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<title>Framework for Mainstreaming Livestock in the CAADP Pillars</title>
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<dc:date>2010-09-27</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[In order to foster focused agricultural development in Africa, the African Union (AU) and NEPAD have launched the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) which has been endorsed by all Heads of State who have agreed to significantly increase the share of national budgets allotted for agriculture and rural development...]]></description>
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<title>COMESA Undertakes National Consultations on Draft Biosafety Guidelines</title>
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<dc:date>2010-09-24</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has commenced implementation of national consultations on draft regional Biosafety guidelines among member states. The consultations were prompted by a decision of the Third Meeting of the Joint COMESA Ministers of Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources during their annual meeting in July 2010, in Lusaka, Zambia...]]></description>
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<title>Comesa roots for harmonised GMO policy</title>
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<dc:date>2010-09-21</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is set for a harmonized biotechnology policy to help provide centralized guidance on trade in genetically modified organisms (GMO) and their transit for sale within the region.


Dr Getachew Belay, the COMESA senior biotechnology policy advisor, recently said the process of formulating the guidelines, which would also be applied for emergency food aid with GMO content, is at an advanced stage...]]></description>
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<title>Major agricultural forum to sit next month </title>
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<dc:date>2010-09-07</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[WINDHOEK &ndash; The Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU) held a regional workshop from August 24 to 26, 2010, in Benoni, South Africa.
The workshop was in preparation for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Africa Forum (CAADP-AF) meeting to be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from October 04 to 08, 2010...]]></description>
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<title>Improving African agricultural sector is the most promising strategy against food insecurity</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-25</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[To effectively fight against food crisis that threatens certain regions of Africa, agriculture is perceived today by the major international institutions and African countries as a vital solution. Agricultural development has become the central concern of the continent in the recent years. The idea is to use agriculture as a tool for the continent&rsquo;s development...]]></description>
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<title>Banks, Policymakers and Researchers call for Increased Access to Finances for African Farmers</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-23</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Ouagadougou &mdash; &ldquo;We should all commit ourselves to mobilising the resources that are required in order for us to implement the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). We need to look very carefully at how we can increase national budgetary and private sector support for our farmers&rdquo;, said Dr...]]></description>
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<title>Do CAADP processes make a difference to country commitments to develop agriculture?</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-21</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[

The case of Ghana








The CAADP is a commitment of African countries to pursue economic growth through agriculture-led development to reduce poverty and hunger on the continent. It stems from the failure of previous interventions on the continent largely attributed to their weak ownership...]]></description>
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<title>Tanzania signs up for CAADP </title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-20</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Written By:Judith Akolo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Tanzania has became the 19th African country and the first from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to sign the African Union and NEPAD's - Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) Compact.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam, Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete declared that there would be no back-pedalling on Tanzania's commitment to ensuring that the ongoing agriculture initiatives such as Kilimo Kwanza (&lsquo;Agriculture First') lead to a meaningful transformation of the country's agriculture...]]></description>
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<title>Kenya endorses agricultural development strategy</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-20</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Written By:Judith Akolo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Efforts to prioritize agricultural development by African governments will be realized with Kenya's endorsement of the Agricultural Sector Development Strategy (ASDS).
President Kibaki on Saturday signed the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) - Compact at the KICC to facilitate its implementation...]]></description>
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<title>NEPAD, AGRA to assist African farmers</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-20</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Written By:Judith Akolo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The New Partnership for African Development Agency, the NEPAD Agency has received a boost of US$ 500,000 from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
The money will be used to support the work of small-holder farmers on the continent.
"The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) recognizes that the partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa is important in fast-tracking our joint work in the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) at the national level", the CEO of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency),
Dr...]]></description>
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<title>COMESA members to implement agriculture policies</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-19</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[By Winile Masinga
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) member states have been challenged to implement effective agriculture policies that would aid in reducing poverty levels in the regional bloc. 
COMESA Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya disclosed that the agriculture sector had been under utilised in the region, regardless of it acting as an engine for economic growth...]]></description>
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<title>Kenya to implement biosafety regulations</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-15</dc:date>
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Biosafety regulations for the country will be gazetted by August this year.
Written By:Rosalia Opondo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,&nbsp;Posted: Thu, Jul 15, 2010
This will put in place a functional regulatory system that will allow the country to explore the possibility of tapping into the potential of agricultural biotechnology in a safe and sustainable manner...]]></description>
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<title>MSU makes a difference helping farmers in Zambia</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-14</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Michigan has a bigger hand in helping rural farmers in Zambia than you might think.
For more than a decade, MSU&rsquo;s Department of Agricultural Economics has been working on the Zambia Food Security Research Project, or FSRP. Jan Nijhoff from MSU is currently leading efforts to promote regional trade and sound investment in the agriculture at the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, or COMESA&rsquo;s, headquarters in Lusaka, Zambia...]]></description>
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<title>Burkina Faso to host Africa Agric Science week </title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-12</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria - Burkina Faso will host the 5th Africa Agriculture Science week, which also includes the New Partnership For Africa's Development Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (NEPAD-CAADP) media Sensitization workshop and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) fourth General Assembly, in Ouagadougou 19-24 July, organizers have announced...]]></description>
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<title>CAADP compact to be signed by Zambia soon </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-28</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Lusaka:&nbsp; Zambia is soon expected to sign the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) compact. CAADP aims to help African countries reach a higher path of economic growth through agriculture-led development.
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) secretary general Sindiso Ngwenya said Zambia and Zimbabwe will sign the compact within the next few weeks...]]></description>
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