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<title>TIC drums up support for agriculture</title>
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<dc:date>2010-09-03</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[TANZANIA&rsquo;S economy cannot reach the growth rate of 8 to 10 per cent per annum without significant investment and improvement to boost the agriculture sector, according to the Chief Executive Director of Tanzania Investment Center (TIC), Mr Emmanuel Ole Naiko. &ldquo;No amount of investment and increased production in manufacturing, mining or tourism will be sufficient to lift an economy which depends on agriculture for over 40 per cent of its GDP, unless there is also improvement in agriculture,&rdquo; he pointed out...]]></description>
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<title>East Africa meeting of ACP-EU assembly in Seychelles to discuss human rights and the status of Chagos Archipelago- Seychelles Nation 13.07.2010</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-15</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[A wide range of subjects concerning East Africa &ndash; including fisheries, piracy and climate change &ndash; will be in focus this week when Seychelles hosts a regional meeting of the African, Caribbean and Pacific-European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
The 15th East Africa meeting of the assembly will be held at Le M&eacute;ridien Barbarons Hotel tomorrow and Thursday, July 14 and 15...]]></description>
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<title>Angola to host 26th FAO regional conference in May </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-28</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Luanda:&nbsp;Angola will from 3-7 May host the 26th regional meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Angolan Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Afonso Pedro Canga, announced on Friday in Luanda.The minister told a press conference that the event would be on the theme, "Investing in agriculture for sustainable food security...]]></description>
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<title>Angola: Oil wealth no benefit to farmers</title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-23</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Huambo:&nbsp;Joaquina Chitala Jarviso, 40, a small-scale farmer in Huambo, in the central highlands of Angola, is running out of options. Despite careful management and clever innovation, the high cost of fertilizer and the acidity of the soil may defeat her efforts to get a good crop in the next planting season...]]></description>
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<title>New push for iron and copper mining mega-projects in Angola </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-13</dc:date>
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Luanda:&nbsp; Angola is once again moving ahead with the mega mining projects for extraction and processing of iron and copper, which involves a search for international investors to support the projected high level of investment.
Amongst the companies that have already been in contact with Empresa Nacional de Ferros de Angola (Ferrangol) are Brazil's Vale, one of the world's biggest mining companies, and Korea's Samsung, according to the Africa Monitor newsletter...]]></description>
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<title>Angola approves biofuel law</title>
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<dc:date>2010-03-26</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Luanda:&nbsp; Angola's parliament has approved a law meant to support biofuel production, as the government tries to diversify the economy which currently depends on oil, national radio said Thursday.
"Biofuels will create jobs and a renewable supply of energy for the future," oil minister Jose Botelho de Vasconcelos told parliament, in remarks broadcast on radio...]]></description>
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<title>Angola drafts projects for carbon market </title>
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<dc:date>2010-03-05</dc:date>
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Luanda:&nbsp; The Ministry of Environment is preparing 15 Clean Development Mechanism projects for the so-called &ldquo;Carbon Market&rdquo;.
This was said on Wednesday in Luanda by the Environment minister, F&aacute;tima Jardim, at the opening of the 1st Designated National Authority meting, a governmental agency which authorises the development of MDL projects, whenever the actions meet the country&rsquo;s&nbsp; sustainable development criteria...]]></description>
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<title>Zambezi river reaches alarming levels</title>
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<dc:date>2010-03-05</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Windhoek:&nbsp; Heavy&nbsp;rains in south-eastern Angola and western Zambia caused the Zambezi River to rise to nearly nine metres at Chavuma in Zambia over the weekend with floods expected to reach Katima Mulilo by the middle of this month.
The Zambezi River continued to rise steadily at Katima Mulilo and reached 5...]]></description>
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<title>Survey: 65pc ignorant of farming drive in Tanzania</title>
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<dc:date>2010-03-03</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[The implementation of much touted Kilimo Kwanza drive seems to be headed to a dead end as most Tanzanians have not grasped the campaign.&nbsp; A recent opinion poll has indicated that only 35 per cent of Tanzanians understand the Kilimo Kwanza initiative. The survey which was conducted by Synovate Tanzania and involved 2,000 respondents, revealed that majority of Tanzanians (65 per cent) have never heard about the agriculture improvement initiative...]]></description>
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<title>SADC ministers approve report on free trade zone </title>
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<dc:date>2010-03-03</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Kinshasa:&nbsp; The Council of Ministers of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), over the weekend in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, approved the report on the regional integration for the consolidation of the Free Trade Zone.&nbsp; Angola, DR Congo and Seychelles have not joined the convention...]]></description>
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<title>SADC Council of Ministers meeting</title>
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<dc:date>2010-02-26</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Luanda:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Angola will attend the meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Council of Ministers in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Thursday and Friday.
Speaking to Angop&nbsp;(Wednesday) before leaving to attend the meeting in the neighbouring country, State Secretary for Industry Kiala Gabriel said the member States would discuss issues concerning regional economic integration, trade protocol, customs union and community visas...]]></description>
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<title>Services, industry and agriculture sustain Angola's economic recovery</title>
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<dc:date>2010-02-23</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Luanda:&nbsp;&nbsp; The Angolan economy will again grow in 2010 and 2011, after stagnating last year, and the biggest growth contribution will come from the services, industry and agriculture sectors, indicates a report from the Catholic University of Angola.The Angola Economic Report recently released by the university's study centre paints an optimistic picture of the coming years, as other economic analysis groups have done...]]></description>
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<title>Zambia plans to liberalise food exports: minister</title>
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<dc:date>2010-02-18</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Lusaka:&nbsp; Zambia plans to revise agricultural policy to allow the export of grain surpluses to countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said on Wednesday.&nbsp; "The government is becoming flexible to consider the export of food as part of the diversification programme because the Zambian market is small," Musokotwane said on state ZNBC radio...]]></description>
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<title>Angola:  Farmers get USD 350 million loan </title>
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<dc:date>2010-02-05</dc:date>
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Luanda:&nbsp;&nbsp; A credit for agriculture, estimated at USD 350 million, approved in 2009 by the Government for small and medium producers, as well as associations and agro-livestock cooperatives, will be made available to beneficiaries on time,"&nbsp; an official source said Wednesday in Luanda...]]></description>
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<title>Tanzania: Company lends Sh100m tractors to farmer groups</title>
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<dc:date>2010-02-04</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Dar es Salaam:&nbsp; A tobacco company has loaned farmers in Chunya District, Mbeya Region, four tractors worth Sh100 million.&nbsp; The Tanzania Leaf Tobacco Company (TLTC) handed over the tractors to four agricultural societies in the district.&nbsp; The tractors will belong to tobacco growers in Chunya district, but would also be used to till the land for growing other crops, depending on the needs of farmers...]]></description>
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