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GM potato gets roasting in South Africa

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 4 November - South Africa's Agricultural Research Council has appealed against the government's decision to reject a locally developed genetically modified (GM) potato it was hoping to release to farmers. The decision has split the industry.

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Central Africa | West Africa
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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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Southern Africa | Zambia
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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.

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Africa
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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.

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Malawi
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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).

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» 15.12.2008 - Africa summit discuss massive hydro scheme for food and energy security
» 01.12.2008 - Global crisis presents a double threat to the poor, report says
» 04.11.2008 - Stakeholders commit to improve cocoa farming and eradicate poverty
» 08.08.2008 - Cutting edge science technique to save Africa's crop production
» 05.08.2008 - African drought linked to warmer Indian Ocean
» 15.11.2007 - Fever kills 96 Sudanese
» 01.06.2007 - Mali gets serious about home-grown science
» 28.03.2007 - Mozambique aims to lead "green revolution"
» 23.03.2007 - Malawi to roll out 'fertiliser trees' project
» 30.11.2006 - ADF supports cotton science in West Africa
» 02.11.2006 - "Science ignores Africa's native crops"
» 05.09.2006 - Hybrid rice gives record yields in Egypt
» 17.12.2004 - All but Southern Africa gets more rain by global warming
» 08.11.2004 - Edible insects "rediscovered" in Central Africa
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» 25.03.2004 - African scientists map origin of continent's cattle
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» 25.07.2003 - Africa's early ecologic-cultural history studied
» 26.05.2003 - Water harvesting promoted in troubled Karamoja Cluster
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