The Ghanaian government and its cocoa industry is gearing up to meet the aim of producing one million metric tonnes of cocoa by 2012. Ghana's Cocoa Marketing Company is already preparing to address bottlenecks in distribution, marketing and sales.
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Tanzania
Cooperation | Development | Economy | Finance | Food Security | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Trade
Tanzanian farmers receive FAO's boost
afrol News, 28 October - The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is to provide Tanzania with advisory support for farmers that will help them better respond to market opportunities and thus heighten food security. Read more
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Kenya | World
Development | Development | Finance | People | Poverty | Social Services
Kenya leads Africa rural connect in third round
afrol News, 27 October - The Africa Rural Connect (ARC), a new online community hosted by the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), announced today the third-round winners of its online contest to select the best ideas submitted on how to help solve rural Africa’s greatest challenges in agricultural development. The first- and second-prize winners were from Kenya, while the third prize went to a resident of the United States. Read more
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Africa
Affairs | Disasters | Economy | Events | Food Security | Management | People | Policy | Policy | Policy | Social Services
Africa told to enhance actions to reduce disaster risk
afrol News, 23 October - Climate change will lead to ever greater numbers of people being uprooted in Africa, the top United Nations humanitarian official said yesterday, calling for enhanced and swift actions to reduce disaster risk and step up mitigation. Read more
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Ethiopia
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Economy | Famine | Finance | Food Security | Nutrition | People | Poverty | Social Services
Ethiopia needs urgent food aid
afrol News, 22 October - Ethiopia has appealed for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people following five year drought that has ravaged poor communities in the Horn of Africa. Read more
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Southern Africa | Zambia
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Development | Economy | Finance | Food Security | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Science | Social Services
Zambia becomes agric support hub for Southern Africa
afrol News, 15 October - Zambia is set to become the regional focal point for agricultural research support in southern Africa as the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) picked the country to host its Southern Africa Administrative Hub to assist its R4D activities in the region. Read more
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Africa | World
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Economy | Food Security | People | Policy | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Socio-economic
World leaders must change debate on poverty and human rights, AI
afrol News, 15 October - In the run up to the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October, Amnesty International has called on world leaders and policy makers to change the debate on poverty from economics to addressing the human rights problems that impoverish and keep people poor. Read more
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Africa | World
Affairs | Affairs | Cooperation | Economy | Finance | Food Security | People | Poverty | Social Services | Socio-economic
World's poorest more food insecure with the economic crisis
afrol News, 14 October - The economic turmoil sweeping the globe has lead to a sharp spike in hunger affecting the world’s poorest, uncovering a fragile global food system requiring urgent reform, according to a report issued today by two United Nations agencies. Read more
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Zimbabwe
Affairs | Development | Economy | Finance | Food Security | People | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
Australia helps Zim farmers through World Bank
afrol News, 13 October - The Australian government annouced yeaterday it will provide US$7 million to the World Bank Global Food Crisis Response Programme to expand maize production and food security in Zimbabwe during the 2009-10 summer cropping season. Read more
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Ethiopia
Disasters | Diseases | Food Security | Outbreaks | People | Policy | Poverty | Social services | Social Services
Ethiopia still vulnerable to serious hunger
afrol News, 13 October - Food security continues to plague many areas of Ethiopia because of drought, according to the latest joint report by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network. Read more
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Africa | World
Affairs | Development | Economy | Events | Finance | Food Security | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
World faces huge challenge to feed growing populations
afrol News, 12 October - Governments must ensure that agriculture becomes more productive if it is to feed a growing world population expected to reach nearly 9.2 billion people by 2050 as well as respond to the environmental challenges ahead, a senior United Nations official said today. Read more
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Africa
Development | Food Security | Land rights | People | Policy | Poverty | Science | Social Services
New multi-media tools to help resolve land rights issues in Africa
afrol News, 12 October - The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Rural Development Institute (RDI) are launching a new initiative that will improve the livelihoods of farmers by creating a system of Web-based multimedia tools to illustrate and communicate complex property rights issues in Africa. The initiative is funded with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Read more
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Africa | World
Affairs | Development | Economy | Finance | Food Security | People | Policy | Policy | Poverty | Social Services
More agric investments needed to feed worlds hungry, UN
afrol News, 8 October - Net investments of $83 billion a year, a 50 percent increase, must be made in agriculture in developing countries if there is to be enough food to feed over 9 billion people in 2050, according to a United Nations paper published today. Read more
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Malawi
Development | Finance | Livestock | People | Poverty | Science | Social Services | Trade
Malawi milk producers receive boost from Netherlands
afrol News, 8 October - The Malawi dairy farmers will received support from the Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, which today announced that it has initiated a multi-year sponsorship project to the Shire Highlands Milk Producers Association (SHMPA). Read more
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Ethiopia
Conservation | Development | Development | Famine | Finance | Livestock | Management | People | Policy | Poverty | Social Services | Social services
USAID awards $387,000 for indigenous health in Ethiopia
afrol News, 7 October - A $387,000 grant by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will help Northwest-based nonprofit Global Team for Local Initiatives (GTLI) implement clean water and sanitation programmes in Ethiopia. Read more
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» 05.10.2009 - Food security crucial for Africa's development, AWEPA
» 01.10.2009 - Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana youth to benefit from Cocoa development grant
» 01.10.2009 - Benin's livestock farmers sign support grants with USADF
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